DocumentCode
2951795
Title
A nuclear approach to chemical oceanography
Author
Hendrickson, W. ; Riel, G.K.
Author_Institution
Naval Ordnance Laboratory, Silver Spring, MD, USA
fYear
1973
fDate
25-28 Sept. 1973
Firstpage
563
Lastpage
568
Abstract
The feasibility of automated analysis using a Californium-252 neutron source has been studied. Both prompt gamma and decay gamma analysis are considered. sensitivities are tabulated for 25 elements in sea water. System parameters affecting sensitivity are presented for extrapolation toother designs. The effect of sampling frequency and desired sensitivity on automatic sample handling, counting and data processing is discussed. We conclude that a few elements can be analyzed directly from sea water, but most will require a preliminary chemical separation-concentration step. Rapid means of performing this operation are shown.
Keywords
Activation analysis; Atomic measurements; Chemical analysis; Chemical elements; Gamma ray detection; Gamma ray detectors; Neutrons; Nickel; Sea measurements; Water;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in the Ocean Environment, Ocean 73 - IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OCEANS.1973.1161297
Filename
1161297
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