Neutron activation analysis in teaching analytical chemistry at UCI

Conference · Fri Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1991 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:7271981

Miller, G E ^[1]

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1. Univ. of California, Irvine (United States)

The undergraduate curriculum in chemistry at the University of California at Irvine has included practice with experiments in radiochemistry and activation analysis since 1968, 3 years after the campus was founded. In 1969, a TRIGA nuclear reactor was installed that operates at 250 kW steady state or can pulse to {approximately}10 MW of peak power. This has been the main activation source, although experiments have also been carried out by students using a 14-MeV neutron generator (Kaman Sciences, Model 711) and a small (1-{mu}Ci) {sup 252}Cf source on loan from the US Department of Energy. The majority of the experience has been within a junior/senior-level elective course in radioisotope techniques. However, experiments were also introduced by this author into the required instrumental analysis course. A very worthwhile experience was gained when students were assigned an unknown material (sometimes an inexpensive standard reference material) and asked to determine the concentration of a single trace element by two or three different techniques (atomic absorption, polarography, or derivative spectrophotometry) in addition to instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA).

• OSTI ID: 7271981
• Report Number(s): CONF-911107--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Journal Volume: 64
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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