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A thermal neutron capture-based Prompt Gamma ray Activation Analysis setup has been designed to analyze the elemental concentration of environmental bulk samples using a D(d,n) reaction-based portable neutron generator. The performance of the setup was tested through mercury concentration measurements in Hg-contaminated water samples using a large volume cylindrical bismuth germinate (BGO) gamma ray detector. Excellent agreement of experimental count rate of 2.64, 3.19 + 3.29 and 4.67–5.05 MeV Hg prompt gamma rays with theoretical count rate obtained through Monte Carlo simulations, indicates excellent performance of the newly designed portable neutron generator-based PGNAA setup.
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This study is part of a Project # RG1201 funded by the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The support provided by the Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry and Energy Research Center, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, is also acknowledged.
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Naqvi, A.A., Al-Matouq, F.A., Khiari, F.Z. et al. Optimization of a prompt gamma setup for analysis of environmental samples. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 296, 215–221 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-012-2045-y
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