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Elemental analysis of geological samples by cyclic activation using a 14 MeV neutron generator and applying flux corrections

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Samples are irradiated cyclically with a 14 MeV neutron generator and counted only once at the end with NaI(Tl) and Ge(Li) detectors. Results are reported from experimental work done on fourteen standard rocks and three ores. The usefulness of the built-up activity due to cyclic irradition together with flux corrections is demonstrated by simultaneous estimation of other major elements.

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  1. Neutron Activation Analysis Laboratory, Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139, Cambridge, Massachusetts, (USA)

    P. Ila

  2. Department of Physics, St, Mary's University, B3H 3C3, Halifax, (N. S.), (Canada)

    D. S. Murty

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Ila, P., Murty, D.S. Elemental analysis of geological samples by cyclic activation using a 14 MeV neutron generator and applying flux corrections. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 134, 27–37 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02047267

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