Composition of Uranium
November 8, 2008
Determination of the Isotopic Composition of Uranium in Urine by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry. Paper.
Abstract:
A simple method based on inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) was developed to identify exposure to depleted uranium by measuring the isotopic composition of uranium in urine. Exposure to depleted uranium results in a decreased percentage of 235U in urine samples causing measurements to vary between natural uranium's 0.72% and depleted uranium's 0.2%. Urine samples from a non-depleted uranium exposed group and a suspected depleted uranium exposed group were processed and analyzed by ICP-MS to determine whether depleted uranium was present in the urine. Sample preparation involved dry-ashing the urine at 450[degrees]C followed by wet-ashing with a series of additions of concentrated nitric acid and 30% hydrogen peroxide. The ash from the urine was dissolved in 1 M nitric acid, and the intensity of 235U and 238U ions were measured by ICP-MS. After the samples were ashed, the ICP-MS measurements required less than 5 min. The 235U percentage in individuals from the depleted uranium exposed group with urine uranium concentrations greater than 150 ng L-1 was between 0.20%-0.33%, correctly identifying depleted uranium exposure. Samples from the non-depleted uranium exposed individuals had urine...
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About Physics
March 18, 2008
We're all born with an urge to understand the world around us. This leads us to ask questions such as "How does a mobile phone work?", "How does the Sun keep on shining?", "What is dark matter?", "What are the ultimate constituents of matter?", "How did the Universe begin?". If you find that the more answers you discover, the more questions you want to ask, then you're on the road to becoming a physicist and should be considering taking a physics course in higher education. * As well as being concerned with deep fundamental questions, physics forms the basis of most present and future technology. Without an understanding of the basic physics of a problem, we'd be shooting in the dark. For example, when compact disc players were developed, it was crucial that the physics of solid state lasers and the interaction of light with matter were well understood. This in turn depended on an understanding of atomic physics and quantum mechanics. * Other new technological developments depend on modern physics in a similar way. One of the key ideas in physics is that, behind the complexity of the world around us, there is an underlying simplicity...
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September 25, 2007
Knowledge for all...thank you
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