PIXE analysis of heavy water from a nuclear power plant

K X-ray production by 12C4+ ion impact on selected elements

“…There is a growing interest in the use of heavy ions for analysis with particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE), as they show larger X-ray yields, thus improving PIXE sensitivity (Ozafra´n et al, 1993;Ozafra´n et al, 1995). These works have shown that a reliable knowledge of the ionization cross sections by heavy ion impact is necessary to obtain accurate results in quantitative analyses.…”

Elemental analysis of aerosols collected at the Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory with PIXE technique complemented with SEM/EDX

“…PIXE experiments took place at the TAN-DAR Laboratory accelerator facility of the Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, as it was done in previous works (for example, [23][24][25]). PIXE analysis was performed (on 19 filters of each fraction) by using heavy ions 16 O (7+ charge state) at 50 MeV energy.…”

TXRF determination of indium at ultra trace levels in heavy water samples using In Kα as analytical line and continuum excitation

“…Presence of certain impurities above specified values may lead to undesirable radiation exposure to operation and maintenance personnel. In addition to this, presence of trace and ultra trace amounts of different elements in such water leads to changes in neutron economy and its heat transfer properties when it is used in reactors [4,5]. Indium is one such element whose presence in heavy water, even at ultra trace levels, creates high radiation exposure problem due to the activation of 115 In-[ 116 In m and heat exchange problem due to its deposition on the surface of heat exchangers if present in ppm level.…”