Activation Analysis Handbook focuses on the importance of activation analysis in the examination of trace elements in materials. The book contains examples of activation analysis techniques and application of these techniques to provide solutions to problems in various scientific disciplines.
Divided into four chapters, the book starts by giving an outline of the history and growth of activation analysis, including the general technique involved. The discussions proceed by taking into consideration the theoretical aspects of activation analysis, giving emphasis to basic concepts, sources of nuclear data and experimental methods, and selection of activation reactions. The book also considers the experimental methods in activation analysis. Other topics discussed are irradiation facilities; the preparation and encapsulation of samples; irradiations; and post-irradiation assays. The last part deals with the tabulation of elements and their corresponding atomic numbers; the key to tabulation; and a tabulation of nuclear data and experimental methods for activation analysis.
The text is a good source of data for readers who are interested in activation analysis.
Inhalt
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction
Purpose and Scope
History and Growth of Activation Analysis
Activation Analysis: The General Technique
Chapter 2 Activation Analysis: Theoretical Considerations
Basic Concepts
Sources of Nuclear Data
Sources of Experimental Methods
Selection of Activation Reactions
1. General Considerations
2. Suitability of Activation Products
3. Sensitivity Estimates
4. Interfering Reactions
5. Competing Reactions
6. Experimental Feasibility
Chapter 3 Activation Analysis: Experimental Methods
Irradiation Facilities
1. Sources of Neutrons
2. Sources of Charged Particles and Photons
3. Selection of an Irradiation Facility
Preparation and Encapsulation of Samples
1. Neutron Irradiations
2. Charged Particle Irradiations
3. Photon Irradiations
4. Comparator or Monitor Samples
Irradiations
Post-Irradiation Assays
Evaluation of the Data
Chapter 4 The Tabulation
Introduction
Directory to the Tabulation
Table I: The Elements and Their Atomic Numbers
Table II: The Key to the Tabulation
Table III: A Tabulation of Nuclear Data and Experimental Methods for Activation Analysis
Glossary
Part I: Definitions
Part II: Examples of Nuclear Reactions
Bibliography
Addendum To The Bibliography
Index