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Certification of Uranium Isotope Amount Ratios in a Suite of Uranium Ore Concentrate Certified Reference Materials
- Source :
- Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research. 46:43-56
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2021.
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Abstract
- In this study, data from thirteen laboratories from around the world are presented for a successful certification of uranium isotope ratios in uranium ore concentrate (UOC) certified reference materials from the National Research Council Canada. Different mass spectrometric measurement principles (including SF-ICP-MS, quadruple ICP-MS, TIMS, MC-ICP-MS, SIMS and AMS) and measurement procedures were employed. In general, data from all sources exhibit good consistency with TIMS and MC-ICP-MS showing superior performance. The three candidate UOC CRMs (UCLO-1, UCHI-1 and UPER-1) have natural uranium isotope ratios with certified values of 0.5304(7) × 10⁻⁴, 0.5475(2) × 10⁻⁴ and 0.5361(4) × 10⁻⁴ for n(²³⁴U)/n(²³⁸U) and 0.007 2563(13), 0.007 2563(10) and 0.007 2542(11) for n(²³⁵U)/n(²³⁸U), respectively, with expanded uncertainty (k = 2) applicable to the last digit of the value given in the parentheses. Information values for n(²³⁶U)/n(²³⁸U) in these three CRMs, measured by AMS, are also provided: 10 × 10⁻¹², 200 × 10⁻¹² and 22 × 10⁻¹². The uncertainties of the proposed certified values of uranium isotope ratios in UOC CRMs are superior to available reference materials, and the values of n(²³⁴U)/n(²³⁸U) and n(²³⁶U)/n(²³⁸U) show significant variation among the three CRMs.
- Subjects :
- Waste management
Isotopes of uranium
Mc icp ms
Suite
010401 analytical chemistry
Geology
Certification
010403 inorganic & nuclear chemistry
certified reference materials
01 natural sciences
0104 chemical sciences
Uranium ore
Certified reference materials
Geochemistry and Petrology
uranium ore concentrate
Environmental science
MC-ICP-MS
TIMS
U isotope ratio
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1751908X and 16394488
- Volume :
- 46
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....628550d71499706ec4bd5ff811163a04