用THESEUS,一种以气溶为基础的颗粒合成方法,生产混合元素胺基基基准颗粒来支持核安全措施
Benjamin E Naes1, Spencer Scott2, Abigail Waldron2
1Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA.
The Analyst
|June 16, 2023
概括
热蒸发喷雾用于工程均颗粒S (THESEUS) 平台生产了用于核安全措施的均混合活性氧化物颗粒. 这项研究证明了THESEUS.
科学领域:
- 核化学和材料科学 核化学和材料科学
- 开发用于核应用的先进材料.
背景情况:
- 产生均的混合性活性氧化物颗粒对于核安全措施至关重要.
- 现有的方法需要提高精度和控制.
研究的目的:
- 为了展示THESEUS (热蒸发喷雾用于工程统一颗粒S) 平台的功能.
- 为了生产和表征均的/ (Th/U) 氧化物微粒基准材料.
主要方法:
- 利用以气溶为基础的技术进行颗粒生成,化和聚合.
- 采用了现场空气动力学颗粒大小光谱和现场微分析技术.
- 使用二次离子质谱法 (SIMS) 进行单颗粒和自动化颗粒分析.
主要成果:
- 成功生成单分散的Th/U氧化物颗粒 (GSD < 1.15) 的直径接近1μm.
- 确定了U3O8作为初级阶段,并通过SIMS证实了粒子间的同质性.
- 确定了0.53的232Th/238U相对灵敏度因子,并观察了Th/U分析行为差异.
结论:
- 该平台有效地产生统一的混合性乙烯酸氧化物微粒.
- 这项工作建立了对Th/U微粒子核安全防护参考材料的系统研究.
- 证明了THESEUS在持续生产混合元素颗粒基准材料方面的潜力.
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