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With traditional neutron activation analysis, the increase of sample quality leads to some problems in both irradiation process and measurement process. These problems include the neutron flux gradient in the range of the sample, the decrease of the thermal neutron flux rate around the sample and the influence of self-shielding in the sample in the irradiation process, In the process of measurement, the self-attenuation of γ-ray in the sample and the geometric effect of the sample lead to the effect of the detector on the measurement of characteristic γ-ray emissivity due to the difference in the detection efficiency of each point of the sample. So the neutron activation analysis of mass sample needs to make some additional modifications. By using the neutron activation analysis technique, the content of 24Mg and 28Si in a large amount of flour can be detected, and the content of talc powder in the flour can be given, so that the quality of flour can be monitored. The flour mainly contains C, H, O, N, Ca, and F element, but the main chemical constituent of talc powder is Mg3[Si4010](OH)2. Therefore, the measured content of Si and Mg element can be used to judge whether the flour contains talcum powder and to determine its exact content. When the content of 24Mg and 28Si in flour are measured by the neutron activation analysis, the variation of neutron flux and energy with thickness in the measured sample and the effect of γ-ray self-absorption will have great influence on the measurement results. The relationship between the neutron flux and energy and the thickness of the sample is simulated by MCNP5 (Monte Carlo N-particle transport code system 5), and the neutron fluxes at different thickness of the sample are measured by a 3He proportional counter tube. The results show that the simulation results of MCNP5 are basically consistent with the experimental results. Using the simulation by MCNP5 and the measurements by a sodium iodide detector, the relationship between γ-ray self-absorption effect and sample thickness is studied, and the sample thickness is determined to be 6.6.cm that is adopted as an optimal experimental condition. Based on the simulated data, the function relationship between the counting of 1.779 MeV γ-ray and the thickness of the sample is obtained as follows: A = 1401 + 3815x – 720x2 + 64x3 – 2.8x4 + 0.05x5. The curve trend of the experimental results is basically the same as that of the simulation results.
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Keywords:
- neutron activation analysis /
- MCNP5 /
- gamma ray self-absorption /
- elemental content analysis
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图 1 MCNP模拟示意图
Figure 1. Simulation diagram by MCNP.
图 2 MCNP模拟不同厚度处中子通量
Figure 2. Neutron flux at different thicknesses simulated by MCNP.
图 3 MCNP模拟不同样品厚度处中子能谱
Figure 3. Neutron spectrum simulated by MCNP.
图 5 两条特征γ射线的出射率与样品的厚度的关系
Figure 5. The relation between count rate of radiation and thickness of samples.
图 6 中子通量与样品厚度的关系
Figure 6. The relationship between neutron flux and sample thickness.
图 8 碘化钠探测器测量不同样品γ能谱
Figure 8. Measurement of gamma energy spectra of different samplesby sodium iodide detector.
图 9 γ射线的计数与质量分数10%样品厚度的关系
Figure 9. The relation between count rate of radiation and thickness of quality score 10% sample
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de Soete D (translated by Wu R) 1978 Neutron Activation Analysis (Beijing: Atomic Energy Press) pp1−2 (in Chinese)
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Google Scholar
Zhang L Z, Ni B F, Tian W Z, Huang D H, Zhang G Y, Liu C X, Wang P S, Liu L K, Li D H 2005 Atom. Energy Sci. Technol. 3 282
Google Scholar
[3] 贾文宝, 黑大千, 徐爱国, 陈晓文, 李安民 2011 原子能科学技术 45 1011
Jia W B, Hei D Q, Xu A G, Chen X W, Li A M 2011 Atom. Energy Sc. Technol. 45 1011
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Tian Y S, Hu Z L, Tong J F, Chen J Y, Peng X Y, Liang T J 2018 Acta Phys. Sin. 67 142801
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Li X N, Guo J P, Luo W Y, Wang C S, Fang X M, Yu T L 2008 Atom. Energy Sc. Technol. 42 343
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He X Y, Zheng S P, Lu X L, Yao Z E 2013 High Power Laser and Particle Beams 25 253
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Google Scholar
Wang X H, Sun H C, Yao Y G, Xiao C J, Zhang G Y, Jin X C, Hua L, Zhou S C 2014 J. Isotopes 27 251
Google Scholar
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Zhang H Q, Qin Y L, Ni B F, Tian W Z, Wang P S, Huang D H, Zhang G Y, Liu C X, Xiao C J, Sun H C, Nie P, Chen Z 2010 Atom. Energy Sci. Technol. 10 1238
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Google Scholar
Yan X S, Liu R, Lu X X, Jiang L, Wang M, Lin J F 2012 Acta Phys. Sin. 61 102801
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
Li D H, Su T L 2005 Univ. Phys. 24 56
Google Scholar
[14] 曹传儒 1981分析化学 3 335
Cao C R 1981 Analyt. Chem. 3 335
[15] 程璨, 贾文宝, 黑大千, 单卿, 凌永生, 张焱 2014 原子能科学技术 48 802
Cheng C, Jia W B, Hei D Q, Shan Q, Ling Y S, Zhang Y 2014 Atom.Energy Sci. Technol. 48 802
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Google Scholar
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Zhang H Q, Xiao C J, Nie P, Qin Y L, Chen Z, Ni B F 2008 Annual Report of China Institute of Atomic Energy 2008 151
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[21] Evaluated Nuclear Data File (ENDF) https://www.nndc.bnl.gov/exfor/endf00.jsp [2018-5-11]
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