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Simultaneous detection of Mn, Co, Ni, and Cu using ion chromatography coupled with ICP-MS with a special focus on the determination of 59Ni in corrosion deposits

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A simple method for the simultaneous detection of stable and long-lived Mn, Ni, Co and Cu isotopes has been created by coupling an ion chromatographic system (IC) to an ICP-MS. The analytical procedure was tested with two chromatographic columns: a strong cation exchange and an anionic/cationic mixed bed. It was found that the best separation of the metals is typically obtained when mobile phase contains 0.05 mol/L of tartaric acid. Ammonia solution was used for adjustment of the eluent’s pH and this avoided contamination of the ICP-MS with eluent metals. The developed method was demonstrated in researching the samples of corrosion deposits from a pipeline of a nuclear power plant. The established 59Ni scaling factor to 60Co being 3.8 × 10−2 and it’s correlated to the literary data.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge the company, LOKMIS, and the Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA) for funding project VP2-1.3-UM-05-K-01-034. Furthermore, the authors would like to acknowledge Ignalina NPP for the opportunity to measure actual samples in general and, personally to Aleksandr Oryshaka, who is the head of the Radioactive Waste Management Department for his help and support.

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  1. Department of Physical Chemistry, Vilnius University, Naugarduko 24, LT-03225, Vilnius, Lithuania

    Deivis Plausinaitis

  2. State Research Institute, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio Al. 3, LT-10257, Vilnius, Lithuania

    Birute Knasiene, Evaldas Naujalis & Adrián Vicent Claramunt

  3. Company LOKMIS, Visoriu Str. 2, LT-08300, Vilnius, Lithuania

    Aleksandr Prokopchik

  4. Department of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, Vilnius University, Naugarduko 24, LT-03225, Vilnius, Lithuania

    Evaldas Naujalis

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Plausinaitis, D., Knasiene, B., Prokopchik, A. et al. Simultaneous detection of Mn, Co, Ni, and Cu using ion chromatography coupled with ICP-MS with a special focus on the determination of 59Ni in corrosion deposits. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 316, 257–265 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-018-5759-7

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