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Xie Y, Cheng C, Zhang W, Wang X, Qin W, Liu W, Lin S, Xiao P, Wu Z, Jia W. Feasibility study of on-line monitoring gadolinium based on neutron induced gamma activation. Appl Radiat Isot 2023; 197:110817. [PMID: 37060678 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.110817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2022] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/17/2023]
Abstract
Gadolinium is a soluble neutron poison for ensuring criticality safety of nuclear facility. A neutron induced gamma activation device was developed for the on-line measurement of gadolinium. The experimental device consisted of an 241Am-Be neutron source, six 3He detectors and a liquid scintillation detector. The size of sample container was optimized by using Monte Carlo simulations. Aqueous sample containing gadolinium nitrate were conducted with the device to obtain the calibration curve, and neutron self-shielding effect was also studied to correct the non-linear response. The results showed the minimum detectable concentration (MDC) of gadolinium was 0.426 mg/L. Two test samples were conducted to evaluate the performance of the device. The results demonstrated that the discrepancies were within 10%, which indicate the developed system can be successfully used for on-line monitoring of gadolinium.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yongji Xie
- China Nuclear Power Engineering Co.,Ltd., Beijing, 100840, China
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- Institute of Nuclear Analytical Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China.
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- China Nuclear Power Engineering Co.,Ltd., Beijing, 100840, China
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- China Nuclear Power Engineering Co.,Ltd., Beijing, 100840, China
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- China Nuclear Power Engineering Co.,Ltd., Beijing, 100840, China
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- China Nuclear Power Engineering Co.,Ltd., Beijing, 100840, China
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- China Nuclear Power Engineering Co.,Ltd., Beijing, 100840, China
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- China Nuclear Power Engineering Co.,Ltd., Beijing, 100840, China
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- China Nuclear Power Engineering Co.,Ltd., Beijing, 100840, China
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- Institute of Nuclear Analytical Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China
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Application of Molecular Imprinting for Creation of Highly Selective Sorbents for Extraction and Separation of Rare-Earth Elements. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:polym15040846. [PMID: 36850129 PMCID: PMC9961745 DOI: 10.3390/polym15040846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
Abstract
The aim of the work is to study the effectiveness of a molecular imprinting technique application for the creation of highly selective macromolecular sorbents for selective sorption of light and heavy rare-earth metals (for example, samarium and gadolinium, respectively) with subsequent separation from each other. These sorbents seem to be promising due to the fact that only the target rare-earth metal will be sorbed owing to the fact that complementary cavities are formed during the synthesis of molecularly imprinted polymers. In other words, the advantage of the proposed macromolecules is the absence of accompanying sorption of metals with close chemical properties. Two types of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIP) were synthetized based on methacrylic acid (MAA) and 4-vinylpyridine (4VP) functional monomers. The sorption properties (extraction degree, exchange capacity) of the MIPs were studied. The impact of template removal cycle count (from 20 to 35) on the sorption effectivity was studied. Laboratory experiments on selective sorption and separation of samarium and gadolinium from a model solution were carried out.
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