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Chemical characterization of gas- and oil-bearing shales by instrumental neutron activation analysis

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The concentration of As, Ba, Ca, Co, Cr, Cs, Dy, Eu, Fe, Ga, Hf, K, La, Lu, Mn, Mo, Na, Ni, Rb, Sb, Sc, Se, Sm, Sr, Ta, Tb, Th, U, Yb, and Zn were determined by instrumental neutron activation analysis in block shale samples of the New Albany Group (Devonian-Mississippian) in the in the Illinois Basin. Uranium content of the samples was as high as 75 ppm and interfered in the determination of samarium, molybdenum, barium and cerium. In the determination of selenium a correction was made for interference from tantalum. U, As, Co, Mo, Ni and Sb as well as Cu, V and pyritic sulphur which were determined by other methods, were found to correlate positively with the organic carbon content of the samples.

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  1. R. F. Koszykowski

    Present address: Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, 94550, Livermore, California

  2. R. C. Klemm

    Present address: Benedict Nuclear Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 80401, Golden, Colorado

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  1. Analytical Chemistry Section, Illinois State Geological Survey, 61820, Champaign, Illinois, (USA)

    J. K. Frost, R. F. Koszykowski & R. C. Klemm

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Frost, J.K., Koszykowski, R.F. & Klemm, R.C. Chemical characterization of gas- and oil-bearing shales by instrumental neutron activation analysis. J. Radioanal. Chem. 71, 199–214 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02516150

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