Comparison of impurities in charcoal sorbents found by neutron activation analysis |
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Authors: | Charles Doll Erin Finn Michael Cantaloub Larry Greenwood Jeremy Kephart Rosara F. Kephart |
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Affiliation: | 1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
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Abstract: | Neutron activation of gas samples in a reactor often requires a medium to retain sufficient amounts of the gas for analysis. Charcoal is commonly used to adsorb gas and hold it for activation; however, the amount of activated sodium in the charcoal after irradiation swamps most signals of interest. Neutron activation analysis was performed on several commonly available charcoal samples in an effort to determine the activation background. The results for several elements, including the dominant sodium element, are reported. It was found that ECN charcoal had the lowest elemental background, containing sodium at 2.65 ± 0.05 ppm, as well as trace levels of copper and tungsten. |
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