fo
.

Pour remaiaing sample from Sottle into the 2 liter beaker, add 50
ml concentration HNO to bortle to rinse walls, add to beaker.

Rinse with water and add to sample.
Adjust pH to approximately 1 and heat sample to 80°C.

Stir.

Add to sample

Strontium carrier:
Yttrium carrier:
905, tracer:
CaCl

40 mg
40 mg

1 ml (X10,000 dpm)

0.1 M: 50 al

Digest sample at 80°C for 30 minutes while stirring.
Adjust pH = 4.
Add 40 ml saturated oxalic acid solution and mix well.
Drop add 6 M NaOH to adjust pH = 4.

Digest (with stirring) for 30 minutes.
10.

Remove from heat, remove stirring bar, let settle overnight.

ll.

Filter entire sample through a 2 inch Whatman 42 filter paper

mounted in filter assembly.

Wash the precipitate once with ammo-

nia wash solution.
12.

Transfer filter paper and precipitate to a 150 ml beaker.
125°C in a muffle furnace.

Dry at

Slowly raise the temperature (over an

eight hour period) to a maximum of 500°C.

Continue heating at

500°C overnight.
13.

Cool the sample and add small volumes of concentrated HNO.
rate slowly to dryness.

Evapo-

Dissolve residue in 60 ml of 0.08 N HCI.

Adjust pH = lL.

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