Electrolytical enrichment for liquid scintillation determinations of low tritium samples: A revised methodology

The determination of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, fluorine, chlorine and sulphur contents for characterization of plutonium complexes with organic ligands have been standardized and glove box adopted. Various plutonium(IV) mono- and di-carboxylates, plutonium(IV) chelates with pyrazolones, UO₂⁺⁺ and PuO₂⁺⁺ complexes having pyrazolones as chelating agent and sulfoxides, amides and phosphine oxide ligands as oxodonors; uranium carbides and uranium nitrides and several potential organic extractants for actinides were analyzed satisfactorily. All these methods set up in double module glove box train are extremely useful for a low budget radioactive laboratory engaged in research in solid actinide complexes.