Detection of sulfur in soil samples using 2.5 MeV neutron activation

A. A. Naqvi; F. Z. Khiari; T. Al-Abdallah; F. A. Liadi; M. Raashid; A. A. Isab

doi:10.1007/s10967-019-06589-4

Detection of sulfur in soil samples using 2.5 MeV neutron activation

A. A. Naqvi^*
, F. Z. Khiari
, T. Al-Abdallah
, F. A. Liadi
, M. Raashid
, A. A. Isab

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Sulfur concentrations in soil samples containing 4.4–13.47 wt% sulphur were measured in neutron inelastic scattering using dc beams of 2.5 MeV neutrons from a DD neutron generator. The measurements were carried out using 2230 keV prompt gamma rays from sulfur using a CeBr₃ detector. The minimum detectable concentration (MDC) of sulfur was 0.68 ± 0.21 wt%. The present MDC value is about one-fifth of an earlier reported value of 3.50 wt% for 3.2 MeV neutron beams. This study has shown an improvement in the sulfur MDC achieved using 2.5 MeV neutron beam.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	355-360
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	321
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-019-06589-4
State	Published - 15 Jul 2019

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Keywords

2.5 MeV neutron activation
CeBr detector
Measurements of sulfur
Minimum detectable concentration
Portable neutron generator-based activation setup
Sulfur contaminated soil samples

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Analytical Chemistry
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Pollution
Spectroscopy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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