ABOUT CERTAIN POSSIBILITIES OF A MODEL OF RADIOACTIVE ANALYSIS OF ESPECIALLY CLEAN SUBSTANCES,

Abstract

The development of highly sensitive methods (10 to the -6th power to 10 to the -10th power %) of determining impurities by means of neutron activation encounters considerable difficulties in evaluating the sensitivity and accuracy of the analytical method employed. The authors therefore simulated the process of radioactivation analysis of high-purity substances. In their statistical treatment of the problem, the authors make use of the fact that the relative error of reproducibility of the analysis is independent of the purity of the sample and of the kind of element being determined. A physical model of radioactivation analysis was obtained for materials of high purity such as silicon, quartz glass, water, carbon, sulfur, etc., weakly activated by neutrons or producing mainly isotopes of gamma emitters after irradiation. Results of a study of direct gamma-spectroscopic activation analysis of high-purity silicon by means of the method of models are given.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 18, 1967
Accession Number
AD0665706

Entities

People

  • A. P. Obukhov
  • I. A. Maslov

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Errors
  • Impurities
  • Materials
  • Neutron Absorbers
  • Neutron Activation
  • Radioactivation Analysis
  • Reactor Materials
  • Reproducibility
  • Sensitivity

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Materials Science and Engineering.