Activation analysis in Czechoslovakia and in the Czech Republic: more than 50years of activities

0498349 - ÚJF 2019 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Kučera, Jan
Activation analysis in Czechoslovakia and in the Czech Republic: more than 50years of activities.
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. Roč. 318, č. 3 (2018), s. 1473-1492. ISSN 0236-5731. E-ISSN 1588-2780
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GBP108/12/G108
Institutional support: RVO:61389005
Keywords : neutron activation analysis * photon activation analysis * methodological developments * radiochemical separations * applications in science and technology
OECD category: Analytical chemistry
Impact factor: 1.186, year: 2018

Neutron activation analysis has been continuously pursued in the former Czechoslovakia and in the Czech Republic since 1962, after an experimental nuclear reactor VVR-S became available. Activities in photon activation analysis started after the installation of a microtron, a source of high energy photons, in 1980. Methodological developments of both methods are described, as well as their applications in various fields of science and technology, namely in environmental research and occupational health studies, cosmo- and geochemical research, biomedical studies, agricultural, nutritional, material research, archaeological and cultural heritage studies, and in quality control and preparation of reference materials.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0290742