Abstract
Charged particle activation analysis of phosphorus in biological materials using the31P (α,n)34mCl reaction has been studied. Since34mCl is also produced by the32S (α,pn) and the35Cl (α, α′ n) reactions, the thick-target yield curves on phosphorus, sulfur and chlorine were determined in order to choose the optimum irradiation conditions. As a result, it was found that the activation analysis for phosphorus without interferences from surfur and chlorine is possible by bombarding with less than 17 MeV alphas. The applicability of this method to biological samples was then examined by irradiating several standard reference materals. It was confirmed that phosphorus can readily be determined at the detection limit of 1 μg free from interferences due to the matrix elements.
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