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k0-Factors and related nuclear data are tabulated for 112 radionuclides of interest in (n, γ) reactor neutron activation analysis. Whenever relevant, critical comments are made with respect to the accuracy of literature data for e. g. isotopic abundances, half-lives, absolute gamma-intensities and 2200 m · s−1 (n, γ) cross-sections. As to the latter, a comparison is made with the values calculated from the experimentally determined k0-factors, by introduction of selected literature data for the input parameters.
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de Corte, F., Simonits, A. k0-Measurements and related nuclear data compilation for (n, γ) reactor neutron activation analysis. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 133, 43–130 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02039970
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