Improvement of the Ca determination accuracy with k (0)-INAA using an HPGe coaxial detector with extended energy range efficiency calibration

0488732 - ÚJF 2019 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Kučera, Jan - Kubešová, Marie - Lebeda, Ondřej
Improvement of the Ca determination accuracy with k (0)-INAA using an HPGe coaxial detector with extended energy range efficiency calibration.
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. Roč. 315, č. 3 (2018), s. 671-675. ISSN 0236-5731. E-ISSN 1588-2780.
[7th International K0-Users Workshop. Montreal, 03.09.2017-08.09.2017]
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GBP108/12/G108; GA MŠMT LM2015056
Institutional support: RVO:61389005
Keywords : k(0)-INAA * Ca determination * HPGe detector * High-energy efficiency calibration * Co-56 activity standard
OECD category: Analytical chemistry
Impact factor: 1.186, year: 2018

We show that use of the radionuclide Co-56 for calibration of the full energy peak efficiency, epsilon, of a coaxial HPGe detector, in addition to the commonly employed set of activity standards (Ba-133, Am-241, Eu-152, Co-57, Cs-137, Y-88, Zn-65), affects significantly the epsilon values in the high energy region. This change resulted in substantial improvement of the accuracy of Ca determination by k (0)-INAA via the Ca-49 radionuclide, which emits predominantly the 3084 keV photons, as demonstrated by Ca results in NIST SRMs 1547 Peach Leaves, 1633b constituent elements in coal fly ash, and 2711 Montana II Soil.
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