Study of the Measurement Parameters for Analyzing Uranium Isotope Ratio in Bearing Particles by SIMS

The isotope ratios of uranium in particles were closely related to the activities performed in nuclear facilities where the particles were collected, so that the determination of ratio is very important in environmental sample analysis for nuclear safeguards. The method based on the use of secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) was presented for the determination of uranium isotopic composition. The parameters of SIMS were studied in the paper, such as contrast aperture(CA)、lence4(L4)、image field(IF)、the accelerated voltage of primary ions and the secondary ions and so on. These parameters are optimized by measuring the standard reference uranium materials (CRM005 CRM200) for improving the measurement accuracy and the precision of uranium isotopic ratio.