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Neutron activation analysis of automobile exhaust pollutants

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An approximation of the distribution of lead particulate from vehicular exhausts is given. A neutron activation analysis study has shown that there is an extremely detailed pattern of the effluent from vehicular highway traffic.

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  1. T. W. Oakes

    Present address: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA

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  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 24061, Blacksburg, Va., USA

    T. W. Oakes, A. K. Furr, D. J. Adair & T. F. Parkinson

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Oakes, T.W., Furr, A.K., Adair, D.J. et al. Neutron activation analysis of automobile exhaust pollutants. J. Radioanal. Chem. 37, 881–888 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02519399

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