Published February 1999 | Version v1
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Spontaneous Ultraviolet Emission from 233Uranium/229Thorium Samples

Creators

  • 1. Chemical and Analytical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6142 (United States)
  • 2. Chemical Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6142 (United States)

Description

The spontaneous ultraviolet luminescence reported from 233uranium compounds and ascribed to an ultraviolet gamma-ray emission from the metastable 229thorium daughter is actually N2 discharge emission induced in the air surrounding the sample by the sample radioactivity. The UV spectrum from high elemental and isotopic purity 233UO3 reported here also exhibits a line at 391.3thinspthinspnm that does not appear to be due to electric discharge N2 emission. copyright 1999 The American Physical Society

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
82
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 1109-1111
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
30034404
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
LUMINESCENCE; RADIOACTIVITY; THORIUM; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA; URANIUM
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; ELEMENTS; EMISSION; METALS; PHOTON EMISSION; SPECTRA