Instrumental neutron activation analysis of an enriched 28 Si single-crystal
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry(2013)
摘要
The determination of the Avogadro constant plays a key role in the redefinition of the kilogram in terms of a fundamental constant. The present experiment makes use of a silicon single-crystal highly enriched in 28 Si that must have a total impurity mass fraction smaller than a few parts in 10 9 . To verify this requirement, we previously developed a relative analytical method based on neutron activation for the elemental characterization of a sample of the precursor natural silicon crystal WASO 04. The method is now extended to fifty-nine elements and applied to a monoisotopic 28 Si single-crystal that was grown to test the achievable enrichment. Since this crystal was likely contaminated, this measurement tested also the detection capabilities of the analysis. The results quantified contaminations by Ge, Ga, As, Tm, Lu, Ta, W and Ir and, for a number of the detectable elements, demonstrated that we can already reach the targeted 1 ng/g detection limit.
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Neutron activation analysis, Fundamental constants, Silicon crystal, Isotope enrichment
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