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Separation of Uranium and Thorium for 230Th-U Dating of Submarine Hydrothermal Sulfides
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Separation of Uranium and Thorium for 230Th-U Dating of Submarine Hydrothermal Sulfides
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08:43 min

May 20, 2019

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Chapters

  • 00:04Title
  • 01:55Preparing the Samples, Reagents, and Containers
  • 02:47Dissolve and Spike the Samples
  • 03:50Ferric Hydroxide Co-precipitation for U-Th
  • 05:03Purification and Separation of U and Th Fractions
  • 07:17Results: Uranium and Thorium Analysis
  • 08:00Conclusion

Summary

Automatic Translation

The protocol describes a method to purify and separate the U and Th nuclide in submarine hydrothermal sulfide sample with Fe co-precipitation and extraction chromatography for 230Th-U disequilibrium dating.

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