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Reactor neutron activation analysis of antimony, indium and cadmium in high-purity tin is interfered with by nuclear reactions on the tin matrix. For a number of interfering reactions the cross-sections were determined. The following results were obtained:122Sn(n,γ)123mSn:σth=0.145 barn, I=0.79 barn;122Sn(n,γ)113Sn:σth=0.52, I=25.4 barn;112Sn(n, 2n)111Sn:\(\bar \sigma _F = 290\) microbarn;118Sn(n, α)115Cd:\(\bar \sigma _F = 0.252\) microbarn; and114Sn(n, p)114m1In:\(\bar \sigma _F = 42.3\) microbarn.
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Maenhaut, W., Adams, F. & Hoste, J. Interferences in the determination of trace elements in high-purity tin. J. Radioanal. Chem. 16, 39–55 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02517850
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