DETERMINATION OF k0 ¬-FACTORS FOR k0-INAA OF SOME ELEMENTS BY NEUTRON ACTIVATION WITH Am-Be ISOTOPE SOURCE

Abstract

 In neutron activation analysis based on the k₀ standardization method (k₀-INAA), the k₀-factor is a combination of nuclear constants and it was measured by experiments. It plays an important role in the accuracy of k₀-INAA method. Therefore, it is necessary to measure  the k₀-factors in many different neutron sources and compare the results. In this paper, the k₀- factors to gold of manganese (k_0,Au­(Mn)), cadmium ((k_0,Au­(Cd)), Chromium ((k_0,Au­(Cr)), Zinc ((k_0,Au­(Zn)), Arsenic ((k_0,Au­(As)), Vanadium ((k_0,Au­(V)) by neutron activation with the Am-Be isotope neutron source were measured. The comparision between our results and the results of Decorter et. al. showed relative differences of less than twenty percents. Among which, our most accurate result was found in (k_o,Au(Mn)) with only 1.18 percents relative difference.

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