Research Article
Application of Nuclear Analytical Techniques in Elemental Characterization of Wadi El-Nakhil Alabaster, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt
Table 2
The nuclear data and the average concentrations of elements determined in alabaster.
| Element | Activation product | Energy keV | | Concentrations |
| Na% | 24Na | 1369 | 15 h | 0.20 | Mg% | 27Mg | 1014 | 9.5 min | 5.47 | Ca% | 49Ca | 3984 | 8.7 min | 45.3 | Mn% | 56Mn | 846 | 2.6 h | 0.13 | Fe% | 59Fe | 1099 | 44.5 d | 0.93 | K% | 42K | 1524.7 | 12.4 h | 0.86 | Sc ppm | 46Sc | 1120 | 38.8 d | 0.54 | Cr ppm | 51Cr | 320 | 27.7 d | 7.04 | Co ppm | 60Co | 1332 | 5.3 y | 0.27 | Zn ppm | 65Zn | 1115.5 | 244 d | 7.62 | As ppm | 76As | 559 | 26.3 h | 29.05 | Rb ppm | 86Rb | 1076 | 18.6 d | 0.20 | Zr ppm | 95Zr | 756.7 | 64 d | 28 | Ba ppm | 131Ba | 496 | 11.8 d | 5.08 | La ppm | 140La | 1596 | 40.3 h | 50.37 | Ce ppm | 141Ce | 145 | 32.5 d | 0.43 | Eu ppm | 152Eu | 1408 | 13.3 y | 0.04 | Sm ppm | 153Sm | 103 | 46.3 h | 4.17 | Yb ppm | 169Yb | 198 | 32 d | 0.15 | Lu ppm | 177Lu | 208.4 | 161 d | 0.17 | Hf ppm | 181Hf | 428 | 42.4 d | 0.37 | U ppm | 239Np | 106 | 2.4 d | 2.3 |
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