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Direct analysis of lanthanum in extraction process by in-situ gamma spectrometry

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High sensitivity analytical techniques, such as ICP-MS, MIP-AES, XRF etc., in rare earth hydrometallurgy, have drastically developed products quality. However, these offline analysis methods may struggle to achieve real-time feedback. A potential alternative method was investigated to be a new usage of lanthanum analysis through detecting the 1435.8 keV gamma ray in situ, emitted by 138La. A high purity germanium gamma spectrometry was utilized to obtain the experimental minimum detectable concentration (MDC) and the sensitivity (S), which ranges from 4.66 to 4.99 g L−1 and (1.85 to 1.90) × 10−3 cps (g/L)−1, respectively.

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This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (12105043) and Opening Fund of Provincial Key Lab of Applied Nuclear Technology in Geosciences (gnzds201911). We are grateful to Dr. Qi Zeng in EUCT for his technical discussion.

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  1. Applied Nuclear Technology in Geosciences Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, 610059, China

    Jiankun Zhao, Liangquan Ge & Qingxian Zhang

  2. Engineering Research Center of Nuclear Technology Application, East China University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Nanchang, 330013, China

    Jiankun Zhao, Yun Wang, Hexi Wu, Xiaoyan Li & Yibao Liu

  3. Huaneng Shidaowan Nuclear Power Co. LTD, Weihai, 264312, China

    Yiqiang Xing

  4. State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, 610059, China

    Tianbin Li

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Zhao, J., Xing, Y., Ge, L. et al. Direct analysis of lanthanum in extraction process by in-situ gamma spectrometry. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 331, 3807–3817 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-022-08399-7

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