350 keV accelerator based PGNAA setup to detect nitrogen in bulk samples

A. A. Naqvi; Faris A. Al-Matouq; F. Z. Khiari; M. A. Gondal; Khateeb Ur Rehman; A. A. Isab; M. Raashid; M. A. Dastageer

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2013.06.012

350 keV accelerator based PGNAA setup to detect nitrogen in bulk samples

A. A. Naqvi^*
, Faris A. Al-Matouq
, F. Z. Khiari
, M. A. Gondal
, Khateeb Ur Rehman
, A. A. Isab
, M. Raashid
, M. A. Dastageer

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Nitrogen concentration was measured in explosive and narcotics proxy material, e.g. anthranilic acid, caffeine, melamine, and urea samples, bulk samples through thermal neutron capture reaction using 350 keV accelerator based prompt gamma ray neutron activation (PGNAA) setup. Intensity of 2.52, 3.53-3.68, 4.51, 5.27-5.30 and 10.38 MeV prompt gamma rays of nitrogen from the bulk samples was measured using a cylindrical 100 mm×100 mm (diameter×height) BGO detector. Inspite of interference of nitrogen gamma rays from bulk samples with capture prompt gamma rays from BGO detector material, an excellent agreement between the experimental and calculated yields of nitrogen gamma rays has been obtained. This is an indication of the excellent performance of the PGNAA setup for detection of nitrogen in bulk samples.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8-13
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	729
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2013.06.012
State	Published - 2013

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Funding Information:
This study is part of Projects # IN090033 and RG1201 funded by the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia . The support provided by the Department of Physics and Department of Chemistry, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia , is also acknowledged.

Keywords

BGO detector
Explosive and narcotic proxy material samples
Monte Carlo simulations
Nitrogen detection in bulk samples
PGNAA setup using 350 keV accelerator
Thermal neutron capture based

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Instrumentation

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Naqvi, A. A., Al-Matouq, F. A., Khiari, F. Z., Gondal, M. A., Rehman, K. U., Isab, A. A., Raashid, M., & Dastageer, M. A. (2013). 350 keV accelerator based PGNAA setup to detect nitrogen in bulk samples. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 729, 8-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2013.06.012

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