电感耦合等离子体质谱法测量土壤中的铼

    Measurement of Re in Soil by High Temperature Oxidation-ICP-MS

    • 摘要: 人们需要对核设施退役过程中污染的粉尘和土壤放射性废物进行分类后送往处置场处置。根据《放射性废物分类》的文件要求,锝(Tc)作为核废物管理中重要的放射性核素之一,需要准确测定其放射性活度浓度。铼(Re)与Tc同为ⅦB族元素,在电子层结构、原子半径、溶解度、热稳定性与挥发性等方面具有相似性,本工作以Re代替Tc,建立了高温氧化-电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-MS)测定土壤中Re的分析方法。研究结果表明:当采用高温氧化温度为1100 ℃、氩气和氧气流速均为200 mL/min、高温氧化时间为15 min时,以10 mL 1.0 mol/L Na2CO3溶液为吸收液处理模拟土壤样品,ICP-MS测量,土壤中铼回收率为89%~99%,方法的相对标准偏差为4.5%(n=6)(Re质量浓度为10 μg/g)。这为核退役设施粉尘中99Tc的测定提供了一定的方法基础和分离方案。

       

      Abstract: The dust and soil contaminated during the decommissioning process of nuclear facilities need to be sorted into radioactive waste and sent to the disposal site for disposal. According to the document requirements of “Radioactive Waste Classification”, technetium(Tc), as one of the important radionuclides in nuclear waste management, needs to accurately measure its radioactive activity concentration. The analysis process of 99Tc in dust and soil mainly includes four processes: sample pretreatment, chemical separation and purification, source preparation and measurement. At present, technetium is extracted from the sample matrix by leaching method, total dissolution method or alkali fusion method, and then one or more methods are combined by co-precipitation method, solvent extraction, ion exchange, extraction chromatography and other separation methods for purification, removal of interfering components, and finally determination by liquid scintillation counting or mass spectrometry. The whole pre-processing process is tedious and takes several hours to several days, which takes a long time. Due to the high temperature volatilization of technetium oxide(Tc2O7), the high temperature volatilization method can be used to extract technetium from dust and soil samples, effectively remove the matrix and non-volatile interference substances, and obtain a simpler solution composition, making the subsequent purification steps simpler. In terms of measurement, the beta counting method uses the radioactivity of 99Tc(T1/2=2.1×105 a). Although the source is simple and easy to use, due to the long half-life of 99Tc, it is necessary to measure large samples for a long time to meet the detection requirements when analyzing low-level samples. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry(ICP-MS) is widely used in the analysis of long-lived radionuclides because of its fast analysis speed, high sensitivity and low detection limit. Rhenium(Re) and technetium(Tc) are members of the ⅦB group and have similarities in electron layer structure, atomic radius, solubility, thermal stability and volatility. A high temperature oxidation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry(ICP-MS) method was developed for the determination of rhenium in soil by replacing technetium with rhenium. The results show that when the high temperature oxidation temperature is 1100 ℃, the flow rate of argon and oxygen is 200 mL/min, the high temperature oxidation time is 15 min, the simulated soil sample is treated with 10 mL 1.0 mol/L Na2CO3 solution as the absorption solution, and the ICP-MS measurement is carried out. The recovery of rhenium in soil is 89%-99%, and the relative standard deviation of the method is 4.5%(n=6)(rhenium mass concentration is 10 μg/g). It provides a method basis and separation scheme for the determination of 99Tc in the dust of decommissioning facilities.

       

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