Hamburg: Burning ship had tonnes of uranium hexafluoride

After a freighter went up in flames at the start of the month while carrying radioactive material into Hamburg’s harbour, it has emerged that the German port city receives such hazardous cargo up to seven times a month. Fire fighters said they had only narrowly been able to prevent a catastrophe on May 1st when […]

Determination of fluoride in cement and related materials

Abstract This paper describes the determination of fluoride in cement and cement-related materials using a fluoride ion selective electrode. Different sample preparation methods and complexing buffers were investigated. It was concluded that the fluoride electrode offers a rapid and accurate method for fluoride determination in cement and cement-related materials when a suitable buffer medium capable […]