The Nuclear Materials Analysis Service Center is a new branch of the General Atomics Center at USC! We offer Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES, Perkin Elmer Avio 200) and Inert Gas Fusion (IGF, Elementrac OHP-2) measurements to characterize your uranium containing samples. We look forward to helping you characterize your nuclear materials!
Please contact Ronald E. Booth ([email protected], 803-777-7629) with questions or more information on pricing.
ICP-OES
- ICP-OES is performed using a Perkin Elmer Avio 200. ICP-OES is an excellent method to perform trace metal analysis or identify contaminants in your sample.
- For analysis, the sample is first dissolved in a dilute acidic solution using a digestor. Once dissolved in a solution, the presence of selected elements can be measured.
- Common measurements are trace metals analysis, uranium content, and specific suspected contaminant elements. The instrument is unable to measure halogens and light elements, such as H, Li, O, etc.
- ICP-OES measurements will cost $82.50/sample with a 5 sample minimum.
IGF
- IGF, also called combustion analysis, is performed using a Elementrac OHP-2 analyzer.
- It is able to quantify the oxygen and hydrogen content of metals and halide salts (both chloride and fluoride salts).
- We are able to perform IGF on samples containing uranium as well as other non-nuclear materials.
- Halide salts are sealed into tin capsules within an argon filled glovebox to ensure the samples are not exposed to atmosphere before the measurement is conducted.
- IGF measurements for oxygen or hydrogen will cost $72.50/sample with a 5 sample minimum.
Ronald E. Booth
email: [email protected] phone: 803-777-7629
Director of Nuclear Materials Analysis Service Center
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of South Carolina