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A study of the precision attained by neutron activation analysis using international standard rocks GS-N and BCR-I as examples. A discussion of a geochemical model accounting for the estimated errors

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Epithermal neutron activation analysis can usefully be used for simultaneous determination of trace elements in rocks. No chemical seperation is required in this case and consequently the precision may be better. In order to estimate the relative importance of the causes of precision error, we have made an analysis of variance on a set of 18 irradiations: 15 elements have been studied. The precision attained on those analytical results is sufficient to be able to construct geochemical models.

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  1. Groupe des Sciences de la Terre, Laboratoire Pierre Sûe, C.E.N. Saclay, B.P. No 2, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, (France)

    H. Jaffrezic (Détaché C.R.P.G. Nancy) & J. L. Joron

  2. Institute de Physique du Globe, Equipe no 196 C.N.R.S., Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 04 Place Jussieu, 75230, Paris Cedex 05, (France)

    H. Jaffrezic (Détaché C.R.P.G. Nancy) & J. L. Joron

  3. Laboratoire de Géochimie Comparée et Systématique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 04 Place Jussieu, 75230, Paris Cedex 05, (France)

    H. Jaffrezic (Détaché C.R.P.G. Nancy) & J. L. Joron

  4. University of Birmingham, Birmingham, (England)

    M. Treuil & D. A. Wood

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Jaffrezic, H., Joron, J.L., Treuil, M. et al. A study of the precision attained by neutron activation analysis using international standard rocks GS-N and BCR-I as examples. A discussion of a geochemical model accounting for the estimated errors. J. Radioanal. Chem. 55, 417–425 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02514425

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