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Preliminary Investigation of Pretreatment Methods for Liquid Scintillation Measurements of Environmental Water Samples Using Ion Exchange Resins

Authors :
NAKASONE, Shunya
YOKOYAMA, Sumi
TAKAHASHI, Tomoyuki
OTA, Masakazu
KAKIUCHI, Hideki
SUGIHARA, Shinji
HIRAO, Shigekazu
MOMOSHIMA, Noriyuki
TAMARI, Toshiya
SHIMA, Nagayoshi
ATARASHI-ANDOH, Mariko
FUKUTANI, Satoshi
ISHIMINE, Akinobu
FURUKAWA, Masahide
TANAKA, Masahiro
AKATA, Naofumi
NAKASONE, Shunya
YOKOYAMA, Sumi
TAKAHASHI, Tomoyuki
OTA, Masakazu
KAKIUCHI, Hideki
SUGIHARA, Shinji
HIRAO, Shigekazu
MOMOSHIMA, Noriyuki
TAMARI, Toshiya
SHIMA, Nagayoshi
ATARASHI-ANDOH, Mariko
FUKUTANI, Satoshi
ISHIMINE, Akinobu
FURUKAWA, Masahide
TANAKA, Masahiro
AKATA, Naofumi
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

This paper presents an evaluation of a rapid pretreatment method for tritium analysis, that uses ion exchange resins (the batch method). The standard water samples were prepared with river water collected in Okinawa, Japan. Powdex resin was used in this study, which is an ion exchange resins in the form of powder beads. First, 100 mL of the standard sample was stirred with the cation exchange (PCH) and anion exchange (PAO) resins, as well as with activated carbon. To determine the optimal stirring time, we tested stirring times of 5, 10, 20 and 30 min. Additionally, to determine a suitable amount of ion exchange resin for environmental water samples, variations in the amount of resin and activated carbon were tested. Under the conditions of Experiment-3 (0.3 g, 0.3 g and 0.6 g of PCH, PAO and activated carbon, respectively) and with a stirring time of 5 min, electrical conductivity values of less than 1 mSm−1 were achieved. These results demonstrate the effectiveness of the removal of impurities in the sample water by ion exchange resins and confirm that such an effect can be achieved during a short period of time (i.e., in 5 min).<br />source:https://doi.org/10.1585/pfr.15.2405027<br />identifier:0000-0002-0580-0328

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Database :
OAIster
Notes :
English
Publication Type :
Electronic Resource
Accession number :
edsoai.on1375183861
Document Type :
Electronic Resource