Simultaneous determination of trace uranium and thorium by radiochemical neutron activation analysis

A method for the simultaneous, radiochemical neutron activation analysis of uranium and thorium at trace levels in biological materials is described, based on a technique known as LICSIR, in which a double neutron irradiation is employed. In the first, long irradiation²³³Pa (27.0 d) is induced by neutron capture on²³²Th and then the sample is cooled for several weeks. A second short irradiation to induce²³⁹U (23.5 m) is followed by a rapid sequential radiochemical separation by solvent extraction of²³⁹U with TBP and²³³Pa with TOPO. Chemical yields of²³⁹U and²³³Pa were measured for each sample aliquot using added²³⁵U and²³¹Pa tracers from the -spectra of the separated fractions. The technique was validated by quality control analyses.     

Simultaneous determination of uranium and thorium in high grade thorium ores

A routine procedure has been developed for the simultaneous determination of uranium and thorium in high concentration thorium ores. INAA is used to determine the uranium and thorium concentration. However, for very low concentrations of uranium a radiochemical procedure based on the use of NPy/benzene as an extractant has to be employed. The precision and accuracy of the method has been determined by analyzing IAEA and NBL standard thorium/uranium ores.     

协同催化荧光法测定痕量钴的研究

基于在硼酸 硼砂介质中,钴和三乙醇胺协同催化过氧化氢氧化还原型罗丹明6G的反应,建立了协同催化荧光法测定痕量钴的新方法。钴的检出限为0.011ng/mL;测定范围0.016～0.80ng/mL。方法已用于小麦粉,玉米粉,VB12和人尿液等样品中痕量钴的测定。     

基于痕量联苯胺阻尼作用的荧光光度分析

在HCl介质中，联苯胺的存在对KBrO3氧化吡咯红反应有抑制作用，据此建立了测定痕量联苯胺的荧光动力学新方法。对方法的介质条件、试剂用量、干扰物质影响进行了系统研究。在最佳实验条件下，方法的线性范围为30～400ng／mL，检出限为14．4ng／mL，对11份浓度为80ng／mL，300ng／mL的联苯胺标准溶液进行平行测定，相对标准偏差分别为2．1％和1．2％。本法用于塑料和雨水中联苯胺的测定，回收率为97．8％～102．1％。     

阻抑荧光动力学法测定痕量司帕沙星

研究了Tris水溶液中司帕沙星对Cu（Ⅱ）催化H2O2氧化罗丹明B荧光猝灭体系的抑制作用,发现司帕沙星的质量浓度在0.098～1.372 ng/mL范围内与该体系的荧光强度成良好的线性关系,据此,建立了动力学荧光测定痕量司帕沙星的新方法.该方法检出限可达0.058 ng/mL,并用于制剂及体液中司帕沙星的分析,回收率为98.3%～102.1%.     

Extraction fluorimetric determination of uranium by conventional spectrophotometry

The determination of uranium by a fluorimetric method using a conventional spectrophotometer has been elaborated. The quenching effect of the matrix was reduced by separation with liquid-liquid extraction and emulsion liquid membrane extraction methods using D2EHPA as a selective extraction reagent. The method was employed for uranium determination in radioactive waste solutions and proved to be very fast and easy to perform. It was found that it is possible to determinate as low as 0.2 ppm of uranium in a 10 ml sample.     

Spectrofluorimetric determination of trace amounts of thorium

A spectrofluorimetric method, based on the formation of a fluorescent complex with salicyladehyde carbohydrazone, is optimized for the determination of thorium (20–800 μg l^?1) at “pH” 1.3–1.7. The relative standard deviation is 2.7% for 100 μg Th l^?1. The method is applied to synthetic mixtures containing various amounts of thorium and to the determination of thorium in monazite samples.     

Polarographic determination of trace amounts of thorium

A sensitive linear-sweep polarographic method for the determination of thorium is described. It is based on the thorium complex with Xylidyl Blue I (XBI) in a medium containing ethylenediamine, 1,10-phenanthroline, oxalic acid and ninhydrin, at pH 10.5-11.5. The complex has been proved to be Th(XBI)(2), with log beta' = 9.6. The method can be used to determine trace amounts of thorium over the range 3.5 x 10(-8)-3 x 10(-6)M. The detection limit is 1 x 10(-8)M. A solvent extraction procedure is necessary to eliminate interference from several cations. The method has been applied to determination of traces of thorium in minerals, with good results.     

动力学荧光法分析痕量碘的研究

基于在磷酸介质中，碘能催化过碘酸钾氧化罗丹明6G的反应，使荧光猝灭，建立了催化荧光法测定痕量碘的新方法。方法的检出限为0．019mg/L，线性范围为0．020mg/L-0.80mg/L，可直接用于加碘食盐、海带、紫菜和盐酸胺碘酮药片中碘的测定。     

Analysis of trace uranium in Indian tobacco samples

The trace uranium concentrations have been determined in tobacco obtained from different brands of commercially available cigarette, beedi, chewing tobacco and also in pan masala, using fission track registration technique. Consumption of tobacco orally or by smoking may result in the intake of radioactive elements into the human body causing hazardous effects. External detector method was employed for the determination of uranium using Makrofol-KG as the fission track detector. The range of uranium was found to vary between 0.066–0.106 ppm, 0.042–0.079 ppm and 0.043–0.092 ppm, in tobacco from samples of cigarette, beedi and chewing tobacco, respectively, and between 0.073–0.203 ppm in pan masala samples.     

A neutron activation analysis procedure for the determination of uranium,thorium and potassium in geologic samples

A neutron activation analysis procedure was developed for the determination of uranium, thorium and potassium in basic and ultrabasic rocks. The three elements are determined in the same 0.5-g sample following a 30-min irradiation in a thermal neutron flux of 2·10¹² n·cm^?2·sec^?1. Following radiochemical separation, the nuclides²³⁹U (T=23.5 m),²³³Th (T=22.2 m) and⁴²K (T=12.36 h) are measured by β-counting. A computer program is used to resolve the decay curves which are complex owing to contamination and the growth of daughter activities. The method was used to determine uranium, throium and potassium in the U. S. Geological Survey standard rocks DTS-1, PCC-1 and BCR-1. For 0.5-g samples the limits of detection for uranium, throium and potassium are 0.7, 1.0 and 10 ppb, respectively.     

Study on catalytic fluorimetric determination of trace manganese

A new kinetic fluorimetric method has been proposed for the determination of trace manganese. The method is based on the catalytic oxidation of rhodamine 6G with potassium periodate in the presence of nitrilo triacetic acid as activator, in near neutral media. The detection limit for manganese is 0.018 ng/ml. The linear range of the determination is 0.04-1.00 ng/ml. The proposed method suffers from few interferences in the presence of more than 30 foreign ions. The method has been used to determine trace manganese in hair, urine, fish and water samples. The results are satisfactory.     

Determination of uranium and thorium concentration in some Egyptian rock samples

Uranium (U) and thorium (Th) isotopes and their several radioactive descendants found in soil, rock, water, plants, air, etc., contribute to the natural radiation exposure of the population. Phosphate rocks are really rich natural sources of uranium and thorium among the other minerals forming the earth's crust. U and Th concentrations in some Egyptian phosphate samples were determined using a nuclear track registration methodology and -ray spectroscopy. The resulting latent tracks from all -decaying isotopes in both U and Th series were recorded in plastic detectors. A uniquely sensitive polycarbonate CR-39 nuclear detector was used. Results showed that the U and Th concentration in the samples studied range from about 4.0 up to 35.0 ppm and from 11.0 to 124.0 ppm, respectively. Results are discussed within the frame work of track formation methodology in plastic and -ray spectroscopic analysis.     

Determination of thorium,uranium and plutonium isotopes in atmospheric samples

A new procedure for the radiochemical measurements of thorium, uranium and plutonium in atmospheric samples is described. Analysis involves coprecipitation of these actinides with iron hydroxide from a 40-to 50-dm³ sample of rainwater, followed by radiochemical separation and purification procedures by the use of ion exchange chromatography (Dowex AG1×8) and solvent extraction. The new procedure enables one to determine the isotopes of thorium, uranium and plutonium, which are found in rainwater at extremely low concentrations, with a chemical yield ranging from 60 to 80%.     

Application of ion-exchange separations to determination of trace elements in natural waters-IX: simultaneous isolation and determination of uranium and thorium

A method is described for the determination of uranium and thorium in samples of natural waters. After acidification with citric acid the water sample is filtered and sodium citrate and ascorbic acid are added. The resulting solution of pH 3 is passed through a 4-g column of Dowex 1 x 8 (citrate form) on which both uranium and thorium are adsorbed as anionic citrate complexes. Thorium is eluted with 8M hydrochloric acid and separated from co-eluted substances by anion-exchange in 8M nitric acid medium on a separate 2-g column of the same resin in the nitrate form. After complete removal of iron by washing with a mixture consisting of IBMK, acetone and 1M hydrochloric acid (1:8:1 v v ) and treatment of the resin with 6M hydrochloric acid, the uranium is eluted from the 4-g column with 1M hydrochloric acid. In the eluate thorium is determined spectrophotometrically (arsenazo III method) while fluorimetry is employed for the assay of uranium. The procedure was used for the determination of uranium and thorium in numerous water samples collected in Austria, including samples of mineral-waters. The results indicate that a simple relationship exists between the uranium and thorium contents of waters which makes it possible to calculate the approximate thorium content of a sample on the basis of its uranium concentration and vice versa.     

Determination of uranium and thorium isotopes in soil samples by coprecipitation

Summary The paper presents a procedure to prepare soil samples for U and Th isotope measurement by alpha-spectrometry after coprecipitation with LaF₃. In this procedure the reduction of U(VI) to U(IV) was performed by Zn metal in 4M HCl solution. The recoveries of chemical separation equal to e_U-chemistry = 78±4% for uranium and e_Th-chemistry = 82±4% for thorium. Canberra alpha-spectrometer was used with PIPS detectors of A-1200-37-AM Model of 1200 mm² active area. The counting efficiency of the measuring system equals to e_counting = 18% and the total efficiencies were e_U = e_counting ^.e_U-chemistry = 14.0±0.7% for uranium and e_Th = e_counting ^.e_Th-chemistry = 14.7±0.7% for thorium. The recoveries of chemical separation were rather high (about 80%), that leads to the use of a small weight of soil sample (about 0.5 g). The efficiencies were also stable, that allows analyzing the soil sample without using radiotracers. They are advantages of the sample preparation procedure of this work.     

A novel absorptiometric determination of trace level thorium

A very sensitive spectrophotometric method for analysis of thorium based on thoriumbenzoate-aniline blue complex is described. The maximum absorbance is found to be at 660 nm. The molar absorptivity of the complex is 3.16⁻ 10³ 1⁻ mol⁻¹-cm⁻¹. The interference due to many ions was found to be within acceptable limits. This method has been used to determine the quantity of thorium from a synthetic solution.     

Separation and spectrophotometric determination of thorium contained in uranium concentrate

A method for the determination of thorium in uranium concentrate by spectrophotometry with Arsenazo III has been developed. Preliminary solvent extraction procedures were used to eliminate interfering species. Samples were dissolved in nitric, perchloric and sulfuric acid and the uranium extracted from the solution using tri-octylamine. The aqueous layer was evaporated to dryness and the residue re-dissolved with hydrochloric acid, thorium was extracted by tri-n-octyl phosphine oxide and stripped with oxalic acid. For a typical uranium concentrate produced from the phosphate rock of Itataia, Brazil, concentrations of thorium as low as 5 g·g^-1 can be determined.