RAPID RADIOCHEMICAL PROCEDURE FOR ANTIMONY AND ARSENIC

Abstract

A very rapid radiochemical procedure has been developed for antimony and arsenic. A sample is added to a 30 per cent solution of H2SO4 containing a carrier for antimony or arsenic (or both). This solution is dropped into a flask containing granular zinc at 100 C. The volatile stibine and/or arsine formed is passed through a hot quartz tube and decomposed to the metal, which collects as a metallic mirror on a coller protion of the quartz tube. This metal is dissolved in H2SO4 and assayed. The chemical yield is consistently between 70 and 80%. The time required for separation of the metal from the other elements of a fission product solution is about 10 seconds.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 17, 1962
Accession Number
AD0296435

Entities

People

  • A.e. Greendale
  • D.l. Love

Organizations

  • Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Air Force
  • Civil Defense
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Fission Products
  • Geological Surveys
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Materials
  • Metals
  • Military Operations
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • Naval Operations
  • Public Health
  • War Colleges

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  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.