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activation analysis

n.
A method for analyzing a material for its component chemical elements by bombarding it with nuclear particles or gamma rays and identifying the resultant radiations.
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Keywords: High purity; Aluminum oxide; Neutron activation analysis (INAA); Trace impurities.
Neutron Activation Analysis. A 1-gram [gamma]-Mn[O.sub.2] is added to 1.5 liters of seawater and they are mixed by magnetically stirring at the speed of 240 rpm in 120 mins.
The neutron activation analysis was performed using the 10 MW Budapest Research Reactor [9].
Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) as well as Instrumental Photon Activation Analysis (IPAA) have been employed in this work to measure interesting toxicological elements.
Toenail samples were taken from all ten toes and were measured for Se content using neutron activation analysis. Those samples with Se levels greater than 1.5 [micro]g/g were excluded due to the implications of contamination, namely from the use of Se supplementation.
He said these research reactors could be used for education and training, neutron activation analysis, radioisotope production and neutron radiography.
We compare these results with those provided by neutron activation analysis and energy dispersive spectroscopy.
student and the "prompt neutron activation analysis facility Joshua built for his thesis work ...
Then Hoffman, a young University of Toronto-trained geologist refined a technique called Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis. It involved encapsulating a sample in a plastic vial, placing it in a small nuclear reactor at McMaster University and zapping it with neutrons.
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