Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium (GRADS)
Document Type
Poster
Department
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Publication Date
Spring 2014
Abstract
The detection and quantification of radionuclides in aqueous media is of interest to both the Environmental Protection Agency, for matters of public health, and international organizations like the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, that use environmental samples to investigate claims of illicit nuclear activities. The current method of quantification involves batch style analytical techniques which utilize bulky instruments. Portable, flow cell detectors utilizing extractive scintillating resin with physically sorbed extractants and fluorophores have been developed; however, this resin shows poor long term stability as the active components leach from the resin over time. There is a need to develop chemically and mechanically stable extractive scintillating resin for flow cell detectors.
Recommended Citation
Duval, C; Bliznyuk, V; Seliman, A; DeVol, T; and Husson, S, "Synthesis and Characterization of Extractive Scintillating Resin for Ultra-Trace-Level Quantification of Uranium in Aqueous Media" (2014). Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium (GRADS). 105.
https://open.clemson.edu/grads_symposium/105