Instrumental Activation Analysis of Meteorites Using Gamma-Gamma Coincidence Spectrometry
- 1 January 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Analytical Letters
- Vol. 2 (1) , 49-60
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00032716908051271
Abstract
A non-destructive procedure for the determination of iridium, sodium, nickel, cobalt, and scandium in a single meteorite sample is presented. The method utilizes neutron activation followed by gamma-gamma coincidence spectrometry. Iridium abundances are given for several meteorites and compared to values obtained by radiochemical separation methods. The non-destructive results differ significantly from previously published values for certain classes of meteorites, in particular the enstatite chondrites.Keywords
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