Determination of chromium and trace elements in El-Rubshi chromite from Eastern Desert, Egypt by neutron activation analysis

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1864-1868

  El Taher, A ^a,b  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

El Robshi chromite; Neutron activation analysis; TRIGA Mainz

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; DETERMINATION OF CHROMIUMS; HPGE DETECTORS; MULTIELEMENT DETERMINATION; ROCK SAMPLE; THERMAL NEUTRONS; TRIGA MAINZ;

CHROMITE DEPOSITS; CHROMIUM; HAFNIUM; IRRADIATION; MANGANESE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; SODIUM; YTTERBIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

CHROMITE;

ARSENIC; CERIUM; CERIUM 141; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM 51; COBALT; GALLIUM; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; IRON; ISOTOPE; LANTHANUM; LUTETIUM; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM 27; MANGANESE; NEODYMIUM 147; SCANDIUM; SODIUM; SODIUM 24; TANTALUM; TITANIUM; TITANIUM 51; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YTTERBIUM; YTTERBIUM 169; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; EGYPT; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HALF LIFE TIME; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; ROCK; ALGORITHM; CHEMISTRY; DESERT CLIMATE; METHODOLOGY; SOIL;

ALGORITHMS; CHROMIUM; DESERT CLIMATE; EGYPT; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; SOIL; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 79952198220     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.04.018     Document Type: Article

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