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Determination of uranium and thorium isotopes in NORM materials in the ceramic industry by using alpha-particle spectrometry

Publicated to:Journal Of Radioanalytical And Nuclear Chemistry. 333 (11): 5701-5711 - 2024-08-17 333(11), DOI: 10.1007/s10967-024-09686-1

Authors: Sevilla, A J; Saez-Munoz, M; Perez-Baeza, M; Ortiz, J; Martorell, S

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Univ Politecn Valencia, Lab Radioact Ambiental LRA, MEDASEGI Res Grp, Camino Vera S-N - Author

Abstract

A radiochemical procedure has been developed for the quantification of uranium and thorium isotopes in NORM samples from the ceramic industry, such as zirconium sands, zirconium flours, micronized zircon, pigments and personal aerosol filters. The method is based on a fusion pretreatment with borate salts, a separation with anion exchange resins and alpha-particle spectrometry measurement. This method is an alternative to gamma spectrometry when the amount of sample is extremely small (2-10 mg) as in the case of aerosol filters, or there is no secular equilibrium in the 238U and 232Th chains, as in the ceramic pigments. The method has been validated with different ceramic materials and the comparison of the results with gamma measurements. Its reproducibility was also checked with different sample masses.

Keywords
Alpha-particle spectrometryCeramic industryDissolutionLow-level determinationNatural radioactivityNormRa-226SamplesSeparationSequential determinationTh-isotopesThoriumUraniumZirconium

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Journal Of Radioanalytical And Nuclear Chemistry due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 79/106, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Chemistry, Analytical. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Nuclear Energy and Engineering.

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  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 2 (PlumX).
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Sevilla, AJ) and Last Author (Martorell Alsina, Sebastián Salvador).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Saez Muñoz, Marina.