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Prompt-gamma activation analysis using thek 0 approach

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Applying thek 0 standardization method to prompt-gamma activation analysis (PGAA) offers similar benefits as in instrumental neutron activation analysis. It has been demonstrated that under constant flux conditionsk 0-factors obtained by normalizing to a titanium comparator, measured separately, yield consistent analytical sensitivity ratios. The ratio method has been generalized by using stoichiometric compounds for the determination ofk 0-factors. Since chlorine forms compounds with essentially everyelement and it also serves as a detector efficiency standard,k 0 values have been determined relative to chlorine as an internal standard for several analytically important elements in two reactor facilities: the thermal guided beam at the BRR in Budapest and the cold-neutron beams at the NBSR at NIST.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Research, Institute of Isotopes, P.O.Box 77, H-1525, Budapest, Hungary

    G. L. Molnár & Zs. Révay

  2. Analytical Chemistry Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 20899, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

    R. L. Paul & R. M. Lindstrom

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Molnár, G.L., Révay, Z., Paul, R.L. et al. Prompt-gamma activation analysis using thek 0 approach. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 234, 21–26 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02389741

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