some other “finish”, is widely used in determination of the total gold content of heavy-mineral concentrates. Direct instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) of the concenrate, which has the advantage of being a nondestructive multi-element technique, is also used. The objective of this study was to compare gold results obtained by the two methods on typical heavy mineral concentrates fr...

Vanadium concentrations have been measured in the serum of 23 healthy subjects by neutron activation analysis, with post-irradiation chemical separation. The values obtained fall in a fairly narrow range (260-1300 ng/L, mean 670 ng/L), which suggests a physiological role for this element. We checked the method by analysis of standard (U.S. National Bureau of Standards) water samples and serum s...

the study of world health organization (who) has shown that the use of herbal medicines has been increased dramatically around the world in recent years. with the expanding popularity and trade of medicinal plants, health, safety and quality of medicinal plant raw materials and processed products have become a major concern for world organizations. environmental pollutants, including heavy meta...

background: the aim of this work was to establish how well gel dosimeters performed, as substitutes for brain tissue compared with standard phantom materials such as water, polymethyl-methacrylate (or pmma), a150 plastic and te- liquid phantom material for dosimetry of neutron beams in boron neutron capture therapy. materials and methods: thermal neutron fluence, photon dose and epithermal neut...

Large Sample Neutron Activation Analysis (LSNAA) was applied to perform non-destructive elemental analysis of a ceramic vase. Appropriate neutron self-shielding and gamma ray detection efficiency calibration factors were derived using Monte Carlo code MCNP5. The results of LSNAA were compared against Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) results and a satisfactory agreement between th...

In this work a thorough analysis of the vertical distribution natural and artificial radionuclides trace elements in sediment core sample was conducted. A 39 cm length grabbed from deep-sea trench (1540 m depth) southern Samothrace Island, Aegean Sea. The then treated at Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, separated 1cm increment samples, ranging 0cm to cm, dried, milled. first samples also co...

Nuclear Geophysics is essential to the oil, gas and uranium industries. The initial development of nuclear geophysics was focused on developing techniques needed by the oil industry. Developments in nuclear physics and computational analysis were immediately used this field. Today, techniques developed in nuclear geophysics are also used by the coal and metalliferous mining industries and contr...

This work presents the preliminary design of a PGNAA (Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis) facility at the TRIGA IPR-R1 research reactor of the CDTN. The results of experimental and calculated neutron flux in a vertical tube are presented and discussed. The results confirm the technical feasibility of the installation of PGNAA at the TRIGA reactor and the possibility of enhancing the appli...