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Thermal neutron activation analysis of hafnium in zircaloy with a Van de Graaff accelerator

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Thermal neutron activation analysis of hafnium in zircaloy was investigated with a Van de Graaff accelerator. Thermal neutrons were obtained by moderating Be−D fast neutrons with paraffin blocks.179mHf isotope with a half-life of 18.6 s, produced by178Hf(n, γ)179mHf reaction, was utilized in the present analysis. This method made it possible to analyze hafnium rapidly and non-destructively by using scandium as an internal standard material. Several tens to hundreds of ppm of hafnium in zircaloy samples were determined within 2 minutes with a precision of about ±1%.

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  1. Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furocho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, (Japan)

    A. Hirose, H. Wada, K. Kobayashi & D. Ishii

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Hirose, A., Wada, H., Kobayashi, K. et al. Thermal neutron activation analysis of hafnium in zircaloy with a Van de Graaff accelerator. J. Radioanal. Chem. 52, 111–116 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02517705

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