Published 1990 | Version v1
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Activation analysis of human diet samples with epithermal neutrons

  • 1. Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen (Switzerland)

Description

Activation of diet samples by epithermal reactor neutrons is a very sensitive method for the determination of iodine. The method was developed and optimized for its determination. However, it turned out that with the same measurement valid results were also obtained for Br, Cl, K, Na, and P. The procedure involves the irradiation of the sample in a boron nitride (BN) container for 1 min, followed by γ-counting for 20 min after a decay time of 7-15 min. The necessary sample weight is 0.5 g (dry), and no chemical operations have to be performed. The capacity is 15 samples per working day, and results are available immediately

Part of:
Nuclear Analytical Methods in the Life Sciences

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Humana Press.
Imprint Place
Clifton, New Jersey (United States)
Imprint Title
Nuclear Analytical Methods in the Life Sciences
Imprint Pagination
776 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 623-627.

Conference

Title
Nuclear analytical methods in the life sciences.
Dates
17-21 Apr 1989.
Place
Gaithersburg, MD (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
25038568
Subject category
S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BROMINE; CALIBRATION STANDARDS; CHLORINE; FOOD; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM
Descriptors DEC
ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ALKALI METALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELEMENTS; HALOGENS; METALS; NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; NONMETALS; STANDARDS

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