Abstract
A photographic method has been developed for the spectral analysis of the isotopic composition of the enriched uranium U235 in the range of concentrations from 2 to 90% and higher. The behavior of standard calibrating curves has been investigated over a wide range of concentration. It has been established that the presence of a contaminant in the sample being analyzed does not distort the results of the analysis, It is shown that even though photographic spectral analysis is faster and less costly than other methods, its accuracy compares favorably, (the mean-square relative error of the measurement of a concentration in the region from 4 to 90% varies from ± 2.2 to ± 0.3%).
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Striganov, A.R., Gavrilov, F.F. & Efremov, S.P. Quantitative spectral analysis of the isotopic composition of enriched uranium. The Soviet Journal of Atomic Energy 2, 409–417 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01489630
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