The Atomic Fingerprint: Neutron Activation Analysis

by Bernard Keisch

The Atomic Fingerprint:
Neutron Activation Analysis

by
Bernard Keisch

CONTENTS

[INTRODUCTION] 4 [WHAT IS NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS?] 5 [THE SENSITIVITY OF NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS] 10 [HOW AND WHERE TO USE IT] 19 [In a Physics Laboratory] 19 [In a Hospital] 28 [In a Plastics Plant] 32 [In a Museum] 35 [In a Criminology Laboratory] 42 [SUMMING UP: WHAT LIES AHEAD] 46 [APPENDIX] 49 [READING LIST] 52 [MOTION PICTURES] 54

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1972

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