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Coincidence losses in activation analysis

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Coincidence losses may introduce a considerable error in γ-ray spectrometry and are thus a serious potential source of inaccurate activation analysis. A simple first order correction for coincidence losses can be applied by measuring the counting interval in both the true-time and in the live-time modes; the proposed equation is shown by two experiments to hold up to an integral count rate of at least 4·104 cps.

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  1. Eidgenössisches Institut für Reaktorforschung, Würenlingen, (Switzerland)

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Wyttenbach, A. Coincidence losses in activation analysis. J. Radioanal. Chem. 8, 335–343 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02518199

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