Characterization of a stream sediment matrix material for sampling behavior in order to use it as a CRM

Huang Donghui; Xiao Caijin; Ni Bangfa; Tian Weizhi; ZhangYuanxun; Wang Pingsheng; Liu CunXiong; Zhang Guiying

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.09.043

Characterization of a stream sediment matrix material for sampling behavior in order to use it as a CRM

Appl Radiat Isot. 2010 Jan;68(1):37-41. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.09.043. Epub 2009 Oct 2.

Authors

Huang Donghui¹, Xiao Caijin, Ni Bangfa, Tian Weizhi, ZhangYuanxun, Wang Pingsheng, Liu CunXiong, Zhang Guiying

Affiliation

¹ Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 275-50, 102413, China.

PMID: 19840900
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.09.043

Abstract

Sampling behavior of multielements in a stream sediment matrix was studied with sample sizes in a range of 9 orders of magnitude by a combination of INAA, PIXE and SR-XRF. For accurately weighable sample sizes (>1mg), sampling uncertainties for 16 elements are better than 1% by INAA. For sample sizes that cannot be accurately weighed (<1mg), PIXE and SR-XRF were used and the effective sample sizes were estimated. Sampling uncertainties for seven elements are better than 1% at sample sizes of tenth mg level, and that for three elements are better than 10% on ng levels.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't