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Investigations have been carried out for the electrodeposition of milligram amounts of uranium on electropolished stainless steel disks with an objective of preparing good quality sources for α-spectrometric studies on uranium. The parameters studied include the variation of electrodeposition yield as a function of voltage, time, distance between the cathode and anode, and the volume of 0.2M ammonium oxalate solution. The conditions selected for preparing good quality sources with nearly 100% yield were: electrodeposition voltage 25 V, time of deposition 15 min, volume of 0.2M ammonium oxalate solution in the cell 4 ml and a distance of 2 cm between the cathode and anode. The sources prepared using this method have been used successfully for the α-spectrometric determination of234U/238U ratios in uranium samples.
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Aggarwal, S.K., Shah, P.M., Duggal, R.K. et al. Electrodeposition of milligram amounts of uranium on electropolished stainless steel disks. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 154, 103–110 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02162668
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