A neutron activation analysis procedure for the determination of uranium, thorium and potassium in geologic samples

Aruscavage, P. J.; Millard, Jr. , H. T.

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A neutron activation analysis procedure was developed for the determination of uranium, thorium and potassium in basic and ultrabasic rocks. The three elements are determined in the same 0.5-g sample following a 30-min irradiation in a thermal neutron flux of 2??1012 n??cm-2??sec-1. Following radiochemical separation, the nuclides239U (T=23.5 m),233Th (T=22.2 m) and42K (T=12.36 h) are measured by ??-counting. A computer program is used to resolve the decay curves which are complex owing to contamination and the growth of daughter activities. The method was used to determine uranium, throium and potassium in the U. S. Geological Survey standard rocks DTS-1, PCC-1 and BCR-1. For 0.5-g samples the limits of detection for uranium, throium and potassium are 0.7, 1.0 and 10 ppb, respectively. ?? 1972 Akade??miai Kiado??.

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Aruscavage, P. J.; Millard, Jr. , H. T.

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A neutron activation analysis procedure for the determination of uranium, thorium and potassium in geologic samples; 1972; Article; Journal; Journal of Radioanalytical Chemistry; Aruscavage, P. J.; Millard, Jr. , H. T.