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Correcting for uranium fission in instrumental neutron activation analysis of high-uranium rocks

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Failure to correct for fission products of235U is shown to result in significant errors in the measured concentrations of La, Sm, Nd, Ba, Zr, and Mo by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of high uranium rocks. Measured and calculated correction factors are presented as the ratio of the fission product to parts per million by weight of uranium in the rock. Potential errors in petrogenetic interpretations of uncorrected data are outlined.

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  1. Research Reactor Facility, University of Missouri, 65211, Columbia, MO, USA

    M. D. Glascock

  2. Department of Geology, University of Missouri, 65211, Columbia, MO, USA

    P. I. Nabelek & D. D. Weinrich

  3. Department of Geosciences, University of Missouri, 64110, Kansas City, MO, USA

    R. M. Coveney Jr.

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Glascock, M.D., Nabelek, P.I., Weinrich, D.D. et al. Correcting for uranium fission in instrumental neutron activation analysis of high-uranium rocks. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 99, 121–131 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02060832

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