Elemental analysis of granite by instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) and X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF)

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 350-354

  El Taher, A ^a,b  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Elemental analysis; Granite; INAA; Triga Mainz; XRF

Indexed keywords

EGYPTIANS; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; GAMMA RAY SPECTRA; GERMANIUM DETECTOR; GRANITE ROCK; INAA; INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRIGA MAINZ; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; X RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; XRF;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BARIUM; CERIUM; CESIUM; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; EUROPIUM; FLUORESCENCE; GALLIUM; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM; GRANITE; HAFNIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NEUTRONS; NIOBIUM; QUALITY CONTROL; RUBIDIUM; SCANDIUM; SODIUM; TANTALUM; TIN; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; YTTERBIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

BARIUM; CERIUM; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; EUROPIUM; GALLIUM; GERMANIUM; IRON; LANTHANUM; LUTETIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NEODYMIUM; NIOBIUM; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; SAMARIUM; SCANDIUM; SODIUM; SULFUR; TANTALUM; THALLIUM; THORIUM; TIN; URANIUM; YTTERBIUM; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

MATERIALS TESTING; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; SILICON DIOXIDE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 80955130765     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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