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Multielement determination in tobacco leaves by photon activation analysis

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A nondestructive photon activation procedure with 30 MeV bremsstrahlung followed by high-resolution gamma-spectrometry has been applied to the multielement determination in tobacco leaves and commercial cigarettes. The elements determined by this method included essential minor elements such as Ca, Cl, K and Mg, essential trace elements such as Fe, Mn and Zn, and possibly toxic elements such As and Sb. The NBS Orchard Leaves could successfully be used as a comparative standard. The method is quite simple and gives good reproducible results for at least 12 elements.

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  1. College of General Education, Iwate University, Morioka, (Japan)

    N. Sato

  2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, (Japan)

    T. Kato & N. Suzuki

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Sato, N., Kato, T. & Suzuki, N. Multielement determination in tobacco leaves by photon activation analysis. J. Radioanal. Chem. 36, 221–238 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02516269

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