Laser ablation-inductively couple plasma-mass spectrometry/laser induced break down spectroscopy: A tandem technique for uranium particle characterization

Benjamin T. Manard; C. Derrick Quarles; E. Miller Wylie; Ning Xu

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Laser ablation-inductively couple plasma-mass spectrometry/laser induced break down spectroscopy: A tandem technique for uranium particle characterization

Benjamin T. Manard, C. Derrick Quarles, E. Miller Wylie, Ning Xu

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Laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) in tandem with laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) was employed to chemically map and characterize uranium particles. The uranium particles were doped in various concentrations (0.01, 0.1, 1.0, and 2.0%) to a 50:50 Ni:e mixture. There was an excellent correlation in regards to concentration and the LA-ICP-MS measurements. In addition, the isotopic composition of the uranium particles was determined within 10% measurement uncertainty. LIBS measurements also showed strong agreement in the particle mapping when compared to the LA-ICP-MS analysis. Moreover, the total analysis time for a 5 × 5 mm area was only 50 minutes. These data suggest that the tandem LA-ICP-MS/LIBS technique can provide rapid and valuable information for nuclear material safeguards and actinide material characterization.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1680-1687
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
Volume	32
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ja00102a
State	Published - Sep 2017
Externally published	Yes

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In: Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, Vol. 32, No. 9, 09.2017, p. 1680-1687.

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