AVS 62nd International Symposium & Exhibition
    Actinides and Rare Earths Focus Topic Wednesday Sessions

Session AC+AS+MI-WeA
Chemistry and Physics of the Actinides and Rare Earths

Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 2:20 pm, Room 230A
Moderator: Ladislav Havela, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic


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2:20pm AC+AS+MI-WeA1 Invited Paper
High Resolution X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy as an Advanced Tool for Structural Investigations of Actinides
Tonya Vitova, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
3:00pm AC+AS+MI-WeA3 Invited Paper
Soft X-ray Spectromicroscopy of Actinide Materials
David Shuh, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
4:20pm AC+AS+MI-WeA7 Invited Paper
Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy Detects 100 Part-per-billion Effects in Plutonium
Albert Migliori, Los Alamos National Laboratory
5:00pm AC+AS+MI-WeA9
Spectroscopic Studies of the Oxide Layer formed on Plutonium under Ambient Conditions
Alison Pugmire, Los Alamos National Laboratory, C.H. Booth, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, J. Venhaus, L. Pugmire, Los Alamos National Laboratory
5:20pm AC+AS+MI-WeA10
Covalent Mixing In Actinide and Lanthanide Compounds: Reliable Assignment of Cation Charges
Paul Bagus, University of North Texas, C.J. Nelin, Consultant
5:40pm AC+AS+MI-WeA11
An XPS and ToF SIMS Investigation of Cerium Oxidation
Paul Roussel, AWE, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland