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A 14-MeV FNAA system for oxygen analysis using a PC microcomputer and multiscaling

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A 14-MeV FNAA system for oxygen analysis has been developed in which both data collection and processing are controlled by a PC-type computer equipped with an ORTEC ACETM-MCS multichannel scaler card. A single loop pneumatic transfer system automatically moves samples to the irradiation position and returns them to a counting position between two NaI(Tl) detectors operated through a summing amplifier. Software for data processing has been developed. Dead times of the BF3 neutron monitor and gamma-ray counting system have been separately determined. Results are presented for a variety of standard samples.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, 40506-0055, Lexington, KY, USA

    W. D. Ehmann & B. -F. Ni

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Ehmann, W.D., Ni, B.F. A 14-MeV FNAA system for oxygen analysis using a PC microcomputer and multiscaling. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 160, 169–179 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02041667

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