AN IMPROVED ROTATING-DISC CATHODE CELL FOR ELECTRODEPOSITION OF ACTINIDES - THE CASE OF PLUTONIUM

Authors
BECERRIL VA MEAS VY TEJERA RA OZIL P
Citation
Va. Becerril et al., AN IMPROVED ROTATING-DISC CATHODE CELL FOR ELECTRODEPOSITION OF ACTINIDES - THE CASE OF PLUTONIUM, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 328(3), 1993, pp. 512-516
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
328
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
512 - 516
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1993)328:3<512:AIRCCF>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
An electrolytic rotating disc electrode cell for electrodeposition of very thin and uniform plutonium (Pu) films with consistently high reco veries, was designed. It was made emphasizing the hydrodynamic conditi ons to be fulfilled by the device in agreement with the rotating disc electrode (RDE) model. The system was characterized by hydrodynamical parameters. The electrodeposition technique will be discussed elsewher e. The deposition yield was 97.5 +/- 2.5%. The high quality of the ver y thin and uniform Pu deposits allowed one to obtain very suitable Pu sources (FWHM = 10.8 keV, LM = 100 and uniformity = 10%) for alpha spe ctroscopy and for alpha emission probabilities and isotopic ratios stu dies.