Issue 9, 2017

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

Abstract

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 : Fe 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.

Graphical abstract: Laser ablation – inductively couple plasma – mass spectrometry/laser induced break down spectroscopy: a tandem technique for uranium particle characterization

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 mar 2017
Accepted
18 apr 2017
First published
18 apr 2017

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2017,32, 1680-1687

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

B. T. Manard, C. Derrick Quarles, E. M. Wylie and N. Xu, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2017, 32, 1680 DOI: 10.1039/C7JA00102A

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