Observation of attachment ratio of fission products on solution aerosol

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Attachment behavior of fission products to solution aerosols has been observed to elucidate the role of chemical effects in the generation mechanism of fission-product aerosols. Primary aerosols generated from aqueous solution of sodium chloride or ammonium sulfate were passed through a fission-product chamber, and radioactive aerosols were generated by attaching fission products to the primary aerosol particles. Attachment ratios of the fission products on aerosols were estimated from activity measurements. It was found that the attachment ratio of the sodium chloride solution aerosol is larger than that of the ammonium sulfate solution aerosol.

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This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers 24110005 and 26286076.

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  1. Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Asashironishi-2, Kumatori, Sen-nan-gun, Osaka, 590-0494, Japan

    Koichi Takamiya, Toru Tanaka, Shinnosuke Nitta, Satoshi Itosu, Shun Sekimoto, Yuichi Oki & Tsutomu Ohtsuki

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Takamiya, K., Tanaka, T., Nitta, S. et al. Observation of attachment ratio of fission products on solution aerosol. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 307, 2227–2230 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4574-7

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Keywords

  • Radioactive aerosol
  • Fission-product aerosol
  • Attachment ratio of fission product