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Main Author: Guilherme Soares Zahn
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica - SBPR 2019
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Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=722280838095
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  • Evaluation of the uncertainty associated with sample holders in NAA measurements in LAN/IPEN Guilherme Soares Zahn Regina Beck Ticianelli Mitiko Saiki Frederico Antonio Genezini Biología NAA uncertainty sample holder In IPEN’s Neutron Activation Laboratory (LAN/IPEN), thin stainless steel sample holders are used for gamma spectrometry in NAA measurements. This material is very practical, but its chemical composition may be troublesome, as it presents large amounts of elements with intermediate atomic number, with attenuation factors for low-energy gammarays that must not be neglected. In this study, count rates obtained using different sample holders were compared. To accomplish that, an Am-241 source, with 59-keV gamma emission, was used so that low-energy gamma attenuation differences can be determined. Moreover, in order to study the energy dependence of these differences, a Ho-166m source was also used. From these results, it was possible to analyze the experimental error associated to the variations between sample holders, with the aim of introducing an addictive term to the uncertainty analysis of comparative Neutron Activation Analysis results. 2019 artículo científico 2319-0612 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=722280838095 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=7222 Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences application/pdf Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica - SBPR Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences (Brasil) Num.2A Vol.7