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New method to measure oxygen isotopic concentration ratios 18O/16O by gamma activation analysis, especially in biological media

  • 1. CEA Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France). Dept. de Recherche et Analyse
  • 2. Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), Hopital Bichat, 75 - Paris (France)

Description

The photonuclear reactions used for this isotopic analysis are as follows: 16O(γ,n)15O, threshold energy 15.7MeV and 18O(γ,p)17N, threshold energy 16.3 MeV. Oxygen-15 is a pure β+ emitter of half-life 2.03 minutes and nitrogen 17 presents a 4.2 second neutron emission. The method is based on the simultaneous measurement of the above radioactivities, the intensities being proportional to the respective quantities of oxygen-16 and oxygen-18 present in the irradiated sample. The possibilities of this new oxygen

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
10 p.
Report number
CEA-CONF--3659

Conference

Title
modern trends in activation analysis.
Acronym
1976 International conference
Dates
13 Sep 1976.
Place
Muenchen, Germany, F.R.

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
8300760
Subject category
S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACCURACY; ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; BREMSSTRAHLUNG; ISOTOPE RATIO; OXYGEN 16; OXYGEN 18; SENSITIVITY
Descriptors DEC
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NUCLEI; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; RADIATIONS; STABLE ISOTOPES