Acharya, R.; Swain, K. K.; Shinde, A. D.; Bhamra, N. S.; Chakrabarty,
K.; Karhadkar, C. G.; Singh, T.; Rana, Y. S.; Pujari, P. K.; Shukla, D.
K.; Reddy, A. V. R. (RCD;ACD;ROD;RRSD)
Source
Journal of Radioanalytical & Nuclear Chemistry, 2014. Vol. 302 (3): pp. 1525-1530
ABSTRACT
The
pneumatic carrier facility (PCF) of Dhruva reactor is being extensively
used for neutron activation analysis (NAA) studies pertaining to
research work as well as routine sample analysis. It is useful for the
determination of trace elements using short and medium half-lives
radioisotopes produced in neutron activation with available higher
neutron flux ( ~ 5X1013cm-1s-1). Solid
samples placed in high density polypropylene capsule, are irradiated for
1 min duration and radioactive assay is carried out by high resolution
gamma ray spectrometry. Design aspects of PCF and various applications
to samples of diverse matrices using NAA are presented.