Current Status of Activation Analysis Using Tsing Hua Open-Pool Reactor

Activation analysis may be considered to be one of the most practical applications in the utilization of research reactor. One of the obvious advantages of this method is its high sensitivity for many elements. Using the average research reactor, it is feasible to determine the content of element in various matrices, to an order of as low as 0,001 microgram. Although the detection, sensitivities of other analytical methods also have been improved very much in recent years by using newly developed instruments, these methods can rival the activation analysis in sensitivity for only a certain limited number of elements. Thus, at present, the technique of activation analysis seems to offer the highest sensitivity for the greatest number of elements