Direct Uranium Isotopic Analysis of Swipe Surfaces by Microextraction-ICP-MS

Manard, Benjamin; Rogers, Kayron; Ticknor, Brian; Metzger, Shalina; Zirakparvar, N; Roach, Benjamin; Bostick, Debra; Hexel, Cole

doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.1c01569

Title: Direct Uranium Isotopic Analysis of Swipe Surfaces by Microextraction-ICP-MS

Journal Article · Thu Jul 08 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Analytical Chemistry

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.1c01569· OSTI ID:1817511

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Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

The ability to directly measure uranium isotope ratios on environmental swipes has been achieved through a solution-based microextraction process and represents a significant advancement toward the development of a rapid method to analyze international nuclear safeguard samples. Here, a microextraction probe is lowered and sealed onto the swipe surface, and analytes within the sampling site (~8 mm2) are dissolved and extracted into a flowing solvent of 2% nitric acid (HNO₃). The mobilized species are subsequently directed into an inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) for accurate and precise isotope ratio determination. This work highlights the novelty of the sampling mechanism, particularly with the direct coupling of the microextraction probe to the ICP-MS and measurement of uranium isotope ratios. The preliminary method detection limit for the microextraction-ICP-MS method, utilizing a quadrupole-based MS, was determined to be ~50 pg of ²³⁸U. Additionally, precise and accurate isotope ratio measurements were achieved on uranium reference materials for both the major (²³⁵U/²³⁸U) and minor (²³⁴U/²³⁸U and ²³⁶U/²³⁸U) ratios. While the present work is focused on directly measuring uranium isotopic systems on swipe surfaces for nuclear safeguards and verification applications, the benefits would extend across many applications in which direct solid sampling is sought for elemental and isotopic analysis.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1817511

Journal Information:: Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 93, Issue 32; ISSN 0003-2700

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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