Laser-time resolved fluorimetric determination of trace of boron in U3O8

In this work, a laser-time resolved fluorimetric determinatin of trace of boron in U3O8 had been developed. The boron complex with dibenzoyl methane (DBM) in a suitable medium is excited by a small nitrogen laser and emits the delay fluorescence with lifetime of 2 ms which is much longer than that of the fluorescence of uranium. Since the fluorescence of uranium doesn't interfere with determination of boron in the time resolved fluorimetric method boron need not be separated from uranium in advance. Thus the determination is very rapid and simple. The limit of determination is 0.02 ngB/ml. When 10 mgU is taken, 0.01 ppm of boron in uranium can be determined. Several samples of U3O8 with boron content from 0.04 to 0.5 ppm have been determined by using this method. The results of determination have been accordant with other methods