A mass spectrometric method for measuring the isotope ratio of uranium was required for the purpose of evaluating the results of experiments on uranium hexafluoride in a project related to centrifugal separation.
The present report covers results obtained in determining the various conditions governing the mass spectrometry of UF
6. The UF
+5 ion was adopted for the uranium isotope ratio measurement. Further experiments are undertaken to determine the most favorable conditions for measuring the uranium isotope ratio in respect of sample gas pressure in ion source, volume of electron beam and electron potential.
The optimum condition thus determined were: specimen gas pressure in the ion source: 10
-7 Torr, electron beqm: 0.3-0.5mA, electron potential: 70-90eV, accelerating voltage: 4.0-4.5kV.
As an example of the accuracy attainable under such condition, a
235U/(1-
235U) value of (0.7200+0.0005)×10
-2 was obtained.
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