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Utilization of different radionuclides for high-energy extended efficiency calibration of a HPGe for improved determination of calcium and sulfur using k0-INAA

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The present study reports on the performance of three reactor-produced radionuclides (24Na, 56Mn, and 72Ga) and one accelerator-produced radionuclide (56Co) for extending the full-energy peak efficiency calibration of a coaxial HPGe detector up to ~ 3100 keV at different detector to source distances. The differences between the efficiency curves obtained with and without the use of high-energy gamma emitters radionuclides have a considerable impact on the accuracy of the Na, Ca, and S determination by the k0-INAA as evidenced by analysis results of reference materials. The results revealed that 24Na is the most suitable radionuclide for high-energy efficiency calibration due to its reasonable availability, low production cost, simple decay scheme, and well-defined decay properties.

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Acknowledgements

This work was partially supported by collaboration research project of Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University (KURNS) (No. 31138). The 56Co was supplied through Supply Platform of Short-lived Radioisotopes, supported by JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas, Grant Number 16H06278.

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  1. Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University, Osaka, Japan

    Mohamed Soliman & Koichi Takamiya

  2. Egypt Second Research Reactor, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt

    Mohamed Soliman

  3. Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, 23890, Saudi Arabia

    Ahmed Mindil

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Soliman, M., Mindil, A. & Takamiya, K. Utilization of different radionuclides for high-energy extended efficiency calibration of a HPGe for improved determination of calcium and sulfur using k0-INAA. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 332, 1687–1693 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-08859-8

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