Phosphorus, sodium and sulphur measurements in compound samples using 2.5 MeV neutron activation

Fatai A. Liadi; A. A. Naqvi; F. Z. Khiari; M. Raashid

doi:10.1007/s10967-021-08185-x

Phosphorus, sodium and sulphur measurements in compound samples using 2.5 MeV neutron activation

Fatai A. Liadi
, A. A. Naqvi
, F. Z. Khiari^*
, M. Raashid

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Phosphorous, sodium, and sulphur concentrations in soil mixed with sodium triphosphate, magnesium sulphate, and sodium chloride were analyzed in neutron activation with 2.5 MeV neutron dc beams using BGO and CeBr₃ detectors. Also, sulphur mixed with soil was analyzed using the BGO detector. The Minimum Detectable Concentrations were in the 0.31 ± 0.09–0.79 ± 0.24 wt.% range. The MDC of sulphur in magnesium sulphate measured by the BGO detector agrees with the previously reported value using the CeBr₃ detector. This study has provided useful data on MDCs of phosphorus, sodium, and sulphur in composite/compound bulk samples in fast neutron inelastic scattering.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1155-1161
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	331
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-08185-x
State	Published - Mar 2022

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Keywords

2.5 MeV neutrons
BGO and CeBr detectors
Measurements of phosphorus Sodium and sulfur concentrations
Minimum detectable concentration
Portable neutron generator based activation setup
Sodium triphosphate (STP), MgSO (MgS) and NaCl 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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