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Use of Neutron Transmutation Doping for the Preparation of a New Candidate Reference Material for Zinc Determination in Metallic Copper

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A new application of neutron transmutation doping is described. The method is useful to prepare graded zinc contents in highly pure copper materials. The research reactor BER II at the Hahn-Meitner-Institute, Berlin served as a neutron source. The zinc content produced in the samples was analyzed by determining the 65Zn-activity via gamma-spectrometry. Simultaneously irradiated flux monitors were used to determine the neutron flux density. Since cylindrical sample geometries are favorable for a reference material application in optical emission (OE) spectroscopy, the spatial distribution of the induced activity in a cylinder with a diameter of 8 mm and a length of 35 mm was investigated.

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  1. Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Unter den Eichen 87, D-12205, Berlin, Germany

    G. Wermann

  2. Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Unter den Eichen 87, D-12205, Berlin, Germany

    W. Goerner

  3. Hahn-Meitner-Institute Berlin, Glienicker Straße 100, D-14109, Berlin, Germany

    D. Gawlik

  4. Hahn-Meitner-Institute Berlin, Glienicker Straße 100, D-14109, Berlin, Germany

    D. Alber

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Wermann, G., Goerner, W., Gawlik, D. et al. Use of Neutron Transmutation Doping for the Preparation of a New Candidate Reference Material for Zinc Determination in Metallic Copper. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 245, 87–90 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006723718395

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