Figure 8
From: The effect of oxygen concentration on the speciation of laser ablated uranium
Backscattered SEM/EDS images and O/U ratios of a ~ 8 × 5 μm am-UOx particulate (or collection thereof), where the particulate is outlined in red and the area measured for EDS is outlined in yellow. (A)–(D) represent images of the particulate after consecutive EDS spectra were measured with collection times of 10, 10, 30, and 10 s, respectively. As seen, the electron beam affected the sample. The measured O/U ratios were between 3.58 and 3.89, consistent with the am-UOx (3 ≤ x ≤ 4) assignment.
