Chemical and radioanalytical investigations of (106)Ru-containing air filters from Vienna in fall 2017: searching for stable element anomalies

Related to the recent nuclear release of radioactive ruthenium isotopes in fall 2017, we analyzed air filters from Vienna for irregularities in the (stable) elemental composition of particulate matter from this period. Methods were SEM/EDXS and INAA. For comparison, a reference filter from 2007 and...

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Autores principales: Zok, Dorian, Sterba, Johannes H., Steinhauser, Georg
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6182737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30369688
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10967-018-6132-6
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description Related to the recent nuclear release of radioactive ruthenium isotopes in fall 2017, we analyzed air filters from Vienna for irregularities in the (stable) elemental composition of particulate matter from this period. Methods were SEM/EDXS and INAA. For comparison, a reference filter from 2007 and blank filters were used. The chemical fingerprint encompassed 28 elements. The results show no indication for a considerable change in the elemental composition of the suspended matter. For example, no anomalies in the abundance of platinum group elements were found. The results suggest that the release of (106)Ru had not been accompanied by a release of detectable amounts of (activatable) stable elements.
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spelling pubmed-61827372018-10-24 Chemical and radioanalytical investigations of (106)Ru-containing air filters from Vienna in fall 2017: searching for stable element anomalies Zok, Dorian Sterba, Johannes H. Steinhauser, Georg J Radioanal Nucl Chem Article Related to the recent nuclear release of radioactive ruthenium isotopes in fall 2017, we analyzed air filters from Vienna for irregularities in the (stable) elemental composition of particulate matter from this period. Methods were SEM/EDXS and INAA. For comparison, a reference filter from 2007 and blank filters were used. The chemical fingerprint encompassed 28 elements. The results show no indication for a considerable change in the elemental composition of the suspended matter. For example, no anomalies in the abundance of platinum group elements were found. The results suggest that the release of (106)Ru had not been accompanied by a release of detectable amounts of (activatable) stable elements. Springer International Publishing 2018-09-01 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6182737/ /pubmed/30369688 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10967-018-6132-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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title_full Chemical and radioanalytical investigations of (106)Ru-containing air filters from Vienna in fall 2017: searching for stable element anomalies
title_fullStr Chemical and radioanalytical investigations of (106)Ru-containing air filters from Vienna in fall 2017: searching for stable element anomalies
title_full_unstemmed Chemical and radioanalytical investigations of (106)Ru-containing air filters from Vienna in fall 2017: searching for stable element anomalies
title_short Chemical and radioanalytical investigations of (106)Ru-containing air filters from Vienna in fall 2017: searching for stable element anomalies
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