NEUTRON-ACTIVATION ANALYSIS OF DETECTOR COMPONENTS FOR THE SOLAR-NEUTRINO EXPERIMENT BOREXINO

Authors
GOLDBRUNNER T VONFEILITZSCH F VONHENTIG R JOCHUM J
Citation
T. Goldbrunner et al., NEUTRON-ACTIVATION ANALYSIS OF DETECTOR COMPONENTS FOR THE SOLAR-NEUTRINO EXPERIMENT BOREXINO, Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry, 216(2), 1997, pp. 293-297
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
216
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
293 - 297
Database
ISI
SICI code
0236-5731(1997)216:2<293:NAODCF>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The proposed solar neutrino experiment BOREXINO requires detector comp onents of high radiopurity. The acceptable levels for U and Th contami nations reach down to the sub-ppq region. To select suitable materials a very sensitive analysis method have to be applied. In this article a highly developed neutron activation analysis techniques are presente d, which have been used to determine the K, Th and U content of detect or components, namely nylon, water and liquid scintillator.