HPIC separation and quantification of Ca and Fe in uranium metal and alloy compounds

The paper describes the separation and quantification of Ca and Fe from uranium metal and uranium based alloy fuels employing ion chromatography (IC). Ca separation from other metal ions of alkali and alkaline groups was carried out on a cation exchange column and the same was detected and quantified by means of conductivity detector. In case of Fe, it was separated from other transition elements using chelation ion chromatography where detection and quantification was carried out photometrically after the addition of PAR as post column reagent. For both the analyses a preliminary column chromatography separation for eliminating the bulk matrix uranium was performed. (author)