It reaches 8,000 kelvin—hotter than the surface of the sun. "LIBS tells us if and how much fluorine is in the particle, while ICP-MS tells us all of the uranium isotopes present," Manard said.

LIBS tells us if and how much fluorine is in the particle, while ICP-MS tells us all of the uranium isotopes present. This integrated equipment is a one-stop shop to measure fluorine as well as ...

Researchers observe new isotope of fluorine Date: March 30, 2021 Source: Washington University in St. Louis Summary: Fluorine is the most chemically reactive element on the periodic table. Only ...

Hagen, Hjorth-Jensen and Papenbrock set out to study fluorine-17, a "mirror nucleus" of oxygen-17. Each of these isotopes has an atomic number of 17, but with their protons and neutrons in flipped ...

The calcium nuclei undergo fragmentation to create smaller nuclei, which were studied by the team. This was done using BigRIPS, which sorts nuclei according to their mass and charge. Before the study ...

NIST researchers, collaborating with an Ohio-based nuclear medicine company called RadQual, have turned to germanium-68 (68 Ge) as a calibration surrogate for fluorine-18. This germanium isotope ...

International Isotopes plans to use its own patented Fluorine Extraction Process (FEP) technology which extracts fluorine from uranium tetrafluoride (UF 4) by heating a mixture of UF 4 and metal oxide ...

The plant will deconvert depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) - the so-called tails left behind after uranium enrichment - into uranium tetrafluoride, which will then be used as a feedstock for ...