Authors: M C Duff S L Crump R J Ray W E Cotham S LaMont D Beals K Mount R D Koons J Leggitt
Publish Date: 2007/10/13
Volume: 275, Issue: 3, Pages: 579-593
Abstract
The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Laboratory currently does not have on site facilities for handling radioactive evidentiary materials and there are no established FBI methods or procedures for decontaminating high explosive HE evidence while maintaining evidentiary value One experimental method for the isolation of HE residue involves using solid phase microextraction SPME fibers to remove residue of interest Due to their high affinity for organics SPME fibers should have little affinity for most metals However no studies have measured the affinity of radionuclides for SPME fibers The focus of this research was to examine the affinity of dissolved radionuclide 239/240Pu 238U 237Np 85Sr 133Ba 137Cs 60Co and 226Ra and stable radionuclide surrogate metals Sr Co Ir Re Ni Ba Cs Nb Ru and Nd for SPME fibers at the exposure conditions that favor the uptake of HE residues Our results from radiochemical and mass spectrometric analyses indicate these metals have little measurable affinity for these SPME fibers during conditions that are conducive to HE residue uptake with subsequent analysis by liquid or gas phase chromatography with mass spectrometric detection
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