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Certain elements which are not possible to detect with conventional neutron activation analysis can be measured using thermal neutron-capture gamma-ray analysis. The use of a curved neutron guide at the High Flux Reactor, Grenoble, with a thermal neutron flux of 1.5·1010n·cm−2·sec−1 and the advantage of a low-background counting system (Ge(Li) detector) far from the reactor core are described. Experimental detection limits of a number of elements are given for the low-energy and the high-energy regions. Some applications of the capture gamma-ray method in the whole energy range are studied and are briefly discussed.
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Henkelmann, R., Born, H.J. Analytical use of neutron-capture gamma-rays. J. Radioanal. Chem. 16, 473–481 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02514178
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02514178