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Comparative Analysis of Elemental Components in Airborne Particulate Matter by k0-NAA Methods  

Chung, Yong-Sam (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Moon, Jong-Hwa (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Cho, Hyun-Je (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kim, Young-Jin (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Analytical Science and Technology / v.18, no.1, 2005 , pp. 51-58 More about this Journal
Abstract
A comparison of the analytical data obtained by three $k_0$-NAA software programs was carried out using both the airborne particulate matter collected from an urban site and the certified reference materials of the air filter and urban dust to evaluate the performance of the analysis. The individual $k_0$-NAA standardization methods of three countries, Korea, China and Vietnam which had been modified from the well established $k_0$-program were used for the comparative analysis. The measured concentrations of 30 elements from the two kinds of air samples based on this software were in agreement with each other within about 20% analytical error except for a few elements. By contrast, the results of China and Vietnam were moderately higher than that of Korea due to a systematic error associated with the detection efficiency, gamma peak analysis and geometric effect.
Keywords
Neutron Activation Analysis; Airborne Particulate Matter; Trace Analysis; $k_0$-Standardization Method; Data Comparison; Certified Reference Material;
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