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Possible use of low voltage accelerators in PIXE analysis

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A low energy (200 keV) accelerator routinely used as a neutron generator has been modified and a procedure established to extend the use to include proton induced X-ray emission (PIXE) analytical method. With these modifications, the generator has been used to measure the proton induced X-ray emission cross sections for twenty-eight elements ranging from aluminium to lead at 160 keV bombarding energy. Using these cross sections, the minimum detection limits for trace element determination in a rock matrix of average atomic number 13 have been evaluated.

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  1. Institute of Experimental Physics, Kossuth University, P.O. Box 105, H-4001, Debrecen, (Hungary)

    S. Szegedi

  2. Centre of Energy Research and Training, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, (Nigeria)

    S. M. Ibrahim

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Szegedi, S., Ibrahim, S.M. Possible use of low voltage accelerators in PIXE analysis. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 209, 201–210 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02063544

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