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Major, minor and trace elements in four kinds of cement powder using INAA and k 0-standardization methods

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In this work, we aim to get the concentration of major, minor and trace elements in four kinds of cements powder using INAA and k 0-NAA methods. All samples were irradiated at Es-Salam research reactor with a thermal neutron flux of 3.76 1013 n/cm2 s. In this study, the concentration values of 32 elements were determined using both techniques. The comparison was carried out by the mean of ratios between experimental results obtained by k 0-NAA and INAA of four cement samples. Certified reference materials NIST1646a and GSD12, respectively, were used to check reliability of the methods.

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Acknowledgments

This study has been carried out at Es-Salam Research reactor in the frame work of the analysis of industrial products used in Algeria. The authors would like to thank Mr T. Akhal for her kind participation in calculations. Authors wish to acknowledge the support of the colleagues of the NAA group.

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  1. Neutron Activation Analysis Department, Nuclear Reseach Center of Birine (CRNB), Djelfa, Algeria

    Lylia Hamidatou & Hocine Slamene

  2. Department of Physics, El-Bachir El-Ibrahimi University, Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria

    Lahcen Si Mohamed

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Hamidatou, L., Slamene, H. & Si Mohamed, L. Major, minor and trace elements in four kinds of cement powder using INAA and k 0-standardization methods. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 304, 717–725 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3839-x

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