CHARACTERIZATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL CERAMICS USING THE STRAY NEUTRONS PRODUCED DURING THE ROUTINE ISOTOPE PRODUCTION OPERATIONS OF A MEDICALCYCLOTRON

Authors
MUKHERJEE B
Citation
B. Mukherjee, CHARACTERIZATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL CERAMICS USING THE STRAY NEUTRONS PRODUCED DURING THE ROUTINE ISOTOPE PRODUCTION OPERATIONS OF A MEDICALCYCLOTRON, Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry, 231(1-2), 1998, pp. 179-181
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear","Chemistry Analytical","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology
Journal title
Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
02365731
Volume
231
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
179 - 181
Database
ISI
SICI code
0236-5731(1998)231:1-2<179:COACUT>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
An unique, inexpensive thermal neutron activation analysis (NAA) facil ity has been developed utilising the stray neutrons produced during ro utine isotope production operations of the 30 MeV (H--ion) Medical Cyc lotron of ANSTO. Neutron activation analysis of archaeological ceramic samples was carried out at this facility. Concentrations of iron (Fe) , sodium (Na), potassium (K), scandium (Sc), chromium (Cr), arsenic (A s), as well as rare earth elements (lanthanide), cerium (Ce), lanthanu m (La), samarium (Sm) and ytterbium (Yb) to a minimum detectable level of 1.1+/-20% ppm relative to Ohio Red Clay (ORC) standard were estima ted.