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A systematic neutron activation analysis of peat from Burundi

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Mean concentrations of Al, As, Au, Ba, Br, Ca, Ce, Cl, Co, Cr, Cs, Cu, Eu, Fe, Ga, Hf, Ho, I, K, La, Lu, Mg, Mn, Na, Pr, Rb, Sb, Sc, Sm, Sr, Ta, Tb, Ti, Th, V, W, Yb, and Zr, determined in 6 samples of peat from Burundi, were equal to 3911, 1.7, 0.025, 33, 21, 472, 14, 55, 4.2, 16, 0.43, 14, 0.27, 14675, 1. 2, 1.5, 0.09, 2.9, 203, 5.6, 0.29, 745, 20, 70, 1.5, 13, 2.1, 6.5, 0.8, 6, 0.4, 0.2, 2.9, 392, 15.7, 0.43, 0.09 and 101 ppm resp. The peat in Burundi contain approximately the same concentrations of elements as the peat in other countries. It is enriched in Br and depleted in Ca, K, Mn, Na, Sr and Yb.

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Ntahokaja, W., Zikovsky, L. A systematic neutron activation analysis of peat from Burundi. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 199, 431–441 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02164630

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