BC3: Analytical Techniques for Isotope Detection

The course gives an overview of the various analytical techniques for the detection of nuclear isotopes. The participants will be introduced into the general principles, experimental setups, strengths, drawbacks, and detection limits of the most important isotope detection methods, including secondary ion mass spectrometry, nuclear microanalysis, mass spectrometry, infrared and Raman spectroscopy, electrochemical detection, nuclear magnetic resonance, neutron scattering and scintillation detection.