Thermal behaviour of rock and environmental samples during proton irradiation

G. Wauters; C. Vandecasteele; J. Hostè

doi:10.1007/bf02037097

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Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volume/Issue:: Volume 98: Issue 2

Thermal behaviour of rock and environmental samples during proton irradiation

Authors: G. Wauters¹, C. Vandecasteele¹, and J. Hostè¹

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¹ Rijksuniversiteit Gent Institute for Nuclear Sciences Proeftuinstraat 86 B-9000 Gent (Belgium)

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02037097

Page Count:: 345–351

Publication Date:: 17 Apr 1986

Online Publication Date:: 13 Aug 2005

Article Category:: Research Article

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Abstract

The temperature in powdered rock and environmental samples irradiated with 23 MeV protons was measured. Under helium (3–9·10⁵ Pa) the obtained temperature is considerably lower than under vacuum. Irradiation under helium at a sufficiently low beam intensity allows to avoid systematic errors that may occur in charged particle activation analysis due to volatilization of matrix components.