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Inductively Coupled Plasma: Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Plutonium Samples.

PB2001102980

Publication Date	2000
Personal Author	Figg, D.; Martinez, A.; Drake, L.; Brink, C.
Page Count	16
Abstract	At Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) is routinely used to analyze a wide variety of plutonium samples for inorganic analytes. Approximately 75% of the elements of the periodic table can easily be determined by ICP-MS analysis. Techniques that use atomic emission for element detection and quantification encounter a large number of spectral interferences when analyzing plutonium samples due to the numerous emission lines of plutonium. Mass spectrometric techniques do not have that problem. In ICP-MS the main effect plutonium has on the elemental determinations is a signal suppression. With matrix dilution and signal normalization that problem is mitigated. This report describes the ICP-MS method used in the analysis of plutonium samples and the resulting detection limits.
Keywords	Mass spectroscopy Plutonium Calibration Data acquisition Industively coupled plasma Inorganic analytes
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
NTIS Subject Category	99E - Photochemistry and Radiation Chemistry 99A - Analytical Chemistry
Corporate Authors	Los Alamos National Lab., NM.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Chemical Sciences Div.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Chemical Sciences Div.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200109
Contract Number	DOE-W-7405-ENG-36

Inductively Coupled Plasma: Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Plutonium Samples.

Inductively Coupled Plasma: Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Plutonium Samples.
PB2001102980

Publication Date	2000
Personal Author	Figg, D.; Martinez, A.; Drake, L.; Brink, C.
Page Count	16
Abstract	At Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) is routinely used to analyze a wide variety of plutonium samples for inorganic analytes. Approximately 75% of the elements of the periodic table can easily be determined by ICP-MS analysis. Techniques that use atomic emission for element detection and quantification encounter a large number of spectral interferences when analyzing plutonium samples due to the numerous emission lines of plutonium. Mass spectrometric techniques do not have that problem. In ICP-MS the main effect plutonium has on the elemental determinations is a signal suppression. With matrix dilution and signal normalization that problem is mitigated. This report describes the ICP-MS method used in the analysis of plutonium samples and the resulting detection limits.
Keywords	Mass spectroscopy Plutonium Calibration Data acquisition Industively coupled plasma Inorganic analytes
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
NTIS Subject Category	99E - Photochemistry and Radiation Chemistry 99A - Analytical Chemistry
Corporate Authors	Los Alamos National Lab., NM.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Chemical Sciences Div.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Chemical Sciences Div.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200109
Contract Number	DOE-W-7405-ENG-36