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  • Development of a method for [sup]129I determination using radiochemical neutron activation analysis
    Osterc, Andrej ; Jaćimović, Radojko ; Stibilj, Vekoslava
    In this work an RNAA method for 129I determination was developed. The decomposition of the samples (up to 150 g of soil or plant material) was made by alkaline fusion, where the ratio of sample: KOH ... and the heating conditions were crucial. The sample was then leached with water and then neutralised withH2SO4 (96%). The iodine present in the leachate was oxidised by the addition of NaNO2 (10%) and H2SO4 (2.5 mol LÉ1) and extracted into chloroform,followed by the reduction and stripping of iodine with Na2SO3 (10%)into an aqueous phase. Iodine was again oxidised, purged from the system with nitrogen and adsorbed onto activated charcoal. We optimised the flow rateof nitrogen, the duration of the process, the amount of charcoal needed totrap iodine and improved the purity of the charcoal, because its chemical composition (traces of K, Na, Br) influences the activity levels (dose rate) of the irradiated charcoal and prolongs the cooling time required before the radiochemical separation of the radioisotope 130I, induced by the nuclear reaction 129I(n,?)130I (t1/2 = 12.36 h, E? = 536 keV), can be made. The chemical yield for the whole procedure was determined spectrophotometrically and via the nuclear reaction 127I(n,2n)126I. The method was developed, optimised and validated using the reference material IAEA-375 Soil and a good agreement between the obtained and recommended values was found. The measurement uncertainty of the method was also assessed. The method developed was used to investigate the content of 129I in brown algae (Fucus virsoides) collected along the Slovene coast and the results found were in the order of 4 ì 10É7 ÙggÉ1.
    Vir: Acta chimica slovenica. - ISSN 1318-0207 (Vol. 54, iss. 2, 2007, str. 273-283)
    Vrsta gradiva - članek, sestavni del
    Leto - 2007
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 20849447

vir: Acta chimica slovenica. - ISSN 1318-0207 (Vol. 54, iss. 2, 2007, str. 273-283)

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