Determination of Fluorine in Eighty International Geochemical Reference Samples by Proton Induced Gamma Ray Emission Spectrometry (PIGE) |
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| Authors: | Iwan ROELANDTS Guy ROBAYE Georges WEBER Jeanne-Marie DELBROUCK |
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| Institution: | Geology, Petrology and Geochemistry, University of Liège, B4000 Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium;Experimental Nuclear Physics, University of Liège, B4000 Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | Fluorine content has been determined non destructively in eighty international geochemical reference samples (GRS) including rocks, soils, sediments, minerals and ores, by proton induced gamma ray emission spectrometry (PIGE) using the nuclear reaction 19F(p,αγ) 16O. Under our operating conditions, the detection limit is around 25 ppm. Our analytical results are compared with the presently preferred values when available or with other published data. The general agreement between this work and reported values is reasonably good. The present paper includes results on several GRS for which existing data are rather scarce or even inexistant. |
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