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99Mo−99mTc generators were prepared starting from irradiated molybdenum metal instead of MoO3 in order to use reactor irradiation space more economically. The adsorption of molybdenum as sodium molybdate on different kinds of alumina was investigated. The effect of the pH of the column and the aqueous phase concentration of molybdenum were studied and related to the elution yield of99mTc. A study of the radiation damage effect indicated that generators having a high elution efficiency of 90% could be prepared in the 100–600 mCi range. The losses of99Mo were minimized to 10−5-10−4% and those of alumina to 2–5 μg/ml eluate.
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The iodine isotopes produced by thermal neutron fission of235U were separated by a fast chemical procedure, with a separation yield of 95%. The gamma-ray energies and relative intensities in the decay of131I,132I,133I,134I and135I were determined using a Ge(Li) detector.
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The concentration of cadmium, cobalt, molybdenum, selenium, titanium and vanadium in natural water was determined by neutron activation analysis, using a prior preconcentration by a coprecipitation. The preconcentration of these trace elements was accomplished by converting the dissolved trace ions into the pyrrolidine dithiocarbonate (PDC) chelates, followed by coprecipitation on Bi as well as Pb-PDC chelates. This technique has been applied to the elements in natural waters: fresh water and sea waters (Mediterranian and Dead Sea).
Determination of magnesium in botanical reference materials by instrumental neutron activation analysis
Application to beech leaves and spruce needles
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Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) was applied to the rapid determination of magnesium in the botanical reference materials Beech Leaves-100 and Spruce Needles-101. The magnesium content was quantitatively determined by measuring the gamma-ray photopeak at 1014 keV of the short-lived radionuclide27Mg (9.46 m). The magnesium concentrations in the two materials were found to be 834.6±50.2 
g·g–1 dry weight and 618.6±36.2 g·g–1, respectively. When assaying a 0.1 g sample under the same experimental conditions the limit of detection is 30 g of Mg.
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Fast determination of Fe by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis through the formation of56Mn from both55Mn(n,
)56Mn and56Fe(n, p)56Mn by using both reactor neutron and epithermal neutron irradiation is described and evaluated.
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Fast determination of Cr by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis through the formation of52V from52Cr/n,p/52V by using both reactor and epithermal neutron irradiation is described and evaluated.
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The concentrations of titanium and vanadium in biological material, human blood serum, were determined by neutron activation analysis, using a prior coprecipitation with Pb/PDC/2 as well as Bi/PDC/3. Titanium and vanadium were quantitatively determined by measuring the gamma ray photopeaks of the short-lived radionuclides51Ti /5.8 min/ and52V /3.75 min/, respectively. The concentrations ranged from 105.7 to 131.9 ng ml–1 /Ti/ and from 1.30 to 6.05 ng ml–1 /V/. The detection limits for titanium and vanadium under the present experimental conditions were found to be 70 and 0.7 ng for 1 ml of blood serum sample, respectively.
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The absolute concentrations of iodine, bromine and chlorine in milk, have been determined by epithermal 
neutron activation
followed by high resolution gamma-ray spectrometry. Two kinds of milk commonly consumed in Israel have been investigated. The concentration of iodine, bromine and chlorine were found to be 0.18–0.30 
g/ml, 2.02–2.85 g/ml and 0.65 mg/ml, respectively. The method is fast, selective, accurate and highly sensitive.
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It was found that Cu and Se can be relatively easily and accurately determined by preconcentration of Cu and Se prior to the determination by neutron activation analysis with the short-lived IRN's (Indicator Radionuclides)66Cu and77mSe. The method consists of wet acid digestion followed by coprecipitation with lead tetramethylenedithiocarbamate. The precipitate was collected, irradiated and counted. The validity of the method was confirmed both by internal checks, as the measurement also by75Se and by the use of two reference material of biological origin. The limit of detection was found to be 20 ng Se and 50 ng Cu for a 0.1 g sample.
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The advantage of using slats as e.g. NaBr, KBr, AlI3 for monitoring the fluxes of both thermal and epithermal neutrons is discussed and compared with the accepted usual methods. The main advantages are the possible use for fast determination, the use for a large range of fluxes and the lower propagation error than Zr target in the case of relatively low thermal to epithermal fluxes (>10).
