Neutron activation analysis is used to study a small sample of automotive enamel found at the scene

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Neutron activation analysis is used to study a small sample of automotive enamel found at the scene of a hit-and-run collision. The sample was exposed to a thermal neutron flux of 3.5 x 1012 neutrons/cm2 . s for 2.0 minutes. Placed immediately in a gamma-ray detector, it was found to have an activity of 35 Bq due to 60Co and 115 Bq due to 51Ti. Compute the total amount of each metal in the original sample. (The cross section for 59Co is 19 b; that for 50Ti is 0.15 b.)

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Modern Physics

ISBN: 9781429250788

6th Edition

Authors: Paul A. Tipler, Ralph Llewellyn

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