The Determination of Total Plutonium in the Presence of Aluminum

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Introduction: "The adoption of aluminum nitrate as salting agent in the Redox process made it imperative that a method be available for determining plutonium in the presence of aluminum. However, large amounts of aluminum have been found to interfere with the determination of plutonium by the lanthanum fluoride procedure. Previous attempts to increase the accuracy of the lanthanum fluoride method, by precipitating LaF3 from 4 M HF (rather than 2 M), have been successful only when the initial plutonium level was high."

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Burns, R. E. & Barton, G. B. February 10, 1950.

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  • Main Title: The Determination of Total Plutonium in the Presence of Aluminum
  • Series Title: HW (Series)
  • Added Title: Hanford Works (Richland, Washington) Report 15944
  • Series Title: Hanford Works Reports
  • Added Title: Hanford Works Report HW-15944

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Introduction: "The adoption of aluminum nitrate as salting agent in the Redox process made it imperative that a method be available for determining plutonium in the presence of aluminum. However, large amounts of aluminum have been found to interfere with the determination of plutonium by the lanthanum fluoride procedure. Previous attempts to increase the accuracy of the lanthanum fluoride method, by precipitating LaF3 from 4 M HF (rather than 2 M), have been successful only when the initial plutonium level was high."

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[5] p. : tables ; 28 cm.

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  • SuDoc Number: Y 3.AT 7:22/HW-15944
  • Report No.: HW-15944
  • Government Documents No.: W-31-109-eng-52
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc502843

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Burns, R. E. & Barton, G. B. The Determination of Total Plutonium in the Presence of Aluminum, report, February 10, 1950; Richland, Washington. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc502843/: accessed April 25, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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