12.

Transfer
the paper to a 100 ml platinum dish.
GOO°C tO oxidize all carboncous
ma~cria~s.

Dry at 11 O°C and ignite

at

13. Coolthedish. Add 25 ml of1-1N03
mld 10 ml ofIIFtolhcrcsiclue
and evaporate
todryness.
14.

Repeat

the addition

and evaporation

15. Add 25 ml of}IN03and 5 ml of IIC104.Evaporatetodryness. Dissolvethe
residuein1:11-lNO~
and combinewi[hthemain solution
reservedforplutonium
determill,ation.
16,

17.

Evaporate the solution to about 100 ml. Cool to room tcmpcraturc,
transfer
a 250 ml graduated cylinder ancl record the volume.
Rcscrvc Lhc bcalmr.
Dispense

two 100 microliter

aliquots

to two 150 ml beakers

containing

to

25 ml of

deionized
water. Aclcl
2-3dropsof0.5r\)
]]l~ci~c}lpl]tllalci]l.
‘1’i~ralc
the
two
aliquots

with stzmdardizcd

0.1 N to a pllcl~oll]l]tllalcill

cncl point.

Calculate

the

acidnormalityofthesample solution.
18,

Transfer
the sample from the graduated cylinder to original beaker reserved
in
step 16. Wash the graduated cylinder with the amount of water necessary
to
ofthe sample solution to 8& HN03.
adjust the normality

19.

Continue

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the analysis

from ION EXC J 1A NGE SJ41’ARATION,

in

l~roccclurc

E- Pu-07.

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