ACCELERATOR MASS-SPECTROMETRY OF THE PLANETARY ELEMENTS

Authors
FIFIELD LK CLACHER AP MORRIS K KING SJ CRESSWELL RG DAY JP LIVENS FR
Citation
Lk. Fifield et al., ACCELERATOR MASS-SPECTROMETRY OF THE PLANETARY ELEMENTS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 123(1-4), 1997, pp. 400-404
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms → ACNP
ISSN journal
0168583X
Volume
123
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
400 - 404
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(1997)123:1-4<400:AMOTPE>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Accelerator mass spectrometry has been applied for the first time to t he detection of Np-237. Sensitivity approaches 10(5) atoms. A first me asurement of the mobility of Np-237 in a marine environment is reporte d, and lends support to the prediction that neptunium should be substa ntially more mobile than plutonium. Measurements of backgrounds and tr ansmissions for plutonium and neptunium in different charge states are also reported. In addition, the relative negative ion formation proba bilities for the monoxide ions of Th, U, Np and Pu have been measured.