Determination of gold in two Egyptian gold ores using instrumental neutron activation analysis

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 751-755

  El Taher, A ^a,b   Kratz, K L ^b   Nossair, A ^a   Azzam, A H ^c  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HOT LABORATORIES CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egyptian gold ores; Neutron activation analysis; Triga Mainz research reactor

Indexed keywords

GOLD; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; RESEARCH REACTORS; SPECTROMETRY;

COMPUTERIZED MULTICHANNEL ANALYZERS;

NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

GERMANIUM; GOLD;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HALF LIFE TIME; IRRADIATION; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRON RADIATION; REACTOR; SAMPLE;

EID: 0242486608     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(03)00401-8     Document Type: Article

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