TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparison of transportable neutron sources for quantitative elemental analysis using prompt gamma neutron activation technique
AU - Udupi, Ashwini
AU - Shetty, Pramoda Kumara
AU - Panikkath, Priyada
AU - Sarkar, Pradip Kumar
N1 - Funding Information:
The first author AU acknowledges the Dr TMA Pai PhD fellowship granted by Manipal Academy of Higher Education , Manipal and the author PP acknowledges the RUSA 2.0 postdoctoral fellowship (No. F.24–51/2014-U, Policy (TNMulti-Gen), Dept. of Edn. Govt. of India , Dt.09.10.2018 ).
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© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
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PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - Relative performances (effectiveness) of different transportable neutron sources are compared theoretically for quantitatively estimating concentrations of environmentally hazardous elements (Cl, As, Cd, Gd, Hg, Pb) using PGNAA technique. Simulations are carried out using Monte Carlo Code and the estimated responses of the elements are folded with the energy distributions of different transportable neutron sources. Also ratio method is investigated in this work. Improvement in the detection efficiency of trace elements using different thicknesses of HDPE slabs are also investigated.
AB - Relative performances (effectiveness) of different transportable neutron sources are compared theoretically for quantitatively estimating concentrations of environmentally hazardous elements (Cl, As, Cd, Gd, Hg, Pb) using PGNAA technique. Simulations are carried out using Monte Carlo Code and the estimated responses of the elements are folded with the energy distributions of different transportable neutron sources. Also ratio method is investigated in this work. Improvement in the detection efficiency of trace elements using different thicknesses of HDPE slabs are also investigated.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2020.109243
DO - 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2020.109243
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85097716991
SN - 0969-806X
VL - 180
JO - Radiation Physics and Chemistry
JF - Radiation Physics and Chemistry
M1 - 109243
ER -