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Feasibility of instrumental neutron activation analysis for trace element studies in natural soils

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Fifty natural surface soils with strongly variable organic matter content and elemental composition were investigated to see to what extent INAA would prove useful for multi-element surveys. A conventional scheme of irradiations and decay intervals was used and 35 elements were investigated. Detection limits of the various trace elements were studied with respect to the influence of elements giving rise to major radionuclides in activated samples. For the 18 elements Na, Al, K, Sc, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Zn, Br, Sb, Cs, Ba, La, Sm, Hf, Th, the performance of INAA was very good. Useful results were also obtained for V, As, Se, Rb, Sr, I, Ta, and Au, while the technique appeared marginal for Cl, Zr, Mo, Ag, and Hg, and unsatisfactory for Mg, Ti, Ni, and Cd.

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  1. Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, NTH, University of Trondheim, N-7034, Trondheim, Norway

    R. Næumann

  2. Department of Chemistry, AVH, University of Trondheim, N-7055, Dragvoll, Norway

    E. Steinnes

  3. Department of Chemistry, University of California, 92717, Irvine, CA, USA

    V. P. Guinn

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Næumann, R., Steinnes, E. & Guinn, V.P. Feasibility of instrumental neutron activation analysis for trace element studies in natural soils. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 168, 61–68 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02040878

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