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X-Ray Powder Diffraction of Einsteinium Compounds*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

R. G. Haire  and
J. R. Peterson
R. G. Haire
Affiliation:
Transuranium Research Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830
J. R. Peterson
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37916 and Transuranium Research Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830
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Abstract

X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) analysis has proven to be extremely valuable in the study of the transplutonium elements. The high specific activity and the thermal energy associated with the radioactive decay of einsteinium isotopes make XRPD analysis of einsteinium samples very difficult. The major problems are destruction of the samples crystallinity and alteration of their chemical composition. Blackening of the X-ray film also compromises the analyses. By applying certain guidelines given here, a limited amount of success has been achieved in obtaining diffraction data on einsteinium and some of its compounds.

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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 22: Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 1-4, 1978 , 1978 , pp. 101 - 107
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1978

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Research sponsored by the Division of Nuclear Sciences, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U. S. Department of Energy under contracts W-7405-eng-26 with Union Carbide Corporation and EY-76-S-05-4447 with the University of Tennessee (Knoxville).

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