Determination of rare earth elements in hot spring water and crater lake water samples by neutron activation analysis incorporating coprecipitation process using aluminium as a collector

  • T. Honda
  • T. Oi
  • T. Ossaka
  • T. Nozaki
  • H. Kakihana
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Abstract

Hot spring water and crater lake water samples were analyzed for their rare earth elements: (REE's) by neutron activation method, which, in the irradiation, sample preparation, incorporated a coprecipitation process in which aluminium was used as a collector. Ten REE's, La, Ce, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Tm, Yb and Lu, were consequently detected and determined at the ppb level with satisfactory precision. It was shown that the aluminium coprecipitation is effective in enhancing concentrations of the REE's and reducing the amounts of interfering nuclides before neutron irradiation.

Keywords

Aluminium Physical Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry Sample Preparation Activation Analysis 
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© Akadémiai Kiadó 1989

Authors and Affiliations

  • T. Honda
    • 1
  • T. Oi
    • 2
  • T. Ossaka
    • 2
  • T. Nozaki
    • 1
  • H. Kakihana
    • 2
  1. 1.Atomic Energy Research LaboratoryMusashi Institute of TechnologyKawasakishi, Kanagawa(Japan)
  2. 2.Department of ChemistrySophia UniversityTokyo(Japan)

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