DO DIATOM ALGAE FRUSTULES ACCUMULATE URANIUM

Authors
GOLDBERG EL GRACHEV MA BOBROV VA BESSERGENEV AV ZOLOTARYOV BV LIKHOSHWAY YV
Citation
El. Goldberg et al., DO DIATOM ALGAE FRUSTULES ACCUMULATE URANIUM, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 405(2-3), 1998, pp. 584-589
Citations number
12
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
405
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
584 - 589
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1998)405:2-3<584:DDAFAU>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) and Synchrotron Radiation X-Ray Fluo rescent Analysis (SRXRFA) were used to measure the content of uranium and a few other trace elements in samples of bottom sediments of Lake Baikel separated into biogenic (diatom algae frustules) and elastic co mponents by an aerodynamic method. Uranium is rejected, rather than ac cumulated by diatom algae frustules.