Synchrotron radiation study of the uranium chemical species electrodeposited for alpha spectrometry sources

Alpha spectrometry (AS) with semiconductor detectors has applications in nuclear decay data measurements, environmental, geological and nuclear wastes studies and other works requiring determination of actinide and other alpha emitter contents. In order to obtain accurate measurements by producing g...

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Autores: DIANA CECILIA BURCIAGA VALENCIA, HILDA ESPERANZA ESPARZA PONCE, LUIS EDMUNDO FUENTES COBAS, MARIA ELENA MONTERO CABRERA
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:México
Institución:Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados
Repositorio:Fuente de Objetos Científicos Open Access del CIMAV
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:cimav.repositorioinstitucional.mx:1004/1853
Acceso en línea:http://cimav.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1004/1853
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:info:eu-repo/classification/Gracing incidence/Uranium
info:eu-repo/classification/X-ray absorption fine structure/X-ray diffraction
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/1
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/22
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2299
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/229999
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Sumario:Alpha spectrometry (AS) with semiconductor detectors has applications in nuclear decay data measurements, environmental, geological and nuclear wastes studies and other works requiring determination of actinide and other alpha emitter contents. In order to obtain accurate measurements by producing good resolution alpha spectra, AS sources must be thin and uniform. AS sources produced by electrodeposition consist of a radioactive deposit onto a metallic substrate (cathode of the electrolytic cell). Natural U sources prepared by the Hallstadius method have co-deposited Pt, originated from the dissolution of the anode during the electrodeposition. A recent work published elsewhere has reported a study on the morphology and spatial distribution of the U/Pt deposits with the related chemical speciation of U, using scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-Ray spectroscopy, X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-Ray absorption fine structure (XAFS).