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Use of the Absolute Parametric Method to Evaluate the Analytical Significance of Threshold Reactions on P, Si, Al and Mg by NAA

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We investigated the use of threshold reactions on magnesium, aluminum, silicon and phosphorus to determine elemental concentrations and also to correct analytical interferences, using the parametric method. The reactor neutron spectrum averaged cross sections of the threshold reactions on these elements were referred to the (111±3) mb value for the 58Ni(n,p)58g+mCo reaction cross section. The results of the cross section measurements are: 25Mg(n,p)25Na, 1.57±0.12 mb; 28Si(n,p)28Al, 5.68±0.25 mb; 29Si(n,p)29Al, 3.02±0.15 mb; 30Si(n,α)27Mg, 0.1346±0.0090 mb; and 31P(n,α)28Al, 1.912±0.083 mb. The values for the cross sections of the following reactions: 24Mg(n,p)24Na, 1.441±0.092 mb; 27Al(n,p)27Mg, 3.84±0.18 mb; and 27Al(n,α)24Na 0.721±0.028 mb were re-measured to check the methodology. We present the application of these values to the analysis of some reference materials.

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    M. A. Arribére

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  3. Centro Atómico Bariloche, Comisión Nacional de Energia Atómica and Instituto Balseiro-Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 8400, Bariloche, Argentina

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Arribére, M.A., Cohen, I.M., Kestelman, A.J. et al. Use of the Absolute Parametric Method to Evaluate the Analytical Significance of Threshold Reactions on P, Si, Al and Mg by NAA. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 244, 417–423 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006760314629

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