Numerical reproduction of the seasonal variation in dissolved uranium in Lake Biwa

Saito, Tatsuo; Yamazawa, Hiromi*; Mochizuki, Akihito

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 255, p.107035_1 - 107035_14, 2022/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2022.107035

The seasonal variation of dissolved U (DU) in Lake Biwa was reproduced by the following model and parameter research. The introduced models are the water-DU mass balance, and the ion exchange between UO and H on the lakeshore soil. The optimized parameters were the CEC of the lakeshore, TU as the sum of DU and AU (soil adsorbed U), kads and kdes as the first order reaction rate coefficients during rapid soil adsorption and desorption of U, respectively. Tabulated by the chemical equilibria constituting DU and analyzed the contribution of each chemical species, it is shown that the seasonal variation of DU is caused by the seasonal variation of pH. A correction to the ion-exchange equilibrium to shift to first order rate reaction only when the daily AU ratio increased above kads or decreased below kdes, improved the reproducibility of DU measurements and reproduced the delay of the DU peak from the pH peak.

Characterization of F-irradiated graphite surfaces using photon-stimulated desorption spectroscopy

Sekiguchi, Tetsuhiro; Baba, Yuji; Shimoyama, Iwao; Nath, K. G.

Surface and Interface Analysis, 38(4), p.352 - 356, 2006/04

https://doi.org/10.1002/sia.2172

We investigated the orientation nature at the top-most layers of F-irradiated graphite using polarization dependent near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy which incorporates partial electron yield (PEY) detection and photon-stimulated ion desorption (PSID) techniques. The fluorine K-edge NEXAFS spectra conducted in PEY mode show no significant dependence on polarization angles. In contrast, NEXAFS spectra recorded in F ion yield mode show enhanced yields at a feature of 689.4 eV assigned as a *(C-F) state relevant to =C-F sites, which depend on polarization angles. The C-F bonds prefer relatively tilting down the surface at the top-most layer, while the C-F bonds are randomly directed at deeper regions. We conclude that the difference in the orientation structures between the top surface and bulk is reflected in the NEXAFS recorded in the two different detection modes. It was also found that H- and F- PSID NEXAFS spectra are helpful in understanding desorption mechanism, thus in analysing NEXAFS data.

Direct and indirect processes in photon-stimulated ion desorption from condensed formamide

Ikeura, Hiromi*; Sekiguchi, Tetsuhiro; Baba, Yuji; Imamura, Motoyasu*; Matsubayashi, Nobuyuki*; Shimada, Hiromichi*

Surface Science, 593(1-3), p.303 - 309, 2005/11

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2005.06.075

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Characterization and degradation of ZEP520 resist film by TOF-PSID and NEXAFS

Ikeura, Hiromi*; Sekiguchi, Tetsuhiro; Koike, Masaki*

Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, 144-147, p.453 - 455, 2005/06

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elspec.2005.01.152

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Thermal desorption behavior of deuterium implanted into polycrystalline diamond

Kimura, Hiromi*; Sasaki, Masayoshi*; Morimoto, Yasutomi*; Takeda, Tsuyoshi*; Kodama, Hiroshi*; Yoshikawa, Akira*; Oyaizu, Makoto*; Takahashi, Koji; Sakamoto, Keishi; Imai, Tsuyoshi; et al.

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 337-339, p.614 - 618, 2005/03

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2004.10.079

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Ion desorption from DNA components irradiated with 0.5 keV ultrasoft X-ray photons

Fujii, Kentaro; Akamatsu, Ken; Yokoya, Akinari

Radiation Research, 161(4), p.435 - 441, 2004/04

https://doi.org/10.1667/RR3131

Positive ion desorption from thin films of DNA components, 2-deoxy-D-ribose, thymine, thymidine (dThd), and thymidine 5' -monophosphate (dTMP) has been investigated in the oxygen K-edge excitation region using synchrotron ultrasoft X-rays (538 eV). The mass patterns of dThd and dTMP, especially that of dTMP, were similar to that of 2-deoxy-D-ribose, indicating that a number of ions were generated at the sugar site, even in the nucleotide molecule. It is therefore it is predicted that the sugar is a more fragile site than the thymine base.

Fragmentation pathways caused by soft X-ray irradiation; The detection of desorption products using a rotatable time-of-flight mass-spectrometer combined with pulsed synchrotron radiation

Sekiguchi, Tetsuhiro; Baba, Yuji; Shimoyama, Iwao; Nath, K. G.

Free Electron lasers 2003, p.II_69 - II_70, 2004/00

no abstracts in English

Chemical state of tritium in Sr-Ce oxide ceramics and its removal characteristics (Cooperative research)

Nakamura, Hirofumi; Nishi, Masataka; Morita, Kenji*

JAERI-Research 2003-016, 32 Pages, 2003/08

JAERI-Research-2003-016.pdf:5.5MB

As a part of the detritiation study from the fusion reactor materials, chemical state of tritium injected into Sr-Ce base oxide ceramic proton conductor, which is a candidate for a tritium recovery system, was investigated with thermal desorption method. The results indicated that the oxide has to be heated up over 1300K to remove tritium due to the OT bond formation in the oxide. On the other hand, tritium removal behavior from the oxide were also investigated by exposing to humid air, and the mechanism of tritium removal from the oxide was identified by the dependency of tritium removal amount and chemical state on the humidity. The results revealed that tritium removal rate by the air exposure was low, and that almost tritium was removed as the vapor form, which was attributed to the isotope exchange reaction between the OT bond on the surface and the protium in vapor. It was also found that small amount of tritium was removed as elemental form under the humid air exposure, which could be attributed to the solute tritium in the oxide and oxygen absorption to the oxygen deficit in the oxide. As a result, the difference of the detritiation mechanism exposed to the humid air on the chemical state of tritium in the oxide was clarified, and it could be a useful basic data for the optimization of detritiation method.

Orientation effect on phot-fragmentation and ion-desorption from the topmost layers of molecular solids

Sekiguchi, Tetsuhiro; Ikeura, Hiromi*; Baba, Yuji

Surface Science, 532-535(1-3), p.1079 - 1084, 2003/06

Using a newly developed rotatable time-of-flight mass spectrometer(R-TOF-MS) and polarized synchrotron radiation, we have investigated orientation effect on fragmentation and desorption pathways occurring at the top-most layers of molecular solids. Reported will be polarization-angle dependencies of TOF mass spectra, high-resolution electron- and ion-NEXAFS in condensed formic acid, formamide and benzene. For condensed formamide(HCOND), marked orientation effect was observed for the enhanced H-yields following C1s * resonance. Direct photodissociation and charge-neutralization play an important role in the effect. For some fragment species, however, the bond scission showed no polarization dependence when dissociation sites were far from core-excited atoms. This is the case for N-D scission and D-desorption following C1s excitation, suggesting that indirect process governs, where secondary electrons would induce the fragmentation.

Active control of site specificity in ion desorption by core excitation

Wada, Shinichi*; Sako, Erika*; Sumii, Ryohei*; Waki, Satoshi*; Isari, Koji*; Sekiguchi, Tetsuhiro; Sekitani, Tetsuji*; Tanaka, Kenichiro*

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 199, p.361 - 365, 2003/01

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-583X(02)01555-0

no abstracts in English