Abstract
Prompt gamma-ray neutron activation analysis (PGNAA) is a technique that can be used online or in situ to measure the concentrations of different elements in natural materials without altering the elements' chemical forms in matter. The goal of the current work was to use a 2.5 MeV neutron beam to boost the yield of a portable PGNAA (Genie 16) system. Optimizations were performed to reduce the superimposition between gamma rays from the setup’s elements and those from heavy metals. The value of the new optimization was verified by the improvement of the minimum detectable concentrations of sulfur, zinc, titanium, nickel, and chrome in soil samples.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 3523-3528 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry |
| Volume | 333 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary 2024.
Keywords
- MDC
- Neutron inelastic scattering
- PGNAA setup
- Soil-heavy-element samples
- Thermal capture reactions
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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