Mass spectrometric determination of ¹⁸O/¹⁶O ratios to locate the source of oxygen in snap fuel capsule components /
by M. E. Smith, G. R. Waterbury

Description

Main Author

Smith, M. E.

Related Names

Waterbury, Glenn R., author.
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

Language(s)

English

Published

Los Alamos, New Mexico : Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California, 1974.

Subjects

Plutonium oxides.
Isotopes.
Mass spectrometry.
Diffusion.

Summary

The successful application of a mass spectrometric method to determine the source of oxygen diffusion into the container material of a radioisotopic fuel capsule is described. The source was chiefly the oxide fuel (²³⁸PuO/ sub 2/) and not the atmosphere. The radiochemical method, based on an [alpha]-n reaction, could not be applied because of the very low [alpha]-particle flux in the liner material.

Note

"This work was supported by the U.S Atomic Energy Commission's Division of Space Nuclear Systems."
"Issued: February 1974."
"UC-23."

Physical Description

3 pages ; 28 cm.

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