Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5499052 | Radiation Physics and Chemistry | 2017 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A novel dibenzo-18-crown-6 ether (DB-18CE-6)- functionalised silica (SiO2) disk was found to be a capable source preparation technique for the rapid analysis of 226Ra by alpha-spectrometry. DB-18CE-6 was chemically immobilised onto the surface of SiO2 disks. It is anticipated that the high levels of selectivity of DB-18CE-6 for radium will allow for an efficient chemical separation of 226Ra from other elements present in sample matrices. 226Ra was adsorbed as a monolayer onto the surface of the silica disks, attaching to the functionalised centres of the DB-18CE-6 structure, forming a high resolution counting source for alpha-spectrometry. The chemical recovery of radium from synthetic samples was 2.3% at pH 2, with higher recoveries expected over the pH range of 4â10.
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Authors
H. Mohamud, E.M. van Es, T. Sainsbury, P. Ivanov, B. Russell, P.H. Regan, N.I. Ward,