ISSN:
1588-2780
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
Notes:
Abstract The search for superheavy elements /SHE/ in the carbonaceous chondrite Allende was continued. This time we carried out a thermochromatographic separation at 1050 °C in O2-, resp., H2-gas flow. The volatile fraction /mostly Pb/ was collected on a Pt-foil or trapped in KOH-solution. The heavy element probes were investigated for spontaneous fission activities. We observed zero spontaneous fission decays during 421 days. This yielded an upper limit of ≤2.9 fission x kg−1 x year−1 /95% confidence limit/. We were unable to confirm the existence of a spontaneous fission activity in the meteorite Allende.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02210657
