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EDXRF versus INAA in a pollution control of soil

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Elemental concentrations of soil samples collected in the vicinity of a Romanian fertilizer plant were determined by EDXRF and long half-life INAA. Lower limits of detection, obtained for various elements in soil by EDXRF technique with radioactive excitation sources (238Pu and 241Am) and a HPGe detector are presented. Spurious effects characteristic for Ge detector X-ray spectrometry are evaluated and discussed, and methods to overcome this drawback are suggested. Special care was taken to subtract from the spectra the Ge Ka

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  1. Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, P.O. Box MG-6, Magurele, 077125 Bucharest, Romania

    V. Cojocaru

  2. University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Chemistry, 80-952 Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18/19, Poland

    D. I. Strumińska

  3. University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Chemistry, 80-952 Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18/19, Poland

    B. Skwarzec

  4. Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, P.O. Box MG-6, Magurele, 077125 Bucharest, Romania

    A. Pantelică

  5. Politehnica University, Bucharest, Polizu Str. 1, 78122 Bucharest, Romania

    E. Pincovschi

  6. Politehnica University, Bucharest, Polizu Str. 1, 78122 Bucharest, Romania

    I. I. Georgescu

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Cojocaru, V., Strumińska, D., Skwarzec, B. et al. EDXRF versus INAA in a pollution control of soil. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 268, 71–78 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-006-0126-5

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