INAA and DNAA for uranium determination in geological samples from Egypt

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1189-1192

  El Taher, A ^a  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Delayed neutron activation analysis (DNAA); Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA); Uranium

Indexed keywords

DELAYED NEUTRONS; EARTH CRUSTS; EGYPTIANS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; GEOLOGICAL SAMPLES; INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS (INAA); NATURAL RADIATION EXPOSURE; NATURAL SOURCES; PHOSPHATE ROCKS; RED SEA COAST; TRIGA RESEARCH REACTOR; URANIUM DETERMINATION; URANIUM ISOTOPES;

IRON ORES; IRON RESEARCH; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR FUELS; ORE ANALYSIS; SOILS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

MINERAL; PHOSPHATE; URANIUM;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; IRON ORE; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRON RADIATION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RELIABILITY; SOIL ANALYSIS;

EGYPT; GEOLOGY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PHOSPHATES; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; URANIUM;

EID: 77649274035     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.01.046     Document Type: Article

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