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This work is part of a project with the IAEA, in a coordinated program on “Trace Elements in Human and Bio-Environmental Systems” to evaluate their nutritional requirements, interrelations and the role of trace elements in health, metabolism, etc. Cow's milk being regarded as one of the most important and nutritious foodstuffs consumed by people. Hence as a first step, an elemental analysis for milk was carried out for this purpose; a few samples of pasteurized milk and local sample were investigated for essential and toxic trace elements. The secondary aim of this project was the assessment of various analytical techniques involved. However, in the present work, the methods involved were AAS, PIXE and NAA. The latter method was applied both instrumentally and radiochemically. Although the results pertaining to the various methods employed are not in good agreement. there is, however, some justification to clarify this internal inconsistency. The precision of NAA and AAS allows a greater degree of acceptance. Although PIXE is very fast and rather routine, the technique for trace element analysis needs certain adaptations and development.
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Gharib, A., Rahimi, H., Pyrovan, H. et al. Study of trace elements in milk by nuclear analytical techniques. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 89, 31–44 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02070201
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