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WK77 New Standard Test Method for the Radiochemical Determination of Am-241 in Soil Using Extraction Chromatography

Developed by Subcommittee: C26.05
See Related Work by this Subcommittee
Date Initiated: 02-07-2003

1. Scope

This procedure describes a method for separation and purification of plutonium and americium in soil and sediments, for aliquots of up to 20 g, in preparation for alpha spectrometry.

Keywords
alpha spectrometry; americium-241, extraction chromatography; ion exchange; neodymium fluoride mounting

The title and scope are in draft form and are under development within this ASTM Committee.