F. Hegedus et al., DETECTION OF TRANSMUTATIONAL ELEMENTS IN COPPER BY MEANS OF TOTAL-REFLECTION X-RAY-FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY USING SYNCHROTRON-RADIATION, X-ray spectrometry, 24(5), 1995, pp. 253-254
High-purity copper samples were irradiated with high-energy protons an
d neutrons, The concentration of transmutational elements was measured
by means of the total reflection x-ray fluorescence method using sync
hrotron radiation, The spectra of non-irradiated samples were substrac
ted from the spectra of the irradiated samples, By this evaluation met
hod, the minimum detectable concentration was as low as 1.5 mu g g(-1)
in a copper matrix.