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Application of fast solvent extraction processes to studies of exotic nuclides
Gunnar SkarnemarkJon Petter OmtvedtNorbert TrautmannA. NählerB. WierczinskiM. MendelKlaus EberhardtR. MalmbeckNorbert WiehlJ. V. KratzJ. Alstadsubject
ChemistryHealth Toxicology and MutagenesisNuclear engineeringLiquid scintillation countingPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthAnalytical chemistryTransactinide elementChemical separation methodPollutionAnalytical ChemistryNuclear Energy and EngineeringRadiology Nuclear Medicine and imagingNuclideSolvent extractionSpectroscopydescription
Fast solvent extraction is a chemical separation method, which can be applied to study exotic nuclides. Since about 1970 the SISAK technique, which is an on-line method based on multi-stage solvent extraction separations, has been successfully used to investigate the nuclear properties of β-decaying nuclides with half-lives down to about one second. During the last decade it has become possible to produce transactinide elements in high enough yields to investigate their chemical properties on a one-atom-at-a-time scale. For this purpose it was necessary to improve and change the detection part of the SISAK system in order to be capable to detect spontaneously fissioning and α-decaying nuclides in a flowing organic solution. This technique is based on liquid scintillation counting with pulse-shape discrimination and pile-up rejection
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-10-01 | Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry |