Mathew Snow, Christopher Gilligan, Justin T. Cooper, Kolby Olney, Jacob Brookhart, Tommy Holschuh, Darrell Knight, David L. Chichester
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Abstract
Surrogate nuclear explosive debris (SNED) is critical to post-detonation nuclear forensic science. We report a systematic study optimizing the dissolution characteristics of sol–gel based SNED. Total carbon analyses of sol–gels indicate elimination of unreacted carbon from residual ethyl groups when samples are annealed above 500 °C. Sol–gel SNED annealed between 600 and 800 °C dissolves similarly to Trinitite when using both HCl/HF and HNO3/HF based dissolution approaches. Taken together, these data demonstrate the ability to produce highly tunable, realistic SNED samples that can be employed to support future laboratory analysis applications.
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An international periodical publishing original papers, letters, review papers and short communications on nuclear chemistry. The subjects covered include: Nuclear chemistry, Radiochemistry, Radiation chemistry, Radiobiological chemistry, Environmental radiochemistry, Production and control of radioisotopes and labelled compounds, Nuclear power plant chemistry, Nuclear fuel chemistry, Radioanalytical chemistry, Radiation detection and measurement, Nuclear instrumentation and automation, etc.