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Lin Xilei National Council of Researches (CNR) CNR Center for Radiochemistry and Activation Analysis Viale Taramelli, 12 27100 Pavia Italy

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M. Speziali National Council of Researches (CNR) CNR Center for Radiochemistry and Activation Analysis Viale Taramelli, 12 27100 Pavia Italy

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E. Orvini National Council of Researches (CNR) CNR Center for Radiochemistry and Activation Analysis Viale Taramelli, 12 27100 Pavia Italy

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Abstract  

A pre-irradiation separation procedure, for gallium determination in biological and environmental materials by neutron activation analysis (NAA) is reported. The proposed method, based on ion-exchange chromatography, allows to eliminate the radiation risk, while taking the advantages of high sensitivity of NAA. The single comparator method is employed for gallium quantitative evaluation. Since no standard reference materials with certified gallium contents were available, the reliability of the proposed method was extensively investigated by various approaches. Four biological and one environmental standard reference materials, with gallium contents ranging from 54 g/g-3 ng/g, have been analyzed.

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Journal of Radionalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Language English
Size A4
Year of
Foundation
1968
Volumes
per Year
1
Issues
per Year
12
Founder Akadémiai Kiadó
Founder's
Address
H-1117 Budapest, Hungary 1516 Budapest, PO Box 245.
Publisher Akadémiai Kiadó
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Publisher's
Address
H-1117 Budapest, Hungary 1516 Budapest, PO Box 245.
CH-6330 Cham, Switzerland Gewerbestrasse 11.
Responsible
Publisher
Chief Executive Officer, Akadémiai Kiadó
ISSN 0236-5731 (Print)
ISSN 1588-2780 (Online)