Critical comparison of INAA and ICP-MS applied in the characterization of purity of TRISO fuel and substrates to its production

Chajduk, Ewelina; Kalbarczyk, Paweł

Critical comparison of INAA and ICP-MS applied in the characterization of purity of TRISO fuel and substrates to its production

Nukleonika

Volume 66 (2021): Issue 4 (December 2021)

By: Ewelina Chajduk and Paweł Kalbarczyk

Open Access

|Nov 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nuka-2021-0018 | Journal eISSN: 1508-5791 | Journal ISSN: 0029-5922

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Language: English

Page range: 121 - 126

Submitted on: Feb 9, 2021

Accepted on: Apr 12, 2021

Published on: Nov 25, 2021

Published by: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

Chemical purity,

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry,

Instrumental neutron activation analysis,

TRISO coated fuel

Related subjects:

Chemistry,

Nuclear chemistry,

Physics,

Astronomy and astrophysics,

Physics, other

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