The paper has made a general discussion about the conditions under which the ENAA will be valid and listed the respective analysis results at two different quantities.
It is discussed that a proper quantity of the standard sample depends on the sensitivity of the method and the size of gold; and also under discusion is the interference to 411.8keV from
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Eu in the trace gold analysis. It was shown that 3—5%of influence was produced for the content less than 10ppb. ENAA is satisfying as compared with RNAA. The analysis result of gold in USGS-GXR-4 agrees with the recommanded value which suggests the analysis work with satisfying precision.