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The k 0 -literature has been reviewed every decade but some of its nuclear data is still more than 30 years old. Sometimes Q 0 values were adopted from the nuclear data at that time or were experimentally determined by only 1 laboratory. Other isotopes were listed with accurate pairs of (k 0 , Q 0 ) values but were also quoted as candidates for redetermination for different reasons (i.e. imprecise cadmium transmission factors, half-lives). In this work we aim at the experimental re-determination of k 0 and Q 0 values for 41 isotopes of analytical interest while introducing a methodology for simultaneous \( \bar{E}_{r} \) and Q 0 determination employing N irradiation channels. In order to satisfy the metrological level required, up to 12 repeats per standard were irradiated in up to 4 irradiation channels of the Belgian Reactor 1 (BR1, SCK∙CEN) having a wide spread in neutron characteristics. Our relative percentile differences to the literature values were usually ≤10 % for Q 0 factors, ≥25 % for \( \bar{E}_{r} \) values and ≤4 % for k 0 values. Our precision and accuracy are discussed thoroughly.
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This work would have not been possible without the technical support from Karen Contreras Nesbit. The corresponding author appreciates her unconditional help.
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Farina Arboccò, F., Vermaercke, P., Smits, K. et al. Experimental determination of k 0 , Q 0 , \( \bar{E}_{r} \) factors and neutron cross-sections for 41 isotopes of interest in Neutron Activation Analysis. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 296, 931–938 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-012-2132-0
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