NEUTRON-ACTIVATION ANALYSIS CORRECTION FOR THE CALCULATION OF BROMINE CONCENTRATIONS VIA THE BR-79(N, GAMMA)BR-80 REACTION

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作者
BIEGALSKI, S
LANDSBERGER, S
机构
[1] Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois, 214 Nuclear Engineering Laboratory, Urbana, 61801, IL
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JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY-ARTICLES | 1994年 / 183卷 / 02期
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10.1007/BF02038000
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O65 [分析化学];
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070302 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Bromine can be determined by neutron activation analysis (NNA) through either the activation of Br-79(50.69% naturally abundant) or Br-81(49.31% naturally abundant). When Br-79 is activated, both Br-80m and Br-80 are produced. Br-80m(4.42h) decays to Br-80(17.66m) which then beta decays to either Se-80 or Kr-80. If one would like to determine bromine concentrations with short lived NAA, special equations must be used to account for the parent daughter relationship between Br-80m and Br-80 after their simultaneous production. The development of the equations needed to calculate bromine concentrations with short-lived NAA is described including variations on irradiation times, decay times, and count times.
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