Determination of gold in Romanian auriferous alluvial sands and rocks by 14 MeV neutron activation analysis

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-135

  Lupu, Roxana ^a,b   Nat, Alexandrina ^b,c   Ene, Antoaneta ^c  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b Nuclear Unit   (Romania)

^c DUNAREA DE JOS UNIVERSITY OF GALATI   (Romania)

Author keywords

14 MeV neutrons; Analysis of auriferous alluvial sands and rocks; Gold determination; Interference effects; Neutron activation analysis

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION; GAMMA RAYS; IRRADIATION; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ROCKS; SAND; SPECTROMETRY;

14 MEV NEUTRONS; ANALYSIS OF AURIFEROUS ALLUVIAL SANDS AND ROCKS; GOLD DETERMINATION; INTERFERENCE EFFECTS;

GOLD;

EID: 1142279667     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2003.09.031     Document Type: Article

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