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neutron activation analysis

[′nü‚trän ‚ak·tə′vā·shən ə‚nal·ə·səs]
(nucleonics)
Activation analysis in which the specimen is bombarded with neutrons; identification is made by measuring the resulting radio isotopes.
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Ahmad, Instrumental neutron activation analysis of estuarine sediment as a proposed reference material for environmental studies, Geostandards Newsletter, 25(1), 137 (2001).
Lee, "Evaluation on chemical neutron activation analysis for trace metals in seawater using magnesium oxide as the preconcentration agent," Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, vol.
Sziklai-Laszlo, "Upgrade of the Budapest neutron activation analysis laboratory," Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, vol.
Rosada, "Characterization and distribution of mineral content in fine and coarse airborne particle fractions by neutron activation analysis," Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry, vol.
The comparison of elemental composition results, obtained by neutron activation analysis or by X-ray fluorescence, shows differences.
After determining monarchs and black swallowtails have the ability to use geomagnetic navigation by Neutron Activation Analysis, the second part of the research tested these two species to determine if they actually used geomagnetic navigation.
Neutron activation analysis has contributed to the characterization of a range of materials, from semi conductor silicon (119,120) to steel (121).
Each chapter discusses a specific technique, among them: polygraph and deception tests, psychological and social science evidence, voice identification, neutron activation analysis, hypnosis, and bite mark and dental identification, among others.
The particulate phases are filtered by inert polypropylene fiber filter and adsorption of solution phase thorium onto MnO2-coated fiber or preconcentration of thorium on XAD-2 resin by using adsorption of thorium-Xylenol Orange complexes which are subjected to alpha spectrometry or neutron activation analysis that relatively better methods for the quantification of low levels of thorium in water [122-125].
This latest software offering provides cement manufacturers with a fully automatic means of continuously comparing the analysis values from an online prompt gamma neutron activation analysis (PGNAA) analyzer with laboratory x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyses, ensuring unparalleled online accuracy and consistent and reliable calibrations.
One practical biological marker identified by Karagas is toenail clippings, with arsenic content measured via instrumental neutron activation analysis. Using this measure, she and her colleagues reported in the June 2004 issue of Cancer Causes Control on a case-control study in New Hampshire suggesting an increased cancer risk associated with moderate arsenic exposure, but only in smokers.
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