Evaluation of the k 0 -Method by its Application to (n, ?) RNAA of Geological, Environmental and Clay Reference Materials
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Isotopenpraxis Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies
- Vol. 20 (6) , 223-226
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10256018408545033
Abstract
The k0-standardization method, the present state-of-the-art of which is shortly reviewed, is applied to multi-element reactor neutron activation analysis of (standard) reference materials. The analyses are performed independently at the Institute for Nuclear Sciences (Gent, Belgium) and the Central Research Institute for Physics (Budapest, Hungary). Results are given for USGS G-2 (granite), NBS SRM-1633a (coal fly ash) and FCG (fired clay of Gent). Comparison with literature data shows that the k0-method, while being experimentally simple, versatile and suited for computerization, offers a potential accuracy of better than 5%.Keywords
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