Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume/Issue:
Volume 261: Issue 1
Marine gradients of halogens in moss studies by epithermal neutron activation analysis
Authors:
M. Frontasyeva Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics 141980 Dubna Russia

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E. Steinnes Norwegian University of Science and Technology Department of Chemistry NO-7491 Trondheim Norway

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Pages:
101–106
Online Publication Date:
28 Oct 2004
Publication Date:
01 Jul 2004
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1023/b:jrnc.0000030941.78117.77
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Abstract  

INAA is known to be a powerful technique for the simultaneous determination of chlorine, bromine and iodine. In this paper INAA using epithermal neutrons is shown to be particularly useful to elucidate marine gradients of these elements. Examples are from a transect study in northern Norway where samples of the feather moss Hylocomium splendens were collected at distances of 0-300 km from the coastline. All three elements decrease exponentially as a function of distance from the ocean in the moss samples, strongly indicating that the atmospheric supply from the marine environment is the predominant source of these elements to the terrestrial ecosystem. It is suggested that environmental studies of halogens in general and iodine in particular is a promising future area of application for INAA, when employing epithermal neutrons.

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Journal of Radionalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
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