Determination of uranium isotopes by chemical stripping and alpha-spectrometry.
We describe a new method of preparing thin sources for the determination of uranium isotopes by alpha-spectrometry. The sources are produced by extracting the uranium isotopes from 1 M HNO3-4M Al(NO3)3 aqueous solution with polymeric membranes containing trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO). We demonstrated that the sources are comparable to those obtained by electrochemical procedures using platinum or stainless-steel cathodes.
D000512:Alpha Particles; D004563:Electrochemistry; D013052:Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014501:Uranium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification
D014501:Uranium