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The elemental compositions of 18 biological reference materials have been processed, for 14 stepped combinations of irradiation/ decay/counting times, by the INAA Advance Prediction Computer Program. The 18 materials studied include 11 plant materials, 5 animal materials, and 2 other biological materials. Of these 18 materials, 14 are NBS Standard Reference Materials and four are IAEA reference materials. Overall, the results show that a mean of 52% of the input elements can be determined to a relative standard deviation of ± 10% or better by reactor flux (thermal plus epithermal) INAA.
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Guinn, V.P., Gavrilas, M. (1990). Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Biological Samples. In: Zeisler, R., Guinn, V.P. (eds) Nuclear Analytical Methods in the Life Sciences. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0473-2_2
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