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Boron content of the Freetown drinking water

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A method is described for the analyses of water samples in the Freetown area of Sierra Leone /West Africa/, for their boron concentrations. The method involves alpha counting during thermal neutron irradiation of the samples utilising the10Ba/n,α/7Li reaction. The alpha counting is via a liquid scintillator which also incorporates the water samples. A detailed outline of the experimental setup is given and the results obtained from measurement on water samples presented.

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  1. K. Randle

    Present address: Department of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, UK

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  1. Radioisotope Unit, Department of Physics, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone

    S. E. Nonie & K. Randle

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Nonie, S.E., Randle, K. Boron content of the Freetown drinking water. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 118, 269–275 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02167372

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