Quantitative evaluation of interference reactions in photon activation analysis

Interfering reactions in photon activation analysis are compiled and evaluated quantitatively based on experimentally obtained data. All elements in the periodic table with few exceptions have been irradiated several times with 30 MeV bremsstrahlung produced by a linear electron accelerator. The element samples were measured many times to detect all expected radionuclides and hence all possible interfering reactions. These are listed and tabulated. This table is intended to be a tool for photon activation analysists; it should be used together with the chart of the nuclides and a compilation of gamma-ray energies like the table of isotopes or the Juelich catalogue. The quantitative values are in good agreement with those of KATO and LUTZ, but deviate partly significantly from those of BAKER et al. (T.G.)