Applications of activation analysis to geochemical, meteoritic and lunar studies.The application of activation analysis techniques to the analysis of cosmological materials, i.e., terrestrial, tektitic, meteoritic, and lunar matter, is reviewed. Elemental determinations can be made by instrumental fast-neutron and thermal-neutron activation analysis, photonuclear and charged-particle activation analysis, and by radiochemical neutron activation analysis. Partition-coefficient methods, autoradiography studies, gamma-gamma coincidence counting, and age determination by neutron activation are discussed. Attention is given to K-Ar and I-Xe dating of meteorites.
Document ID
19730040998
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - Collected Works
Authors
Showalter, D. L.
Schmitt, R. A. (Oregon State University Corvallis, Ore., United States)