Tc-99 detection in water samples by ICP-MS

In this work three radiochemical procedures are presented for the determination of 99Tc in aqueous environmental samples by ICP-MS. Technetium is pre-concentrated from a dilute solution by a reduction-precipitation process using FeSO4 as the reducing agent. The precipitate is treated to extract and...

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Authors: Más Balbuena, José Luis, García León, Manuel, Bolivar, J. P.
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2004
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repository:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/156905
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/156905
https://doi.org/10.1524/ract.92.1.39.25403
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:ICP-MS
Mo
Tc
Water samples
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Summary:In this work three radiochemical procedures are presented for the determination of 99Tc in aqueous environmental samples by ICP-MS. Technetium is pre-concentrated from a dilute solution by a reduction-precipitation process using FeSO4 as the reducing agent. The precipitate is treated to extract and isolate Tc by three alternative methods which combine ionic exchange, with conventional or TEVA resins, and solvent extraction techniques using TBP. Special emphasis is paid to isolating the technetium from Mo and Ru, which are the major interfering elements for the mass spectrometric determination of 99Tc.