Rapid determination of plutonium in water samples using vacuum box system separation and low background liquid scintillation counter measurement
Rapid determination of plutonium in water samples using vacuum box system separation and low background liquid scintillation counter measurement
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DOI:
10.1039/c5ay02232k
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发表时间:
2015-11
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Bo Liu;K. Shi;Gaoyang Ye;Yaming Li;Wang-suo Wu
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作者:
Bo Liu;K. Shi;Gaoyang Ye;Yaming Li;Wang-suo Wu
An analytical method for rapid determination of 239+240plutonium in environmental water samples was developed. The separation of plutonium from matrices and interfering elements was performed using anion exchange chromatographic columns in a vacuum box system. Under the optimized conditions, the chemical yield of plutonium is better than 90% and the decontamination factors for uranium, thorium and americium ranged from 103 to 104 for 5 L water samples. The concentration of plutonium was measured by detecting the α decay of 239+240plutonium using low background liquid scintillation counting (LSC). The analytical results of the plutonium in water samples were in good agreement with the values obtained by the conventional method, indicating that the proposed method is reliable and can be used for low level plutonium analysis in environmental water samples.