Optimizing routine multielement activation analysis

Journal Article · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987 · Meas. Tech. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00865745· OSTI ID:6963798

Novikov, A I; Stolyarova, E L; Savel'ev, I B

The authors examine existing and proposed criteria for optimizing gamma spectrometry which have been used in optimal methods for routine multielement analysis of soils and plants by means of 14 MeV neutrons. Optimizing an activation-analysis method amounts to examining a function (optimization criterion) dependent on controlled parameters. The authors considered a mixture of three radionuclides with different half-lives as regards the behavior of the given optimization criteria for one-element analysis in relation to the cooling time.

• OSTI ID: 6963798
• Journal Information: Meas. Tech. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Meas. Tech. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 30:1; ISSN MSTCA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400101* -- Activation
Nuclear Reaction
Radiometric & Radiochemical Procedures
400102 -- Chemical & Spectral Procedures
440103 -- Radiation Instrumentation-- Nuclear Spectroscopic Instrumentation
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
BARYON REACTIONS
BARYONS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY RANGE
FAST NEUTRONS
FERMIONS
GAMMA SPECTRA
GAMMA SPECTROMETERS
GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY
HADRON REACTIONS
HADRONS
HALF-LIFE
ISOTOPES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MEV RANGE
MEV RANGE 10-100
MULTI-ELEMENT ANALYSIS
NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYZERS
NEUTRON REACTIONS
NEUTRONS
NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEON REACTIONS
NUCLEONS
OPTIMIZATION
PLANTS
PROGRAMMING
RADIOISOTOPES
SENSITIVITY
SOILS
SPECTRA
SPECTROMETERS
SPECTROSCOPY
TARGETS