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samples containing fissionable materials ACKNOWLEDGMENT such as uranium or thorium if one group The authors thank William Dunbar Table 11. Experimental Sensitivity for separation is made prior to irradiation. and the staff of the Ford Nuclear the Determination of Ytterbium, Dys- For example, to determine dysprosium Reactor for their help in making the prosium, Europium, and Praseodymium or europium in a samjde of uranium or irradiations. Amount, thorium, a known amount of lanthanum Element Isotope Pg.” may be added as carrier and a group Yb 2 . 0 h Yb177 1 . 5 separation from urar ium or thorium LITERATURE CITED Yb 4 . 2 d Yb116 0.4 accomplished by stzndard methods 1 Alstad, J., Pappaa, A. C., J. Inorg. Dy 2.32 h Dy1s6 0.004 e, 6, 14 . The reagents and Nucl. Chem. 15,222 1960 . Eu 9 . 2 h EuIs2 0.001 lanthanum used should not contain 2 Choppin, G. R., Silva, R. J., U. S. Pr 19.1 h Prlra 3 Atomic Enerav Comm. Rept. UCRG 5 Based on 25-minute irradiation in a europium or dysprosium. The final 3265 1956 ; -J. Inorg. Nuci. Chem. 3, flux of 2 X IO1*neutrons cm.-* sec.-l solutions can then be irradiated, one 153 1956 . aliquot taken for ion exchange separa- 3 Cornish, F. W., Brit. Atomic Energy tion and another foi. chemical yield Research Establishment Rept. AERE determination by colorimetric deter- C/R 1224 1956 . Brit. Atomic Energy Establishment mination of lanthanum. 4 Gindler, J. E., Nuclear Science Series Rept. AERE-IGRL-T/R-81 1958 . Rept. NAS-NS-3050, “The Radio- 13’1 SDeddina. F. H., Daane, A. H., “The Sensitivity will varj’ among the rare chemistry of Uranium,” Office of Tech- ‘ Rare Eart,” Wiley, New York; 1961. earths, depending upcln the activation nical Services, Department of Com- 14 Stevenson, P. C., Nervik, W. E., merce, Washington 25, D