Estimation of naturally occurring radionuclides in fertilizers using gamma spectrometry and elemental analysis by XRF and XRD techniques

P Chauhan, RP Chauhan, M Gupta - Microchemical Journal, 2013 - Elsevier
The fertilizers are essential in agriculture as they supply nutrients to the farming fields. One
of the sources of radioactivity other than those of natural origin is mainly due to extensive …

Atomic spectrometry update. Review of advances in the analysis of metals, chemicals and materials

S Carter, AS Fisher, MW Hinds, S Lancaster… - Journal of Analytical …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
This review period has seen some changes to the format of the review. These changes are
intended to more accurately reflect the current state of analytical research in the analysis of …

Radioactivity and radiation hazard indices assessment for phosphate rock samples from Al-Jalamid, Turaif, Umm Wu'al, and As-Sanam, Saudi Arabia

K Mehboob, YA Alzahrani, O Fallatah… - Arabian Journal for …, 2021 - Springer
In this study, the activity concentration of 235 U, 40 K, 238 U, 226 Ra, and 232 Th in
phosphate rock found in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been measured by gamma-ray …

Recycling of Zircaloy machining chips by VAR remelting and powder metallurgy techniques

H Takiishi, JH Duvaizen, IM Sato, JL Rossi… - Materials Science …, 2012 - Trans Tech Publ
In the fabrication of nuclear reactor core parts, machining chips of Zircaloy are generated.
These alloys are strategic for nuclear technology and cannot be discarded. In the present …

Determination of tungsten in tantalum–tungsten alloy by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry using fusion, thin layer, and pressed powder pellet techniques

L Tian, D Zou, Y Dai, G Tang - Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic …, 2015 - Elsevier
A method is described for the X-ray fluorescence (XRF) determination of tungsten in
tantalum–tungsten alloy over the range of 10.5%–13.5%. The sample was prepared by three …

Aplicações do método Warren-Averbach de análise de perfis de difração

RU Ichikawa - 2013 - teses.usp.br
O objetivo deste trabalho foi desenvolver e implementar uma metodologia envolvendo a
análise de perfis de difração de raios X (X-ray Line Profile Analysis-XLPA) para o estudo e …

[PDF][PDF] Study on the production of VAR electrodes from Zircaloy turning lathe chips

CS Mucsi, JL Rossi, LAM Reis - VII Scientific Meeting of …, 2016 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Zircaloy 4 chips are produced in large quantities during the machining of Zircaloy 4 rods for
the PWR fuel elements parts. Currently Zircaloy 4 is a zirconium alloy imported into Brazil …

Recycling and melting process of the zirconium alloy chips

LAM Reis - Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences, 2019 - bjrs.org.br
The aim of this work is study on the recycling process of zirconium alloy chips and the results
aiming the efficiency in the cleaning process; the quality control; the obtaining of the pressed …

Study on the viability of the recycling by electric arc melting of zirconium alloys scraps aiming the scalability of the process

CS Mucsi, LAM dos Reis, MP Gomes… - Materials Science …, 2018 - Trans Tech Publ
Turning chips of zirconium alloys are produced in large quantities during the machining of
alloy rods for the fabrication of the end plugs for the Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) fuel …

Study on the microstructure of recycled zircaloy by X-ray diffraction line profile analysis

RU Ichikawa, LAT Pereira, K Imakuma, LG Martinez… - 2013 - inis.iaea.org
In the fabrication of nuclear fuel elements parts, Zircaloy machining chips are generated
and, as this material is high-valued and controlled, its recycling presents high interest not …