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Quantification of lithium at ppm level in geological samples using nuclear reaction analysis

de la Rosa, Nathaly LU ; Kristiansson, Per LU ; Nilsson, E. J.Charlotta LU ; Ros, Linus LU ; Pallon, Jan LU and Skogby, Henrik (2018) In Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 317(1). p.253-259
Abstract

Proton-induced reaction (p,α) is one type of nuclear reaction analysis (NRA) suitable especially for light element quantification. In the case of lithium quantification presented in this work, accelerated protons with an energy about of 850 keV were used to induce the 7Li(p,α)4He reaction in standard reference and geological samples such as tourmaline and other Li-minerals. It is shown that this technique for lithium quantification allowed for measurement of concentrations down below one ppm. The possibility to relate the lithium content with the boron content in a single analysis was also demonstrated using tourmaline samples, both in absolute concentration and in lateral distribution. In addition, Particle... (More)

Proton-induced reaction (p,α) is one type of nuclear reaction analysis (NRA) suitable especially for light element quantification. In the case of lithium quantification presented in this work, accelerated protons with an energy about of 850 keV were used to induce the 7Li(p,α)4He reaction in standard reference and geological samples such as tourmaline and other Li-minerals. It is shown that this technique for lithium quantification allowed for measurement of concentrations down below one ppm. The possibility to relate the lithium content with the boron content in a single analysis was also demonstrated using tourmaline samples, both in absolute concentration and in lateral distribution. In addition, Particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE) was utilized as a complementary IBA technique for simultaneous mapping of elements heavier than sodium.

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Double-sided silicon strip detector (DSSSD), Geological samples, Lithium quantification, Nuclear reaction analysis (NRA), Particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE)
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Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
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317
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1
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253 - 259
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Springer
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0236-5731
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10.1007/s10967-018-5907-0
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English
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  author       = {{de la Rosa, Nathaly and Kristiansson, Per and Nilsson, E. J.Charlotta and Ros, Linus and Pallon, Jan and Skogby, Henrik}},
  issn         = {{0236-5731}},
  keywords     = {{Double-sided silicon strip detector (DSSSD); Geological samples; Lithium quantification; Nuclear reaction analysis (NRA); Particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE)}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{05}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{253--259}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry}},
  title        = {{Quantification of lithium at ppm level in geological samples using nuclear reaction analysis}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10967-018-5907-0}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s10967-018-5907-0}},
  volume       = {{317}},
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