activation analysis (nuclear)

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A kind of elemental or isotopic analysis based on the measurement of characteristic @[email protected] from @[email protected] formed directly or indirectly by @[email protected] of the @[email protected] In general, a specification is added of the type of the incident radiation (e.g. @[email protected], photon) and its @[email protected] (e.g. thermal, fast).
Sources:
Orange Book, 2nd ed., p. 210 [Terms] [Book]
PAC, 1994, 66, 2513. (Nomenclature for radioanalytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 2515 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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