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The determination of nitrogen in steels by deuteron bombardment

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The measurement of prompt particles from reactions induced by 1.2 MeV deuterons on nitrogen can serve as a rapid method for determining nitrogen in steels in ppm range. With suitable absorbers the energy of the prompt alpha-particles can be reduced to that of the prompt protons and counts from both be integrated over a single energy region. Analyses require between 2 and 100 min. Interference from boron and silicon is discussed.

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  1. C. Olivier

    Present address: Department of Chemistry, University of Stellenbosch, 7600, Republic of South Africa

  2. T. B. Pierce

    Present address: Applied Chemistry Division, A. E. R. E. Harwell, OX 11 ORA, Oxfordshire, England

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  1. Southern Universities Nuclear Institute, P. O. Box 17, Faure, (South Africa)

    C. Olivier, M. Peisach & T. B. Pierce

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Olivier, C., Peisach, M. & Pierce, T.B. The determination of nitrogen in steels by deuteron bombardment. J. Radioanal. Chem. 32, 71–83 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02517741

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