Los Alamos National Security, LLC

University of California

Deborah S Ehler

Benjamin P Warner

Anthony Keiran Burrell

T Mark McCleskey

Kevin John

Gavin E Collis

Edel M Minogue

Barbara F Smith

Thomas W Robison

Nancy N Sauer

A method of determining beryllium or a beryllium compound thereof in a sample, includes providing a sample suspected of comprising beryllium or a compound thereof, extracting beryllium or a compound thereof from the sample by dissolving in a solution, adding a fluorescent indicator to the solution to thereby bind any beryllium or a compound thereof to the fluorescent indicator, and determining the presence or amount of any beryllium or a compound thereof in the sample by measuring fluorescence.

Quantitative method of determining beryllium or a compound thereof in a sample

A process of selectively separating a target metal contained in a solid matrix from the solid matrix by contacting a solid matrix containing a target metal with an aqueous solution including a water-soluble polymer adapted for complexation with the target metal for sufficient time whereby a water-soluble polymer-target metal complex is formed, and, separating the solution including the water-soluble polymer-target metal complex from the solid matrix is disclosed.

Water-soluble polymers for recovery of metals from solids

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