Phase investigation of uranium–vanadium alloy using multiple techniques

Michal Brandis; Gregory Gershinsky; Arnon Rubinshtein; Yevgeni Zakon; Maor Assulin; Amiram Moyal; Eyal Elish; Arnon Grafit; Aldo Shemesh; Assaf Bolker; Ofer Aviv; Noa Fruchter; Nir M. Yitzhak; Sagi Nissim; Zohar Yungrais; Alexander Zinger; Lena Plastovez; Noam Gonen; Itzhak Sedgi; Itzhak Hershko; Itzhak Halevy; Ruth Yam; Tzach Mackmal; Yinon Ben David; Dan Breitman; Dan Berkovits; Boaz Assaf; Hanan Datz

doi:10.1007/s10967-023-09200-z

Phase investigation of uranium–vanadium alloy using multiple techniques

Michal Brandis, Gregory Gershinsky, Arnon Rubinshtein, Yevgeni Zakon, Maor Assulin, Amiram Moyal, Eyal Elish, Arnon Grafit, Aldo Shemesh, Assaf Bolker, Ofer Aviv, Noa Fruchter, Nir M. Yitzhak, Sagi Nissim, Zohar Yungrais, Alexander Zinger, Lena Plastovez, Noam Gonen, Itzhak Sedgi, Itzhak HershkoItzhak Halevy, Ruth Yam, Tzach Mackmal, Yinon Ben David, Dan Breitman, Dan Berkovits, Boaz Assaf, Hanan Datz

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Abstract

The Israeli National Nuclear Forensics Laboratory (INNFL) investigated four unknown samples during the Collaborative Material Exercise 7 (CMX-7). The samples, identified as depleted uranium, were marked ES-1 to ES-4. ES-2 isotopic composition (0.200 ± 0.004% U-235) was different from the other samples (0.300 ± 0.003% U-235). ES-2 phase exhibited characteristics similar to metallic crystalline uranium with its appearance and assay. However, its density (16.9 ± 1.7 g/cm³) deviated significantly from metallic uranium (19.1 g/cm³). A series of analyses indicated that vanadium was present (app. 3000 ppm) in porosive areas on ES-2 surface. The oxygen isotope ratios suggested thermal processing under environmental conditions.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-09200-z
State	Accepted/In press - 1 Jan 2023
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

CMX-7
Nuclear forensics
Uranium alloy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Analytical Chemistry
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Pollution
Spectroscopy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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Brandis, M., Gershinsky, G., Rubinshtein, A., Zakon, Y., Assulin, M., Moyal, A., Elish, E., Grafit, A., Shemesh, A., Bolker, A., Aviv, O., Fruchter, N., Yitzhak, N. M., Nissim, S., Yungrais, Z., Zinger, A., Plastovez, L., Gonen, N., Sedgi, I., ... Datz, H. (Accepted/In press). Phase investigation of uranium–vanadium alloy using multiple techniques. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-09200-z

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