EDXRF versus INAA in a pollution control of soil

Elemental concentrations of soil samples collected in the vicinity of a Romanian fertilizer plant were determined by EDXRF and long half-life INAA. Lower limits of detection, obtained for various elements in soil by EDXRF technique with radioactive excitation sources ( super(238)Pu and super(241)Am)...

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Published inJournal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry Vol. 268; no. 1; pp. 71 - 78
Main Authors Cojocaru, V., Strumińska, D. I., Skwarzec, B., Pantelică, A., Pincovschi, E., Georgescu, I. I.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.04.2006
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Summary:Elemental concentrations of soil samples collected in the vicinity of a Romanian fertilizer plant were determined by EDXRF and long half-life INAA. Lower limits of detection, obtained for various elements in soil by EDXRF technique with radioactive excitation sources ( super(238)Pu and super(241)Am) and a HPGe detector are presented. Spurious effects characteristic for Ge detector X-ray spectrometry are evaluated and discussed, and methods to overcome this drawback are suggested. Special care was taken to subtract from the spectra the Ge Ka
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ISSN:0236-5731
1588-2780
DOI:10.1007/s10967-006-0126-5