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Title: Method for detecting an element

Abstract

A method for detecting an element is disclosed and which includes the steps of providing a gamma-ray spectrum which depicts, at least in part, a test region having boundaries, and which has a small amount of the element to be detected; providing a calculation which detects the small amount of the element to be detected; and providing a moving window and performing the calculation within the moving window, and over a range of possible window boundaries within the test region to determine the location of the optimal test region within the gamma-ray spectrum.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1176100
Patent Number(s):
7174272
Application Number:
11/304,850
Assignee:
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, ID)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
DOE Contract Number:  
AC07-05ID14517
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Blackwood, Larry G., Reber, Edward L., and Rohde, Kenneth W. Method for detecting an element. United States: N. p., 2007. Web.
Blackwood, Larry G., Reber, Edward L., & Rohde, Kenneth W. Method for detecting an element. United States.
Blackwood, Larry G., Reber, Edward L., and Rohde, Kenneth W. Tue . "Method for detecting an element". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1176100.
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abstractNote = {A method for detecting an element is disclosed and which includes the steps of providing a gamma-ray spectrum which depicts, at least in part, a test region having boundaries, and which has a small amount of the element to be detected; providing a calculation which detects the small amount of the element to be detected; and providing a moving window and performing the calculation within the moving window, and over a range of possible window boundaries within the test region to determine the location of the optimal test region within the gamma-ray spectrum.},
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year = {Tue Feb 06 00:00:00 EST 2007},
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