236U in uranium minerals and standards

被引:79
作者
Berkovits, D
Feldstein, H
Ghelberg, S
Hershkowitz, A
Navon, E
Paul, M [1 ]
机构
[1] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Racah Inst Phys, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel
[2] Soreq NRC, IL-81800 Yavne, Israel
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10.1016/S0168-583X(00)00152-X
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TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
We have recently extended our accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) system to the detection of actinides for geophysical applications, taking U-236 as an interesting test case for this class of nuclides. We report on the development of the experimental setup and on preliminary measurements of U-236 in minerals and uranium standards. The isotopic abundance sensitivity is 1 x 10(-11). The natural U-236 abundance of five U-rich minerals were measured to be between 1 and 33 x 10(-11). U-236 is expected to be produced in situ by neutron capture on U-235. Three uranium standards material were measured and showed a large U-236 contamination. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:372 / 376
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