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Size and Density of A 242Pu Colloid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Robert S. Rundberg ,
Alan J. Mitchell ,
Ines R. Triay  and
N. Börje Torstenfelt
Robert S. Rundberg
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, U.S.A.
Alan J. Mitchell
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, U.S.A.
Ines R. Triay
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, U.S.A.
N. Börje Torstenfelt
Affiliation:
ASEA-ATOM REACTORS, Box 53, S-721 04, Västeräs, Sweden.
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Abstract

The size and density of a 242Pu colloid has been measured by autocorrelation photon spectrometry. The sedimentation rate of the colloid was determined by ultraspeed centrifugation. From the concentration profiles of 242Pu in the centrifuged test tubes, a standard sedimentation formula was used to calculate the density; the size of the colloid was known from the light scattering experiments. The determined density of the 242Pu colloid was only slightly lower than the estimated density of crystalline PuO2.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 112: Symposium P – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XI , 1987 , 243
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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