HEI Daqian, CHENG Can, JIA Wenbao, et al. Preliminary study of sample uniformity impact on the elemental analysis in PGNAA technique[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2014, 37(6): 060202
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HEI Daqian, CHENG Can, JIA Wenbao, et al. Preliminary study of sample uniformity impact on the elemental analysis in PGNAA technique[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2014, 37(6): 060202 DOI: 10.11889/j.0253-3219.2014.hjs.37.060202.
Preliminary study of sample uniformity impact on the elemental analysis in PGNAA technique
Background: In the adoption of Prompt Gamma-ray Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA) technique
the composition of samples is always assumed to be uniform
while it is nonuniform in fact
which would affect the analysis result. Purpose: The influence of the sample’s uniformity to PGNAA has been discussed. Methods: Samples of the same composition and average density
but different uniformity have been simulated with Monte Carlo method. And the preliminary analysis has been discussed in the aspects of self-absorption and the neutron field distribution of the samples. Results: The results show that the change of sample uniformity has a certain effect on the gamma-rays spectrum. The difference of the element characteristic peak counting rate
which is caused by the change of samples’ uniformity
is even higher than 20% for some elements. Conclusion: In the PGNAA technique
the uniformity of samples has to be considered to ensure the element analysis accuracy. Abstract