Article
Effects of Delaying Measurements of Concentration using Neutron Activation Analysis on Explosive Taggants
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Abstract
A nuclear barcode has been proposed to identify taggants added to explosives, which encodes identifying information by adding a unique combination of taggant elements at different concentration levels. Testing was conducted on two single element solutions at three concentrations to determine minimum detection concentration levels. The effect of delaying the time to obtain measurements and its effect on uncertainty over approximately four half-lives (5 days) was tested on five 1 part per million holmium solutions.
Department(s)
Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science
Research Center/Lab(s)
Center for Research in Energy and Environment (CREE)
Keywords and Phrases
- Explosives,
- Uncertainty Analysis, Concentration Levels,
- Half Lives,
- Measurements Of,
- Single-Element Solutions,
- Taggants, Neutron Activation Analysis, Explosive,
- Holmium,
- Lanthanide, Analytic Method,
- Article,
- Chemical Parameters,
- Comparative Study,
- Concentration (Parameter),
- Electric Potential,
- Half Life Time,
- Identifiable Information,
- Irradiation,
- Linear System,
- Mathematical Computing,
- Measurement,
- Neutron Activation Analysis,
- Priority Journal,
- Time Factor
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
2-1-2020
Publication Date
01 Feb 2020
Disciplines
Citation Information
James Seman, Carlos Henry Castano Giraldo and Catherine E. Johnson. "Effects of Delaying Measurements of Concentration using Neutron Activation Analysis on Explosive Taggants" Applied Radiation and Isotopes Vol. 156 (2020) ISSN: 0969-8043 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/carlos-castanogiraldo/69/