Published June 1, 1983
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Journal article
The need for accurate minor isotope abundance values in reactor neutron activation analysis
- 1. Commission of the European Communities, Geel (Belgium). Central Bureau for Nuclear Measurements
- 2. Ghent Rijksuniversiteit (Belgium). Inst. for Nuclear Sciences
Description
The need for accurate isotope abundance values (theta) in reactor neutron activation analysis is discussed. A comparison of literature theta-values for target isotopes of low abundance is made and this shows a considerable scattering of data. Although the k0 standardization method can offer some help in nuclear data evaluation, it must be concluded that, for some 14 analytically interesting minor isotopes, more reliable theta-values are required: 36S, 50Ti, 58Fe, 64Ni, 74Se, 84Sr, 112Sn, 122Sn, 124Sn, 130Ba, 162Er, 174Hf, 198Pt, 196Hg. (orig./BRB)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys.
- Journal Volume
- 51
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- CODEN: IJMIB.;Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 31-38
- ISSN
- 0020-7381
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 15047076
- Subject category
- S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BARIUM 130 TARGET; ELEMENT ABUNDANCE; ERBIUM 162 TARGET; GAMMA RADIATION; HAFNIUM 174 TARGET; IRON 58 TARGET; ISOTOPE RATIO; MERCURY 196 TARGET; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRON REACTIONS; NICKEL 64 TARGET; PLATINUM 198 TARGET; SELENIUM 74 TARGET; STRONTIUM 84 TARGET; SULFUR 36 TARGET; TIN 112 TARGET; TIN 122 TARGET; TIN 124 TARGET; TITANIUM 50 TARGET
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; BARYON REACTIONS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HADRON REACTIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEON REACTIONS; QUANTITY RATIO; RADIATIONS; TARGETS