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Multielement photon activation analysis of coal samples using a Compton suppressed Ge(Li) detector

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Multielement photon activation analysis has been carried out using a Compton suppressed Ge(Li) detector. The irradiated samples were N.B.S. standard reference coals and ashes. An increase in sensitivity by as much as a factor of three is attainable for some elements and this is especially valuable when analysing coals with low trace metal concentrations like N.B.S. reference material 1635.

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  1. Department of Natural Philosophy, University of Glasgow, Kelvin Laboratory, N.E.L., East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, (Scotland)

    K. W. D. Ledingham & M. G. Kelliher

  2. Thornton Research Centre, Shell Research Ltd., P.O. Box 1, CH1 3SH, Chester, UK

    S. D. Robertson

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Ledingham, K.W.D., Kelliher, M.G. & Robertson, S.D. Multielement photon activation analysis of coal samples using a Compton suppressed Ge(Li) detector. J. Radioanal. Chem. 71, 169–180 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02516147

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