Development of analytical laser spectroscopy at the French Atomic Energy Commission

Mauchien, P.; Semerok, A.; Lacour, Jean-Luc; Sirven, Jean-Baptiste; L’Hermite, Daniel; Coulon, Nadine; Vors, E.; Vercouter, Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.sab.2014.08.032

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“…As a purely optical method, LIBS technology is better suited to remote analysis applications in an environment with high radiation levels. Thus, LIBS has been pursued by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and several countries for use in nuclear safeguards inspection [5,6] .…”

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Influence of Ambient Gas on Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy of Uranium Metal

Zhang

Wang

et al. 2015

Plasma Sci. Technol.

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Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is regarded as a suitable method for the remote analysis of materials in any phase, even in an environment with high radiation levels. In the present work we used the third harmonic pulse of a Nd:YAG laser for ablation of uranium metal and measured the plasma emission with a fiber-optic spectrometer. The LIBS spectra of uranium metal and their features in different ambient gases (i.e., argon, neon, oxygen, and nitrogen) at atmospheric pressure were studied. Strong continuum spectrum and several hundreds of emission lines from UI and UII were observed. It is found that the continuum spectrum observed in uranium not only comes from bremsstrahlung emission but is also due to the complex spectrum of uranium. The influence of ambient gas and the gas flow rate for ablation of uranium metal was investigated. The experimental results indicate that the intensity of the uranium lines was enhanced in argon and nitrogen. However, the intensity of uranium lines was decreased in oxygen due to the generation of UO and other oxides. The results also showed that the highest intensity of uranium lines were obtained in argon gas with a gas flow rate above 2.5 L/min. The enhanced mechanism in ambient gas and the influence of the gas flow rate were analyzed in this work.

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