Determination of <sup>89</sup>Sr and <sup>90</sup>Sr in fresh cow milk and raw urine using crystalline synthetic tunnel manganese oxides and layered metal sulfides.

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serval:BIB_1509940E2094
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Determination of <sup>89</sup>Sr and <sup>90</sup>Sr in fresh cow milk and raw urine using crystalline synthetic tunnel manganese oxides and layered metal sulfides.
Journal
Analytica chimica acta
Author(s)
Pittet P.A., Bochud F., Froidevaux P.
ISSN
1873-4324 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0003-2670
Publication state
Published
Issued date
24/01/2019
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
1047
Pages
267-274
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
<sup>89</sup> Sr and <sup>90</sup> Sr are both fission products of high radiotoxicity, which can be released in significant amounts in the event of a nuclear accident. Radiostrontium isotopes will follow calcium all along the food chain and, after ingestion, accumulate in the bones. Therefore, it is imperative to be able to determine <sup>89</sup> Sr and <sup>90</sup> Sr in raw milk samples in case of an accidental situation to evaluate the dose given by both radionuclides to the population. Several methods exist for conducting <sup>89</sup> Sr and <sup>90</sup> Sr determination. However, most of them use at least one chromatographic step to purify strontium. This, unfortunately, increases the analytical time before the results can be released to the authorities. In addition, they often use liquid scintillation counting to determine the <sup>89</sup> Sr and <sup>90</sup> Sr activities, a method which can handle only one sample at a time. Here we propose using synthetic tunnel manganese oxides such as cryptomelane and todorokite and layered metal sulfides to selectively extract strontium from fresh milk and raw urine in a batch sorption method. We found that the method is very quick and yields very pure sources of (radio)-strontium, which can be counted in a proportional counter. Data (counts per minute) from the counter were fitted to a mathematical expression enabling the simultaneous determination of <sup>89</sup> Sr and <sup>90</sup> Sr. Because a proportional counter often has several drawers, it is typically possible to measure up to 16 samples at a time. Since cryptomelane is a binding phase easily synthesized in a large quantity, we anticipate that this technique could be an interesting alternative to conventional solid phase extraction chromatography methods.
Keywords
Cryptomelane, Extraction, Raw milk, Raw urine, Strontium-89, Strontium-90
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Web of science
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04/01/2019 13:54
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20/08/2019 13:44
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