717-3741/01 – Neutron activation analysis (NAA)
Gurantor department | Department of Physics | Credits | 6 |
Subject guarantor | Doc. Dr. RNDr. Petr Alexa | Subject version guarantor | Doc. Dr. RNDr. Petr Alexa |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2016/2017 | Year of cancellation | 2017/2018 |
Intended for the faculties | HGF, USP | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
To use knowledge of nuclear physics.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Experimental work in labs
Summary
Compulsory literature:
Usačev S. a kol.: Experimentálna jadrová fyzika, Alfa, Bratislava, 1982.
Lilley J.S.: Nuclear Physics: Principles and Applications, Wiley, 2001.
Molnár Zs.: Neutron Activation Analysis
(www.reak.bme.hu/Wigner_Course/WignerManuals/Budapest/NEUTRON_ACTIVATION_ANALYSIS.htm)
Recommended literature:
Molnár G.L.: Handbook of Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 2004.
Alfassi Z.B.: Instrumental Multi-Element Chemical Analysis, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1998
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Systematic preparation for lectures
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Neutron (discovery, properties).
2. Cross section of nuclear reactions.
3. Nuclear reactions with neutrons.
4. Interaction of neutrons with matter.
5. Neutron sources I (radioisotopes, accelerators, spallation sources).
6. Neutron sources II (reactors, neutron generators).
7. Energetic spectrum of neutrons.
8. Instrumental neutron activation analysis.
9. Radiochemical neutron activation analysis.
10. Prompt neutron activation analysis.
11. Applications in material research.
12. Detection limits.
13. Measurement of neutron flux.
14. Measurement of gamma spectra of neutron-activated materials.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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