ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS OF SOME PHARMACOLOGICAL MATERIALS USED IN SAUDI ARABIA BY NEUTRON CAPTURE GAMMA-RAY TECHNIQUES

In this paper the elemental analysis of four pharmacological materials used in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are performed. This has been done by means of the promptand delayed gamma-ray spectroscopy techniques. 226 Ra/Be and 252Cf isotopic neutronsources are used for irradiation. The hyper-pure germanium detection systems installed at Physics Department of Jeddah College are used for gamma-ray detection. The concentration percentage values by weight for some major, minor and trace elements for each sample have been estimated. A comparative study between the obtained data and that measured by other techniques for the same samples is given.