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Recent advances in the k0-standardization of neutron activation analysis: Extensions, applications, prospects

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This paper reports on the contribution made by some cooperating laboratories to the further development of the k0-method. As to the extensions and improvements, emphasis is put on the availability of an Al−0.1% Au reference material for the k0-standardization of NAA, on the counting of large-diameter samples, on the use of a low-energy photon detector, and on the introduction of the Westcott formalism for the handling of “non-1/v” (n, γ) reactions. A survey is given of a large variety of scientific and industrial applications, including the analysis of biological, geological and geochronological samples, various kinds of reference materials, high-purity products and ceramics, and a number of environmental pollution indicators. As shown, the advantage of the k0-standardization will be fully exploited with an increasing level of automation in NAA laboratories. Eventually, new measurements and evaluations of k0-factors and related nuclear data are given in an Appendix.

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  1. Institute for Nuclear Sciences (INW), University of Gent, Proeftuinstraat 86, B-9000, Gent, (Belgium)

    F. De Corte (Senior Research Associate of the National Fund for Scientific Research), F. Bellemans & A. De Wispelaere

  2. Research Center Jülich (KFA), P.O. Box 1913, D-5170, Jülich, (Germany)

    A. Simonits, G. Erdtmann & H. Petri

  3. Instituto de Ciências e Engenharia Nucleares (LNETI), P-2685, Sacavém, (Portugal)

    M. C. Freitas

  4. Deparment of Physics, Faculty of Sciences (FS), Cetinjski put bb, YU-81000, Titograd, (Yugoslavia)

    S. Jovanović

  5. Institute “Jozef Stefan” (IJS), University of Ljubljana, Jamova 39, YU-61000, Ljubljana, (Yugoslavia)

    B. Smodiš

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De Corte, F., Simonits, A., Bellemans, F. et al. Recent advances in the k0-standardization of neutron activation analysis: Extensions, applications, prospects. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 169, 125–158 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02046790

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