Nuclear Chemistry and Physics

MENU Nuclear Chemistry and Physics

Areas of expertise

The Nuclear Chemistry and Physics group can rely on analytical skills (mineral chemistry, organic chemistry, nuclear chemistry), supplemented by numerous physicochemical analyses, which are developed in close collaboration within nuclear chemistry and physics laboratories.

Mineral analytic methods:

  • X fluorescence
  • Mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)
  • Dosing of metals by AA
  • Ionic chromatography

Organic analytical methods:

  • Identification and dosing by GC / MS
  • Identification and dosing by HPLC
  • FT-IR and Visible UV spectroscopy

Various physicochemical measurements:

  • Melting point, density, viscosity, conductivity, turbidity, pH, liquid refraction indices, etc.
  • Titrations: acidity-alkalinity, hardness of water, oxidizable substances
  • Dosing humidity by Karl-Fischer

Radioactivity trace dosing:

  • Gamma spectrometry (a calibrated detector, a characterised detector (ISOCS/LabSOCS Detector Efficiency Characterization), an in situ detector, Interwinner acquisition and analysis software)
  • Alpha spectrometry (Alpha chambers with the Interwinner acquisition and analysis software)
  • Liquid scintillation spectrometry (detector Packard 2900TR)

Devices for measurement/radiological protection:

  • Dose rate measurement
  • Surface contamination measurement
  • Radon concentration measurement
  • Search for source

Synthesis of chemical products and molecules:

  • Preparation of samples
  • Preparation of sources
  • Preparation of marked molecules
  • Isotopic separations (Sr-90, Cl-36, Fe-55, Ni-63, Pb-210 & Po-210, H-3, Uranium, etc.)

Development of new methods of analysis and measurement:

  • Determination of detection limits
  • Development of dosimetric systems