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X-Ray Fluorescence Capabilities for Uranium Ore Analysis*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

K. K. Nielson ,
N. A. Wogman  and
R. L. Brodzinski
K. K. Nielson
Affiliation:
Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Richland, Washington 99352
N. A. Wogman
Affiliation:
Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Richland, Washington 99352
R. L. Brodzinski
Affiliation:
Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Richland, Washington 99352
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Abstract

Comparable uranium sensitivities and detection limits can be obtained by either energy- or wavelength-dispersive x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis of L x-rays, and by wavelength-dispersive analysis of M x-rays. XRF methods are more sensitive than 252Cf neutron-induced γ-ray analysis or direct photon analysis of rapid-equilibrium uranium daughters. A laboratory method is demonstrated for quantitative uranium determination in unknown geological matrices without using ore standards.

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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 21: Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 3-5, 1977 , 1977 , pp. 51 - 58
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1977

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This work supported by USERDA contract EY-76-C-06-1830.

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