Photon Activation Analysis

✍ Scribed by Christian Segebade; Hans-Peter Weise; George John Lutz

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 720
• Edition: Reprint 2011
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
1 Activation analysis - the general principle
1.1 Introduction and history of photon activation analysis
1.2 Types of nuclear reactions used for activation analysis
1.3 Calculation of the induced activity
2 Photonuclear reactions
2.1 General features of photonuclear reactions
2.2 (γ, γ-)-reactions
2.3 Photoneutron reactions
2.4 Yields of photonuclear reactions
2.5 Radionuclides produced through photonuclear reactions
3 Activating radiation sources
3.1 Radionuclide sources
3.2 Electron accelerators
3.3 Production and physical properties of bremsstrahlung
3.4 The bremsstrahlung converter as a neutron source
3.5 Typical irradiation facility
3.6 Conclusion
4 Photon spectrometers
4.1 Detectors
4.2 Photon counting electronics
4.3 The spectrometers used for the present work
4.4 Preparation of semiconductor photon spectrometers for analysis
5 Properties and yields of radionuclides produced through photonuclear reactions
5.1 General remarks
5.2 Experimental conditions
5.3 Data tables
6 Analytical application
6.1 Light element analysis
6.2 Single and multielement analysis (Z greater than 10)
Bibliography
Subject index