Abstract:
ELECTRODEPOSITIONOFPLUTONIUMONSTAINLESSSTEELBACKINGCaiShanyu(ChinaInstituteofAtomicEnergy,Beijing102413)ABSTRACTThepreparationof239Pu(α)referencesourcesonstainlesssteelbackingisperformed.Intheperiodofexperiment,theammoniumchloride-hydrochloricacidsystemisselected.Theafectof239Puelectrodepositionontheconcentrationofammoniumchloride,electrolyteacidi-ty,electrolytevolume,platingtime,currentdensity,thesizeofplatingcel,andbackingmaterial(diferenttypesofstainlesssteel)areobserved.Theoptimumprocesofplutoniumelectrodepositionisrecommendedandithasbeenusedintheproductionof239Pu(α)referencesources.Theadvantagesofthisprocessaresimple,rapidandconvenient.Moreover,thede-positsareuniformandadherent.Thisprocesshasalsobeenusedinthepreparationof241Am(α)sourceand244Cm(α)source.Keywordsradioactivesource239Putransplutoniumelectrodepositionenviron-mentalmonitoring