Bestimmung von kleinen Cadmium-Gehalten in Uranoxid durch Neutronenaktivierungsanalyse

Zusammenfassung Cadmiumspuren (10ppb-5ppm) in Uranoxid wurden durch Neutronenaktivierungsanalyse bestimmt. Einer Vortrennung des Cadmiums vom Uran durch Anionenaustausch mit Dowex 1 folgte die Bestrahlung auf dem Austauscherharz im FR 2. Die erzeugten Cadmium-Aktivitäten konnten durch einen kurzen chemischen Trennungsgang nach der Bestrahlung radiochemisch rein erhalten werden. Nach Korrektur der chemischen Ausbeuten verhielten sich die Aktivitäten proportional den eingesetzten Cadmiummengen.

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Determination of small amounts of cadmium in uranium oxide by neutron-activation analysis

A pre-separation of cadmium from uranium by anion-exchange on Dowex-1 was followed by irradiation on the exchange resin in the FR-2. The cadmium activities produced could be obtained radiochemically pure by a short chemical separation procedure after irradiation. After correction of the chemical yields the activities were proportional to the original cadmium content. 10 ppb-5 ppm of Cd could be determined.

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Herrn Dr. A. v. Baeckmann danke ich für wertvolle Hinweise, Frau M. Friedrich für ihre tatkräftige Mithilfe bei der Durchführung dieser Arbeit.     

Physicochemical Properties of Deuterated Compounds. 8th Communication. The kinetic isotope effect for the reaction of hydrogen atoms with methylcyclohexane and perdeuteromethylcyclohexane in the gas phase

Using H-atoms produced in the radiolysis of water vapour, we determined the kinetic isotope effect for the reaction where RH and R′D are methylcyclohexane and perdeuterated methylcyclohexane, respectively. The result obtained from the isotope competitive method can be expressed with the Arrhenius-type equation k_H/k_D = (0.51 ± 0.04) exp[(8.58 ± 0.25) kJ mol^?1/RT] over the temperature range from 363 to 483 K. The occurrence of H abstraction from primary, secondary, and tertiary C? H bonds in methylcyclohexane is taken into consideration in the interpretation of the Arrhenius-type expression obtained. Theoretical interpretation of the kinetic isotope effect has been achieved on the basis of the transition-state theory and a semiempirical London-Eyring-Polanyi-Sato potential-energy surface. The tunnel effect is found to play a role in the H-abstraction. Several methods for estimating the tunnel correction factors have been discussed.