Use of an ion mobility spectrometer for detecting uranium compounds

McLain, Derek R.; Steeb, Jennifer L.; Smith, Nicholas A.

doi:10.1016/j.talanta.2018.03.020

Title: Use of an ion mobility spectrometer for detecting uranium compounds

Journal Article · Fri Mar 09 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Talanta

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2018.03.020· OSTI ID:1433059

McLain, Derek R. ^[1]; Steeb, Jennifer L. ^[1]; Smith, Nicholas A. ^[1]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

The safeguards community currently lacks a method to rapidly determine the chemical form of radioactive and non-radioactive compounds in real time during inspection activities. Chemical speciation identification can provide important information on both the types of materials that are collected during environmental sampling and can inform inspectors as to where to focus efforts during inspections or complementary access visits. Ion Mobility Spectrometry (IMS) is an established field technique for the detection of explosives, narcotics, and other organic compounds. More recently, electrospray ionization (ESI) has been used to introduce inorganic compounds to IMS instruments for analysis. These techniques have shown the ability to supply chemical information about the compounds being analyzed. Although these laboratory based instruments use a liquid-based injection system, there is evidence in the literature of unaltered and intact pharmaceutical tablets being volatilized and ionized in open atmosphere using heat and a Ni-63 source. Lastly, this work determined that a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) IMS could be used for the identification of solid uranium compounds directly after sampling using a COTS sample swipe.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1433059

Journal Information:: Talanta, Vol. 184, Issue C; ISSN 0039-9140

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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