The advantageous way of getting the lowest uncertainty values of elemental concentration by INAA

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 655-663

  Cincu, Em ^a   Barbos, D ^b   Manea, I ^a   Manu, V ^a  

^a HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^b INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33846665538     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-007-0322-y     Document Type: Article

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