Nuclear assay of coal. Volume 1. Coal composition by prompt neutron activation analysis: basic experiments. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5123377

Reynolds, G; Bozorgmanesh, H; Elias, E; Gozani, T; Maung, T; Orphan, V

Using californium-252 as a source of exciting neutrons, prompt gamma photons emitted by elemental nuclei in the coal have been measured using several detectors, including sodium-iodide and germanium-lithium. Several coal types, including bituminous, subbituminous lignite and anthracite were crushed to various top sizes and analyzed carefully by traditional ASTM wet chemistry techniques at two or three different laboratories. The elements (sulfur, hydrogen, carbon, aluminum, silicon, iron, calcium, sodium, nitrogen, and chlorine) were determined by prompt neutron activations and the quantities compared with those of the wet chemical analyses.

• Research Organization: Science Applications, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5123377
• Report Number(s): EPRI-CS-989(Vol.1)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010600* -- Coal
Lignite
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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400101 -- Activation
Nuclear Reaction
Radiometric & Radiochemical Procedures
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
ALKALI METALS
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
ANTHRACITE
BARYON REACTIONS
BITUMINOUS COAL
BLACK COAL
BROWN COAL
CALCIUM
CALIFORNIUM 252
CALIFORNIUM ISOTOPES
CARBON
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHLORINE
COAL
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY
HADRON REACTIONS
HALOGENS
HEAVY NUCLEI
HYDROGEN
IRON
ISOTOPES
LIGNITE
METALS
NEUTRON REACTIONS
NITROGEN
NONMETALS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEI
NUCLEON REACTIONS
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
RADIOISOTOPES
SEMIMETALS
SILICON
SODIUM
SPECTROSCOPY
SUBBITUMINOUS COAL
SULFUR
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES