In this work, the solid solution series Ba2In(2-x)Ir(x)O5+δ (x = 0-1.4, 2) was synthesized, and its structural, magnetic, and charge-transport properties were measured. With increasing Ir content, three transitions in the room-temperature structure were observed: orthorhombic to tetragonal to cubic to a monoclinic distortion of a hexagonal BaTiO3 structure. Neutron diffraction shows Ba2In(1.6)I...

Through instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) the elemental chemical composition of Salvinia auriculata and Ouro Preto city public water was determined. Elements Ce, Th, Cr, Hf, Sb, Sc, Rb, Fe, Zn, Co, Au, La and Br were quantified. High chromium concentration was determined in this plant. But, chromium was determined only in low concentrations in the water. The results indicate the g...

A Prompt Gamma Ray Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA) system, incorporating an isotopic neutron source has been simulated using the MCNPX Monte Carlo code. In order to improve the signal to noise ratio different collimators and a filter were placed between the neutron source and the object. The effect of the positioning of the neutron beam and the detector relative to the object has been studi...

Neutron diffraction measurements have been carried out on a single crystal of the iron-based superconductor system SrFe1.92Ni0.08As2. Nitrogen gas sealed in the sample container was found to produce Bragg peaks over a limited range of temperature that were symmetrically positioned around the strongest magnetic Bragg peak in the system, giving the appearance of transition to an incommensurate ma...

The theoretical or practical dosimetry involving radiation interactions in humans needs the reliable elemental composition data of body tissues. The object of this research was to obtain the characterization dental hard tissues and to determine its effective atomic number. An analytical research of inorganic composition, from 30 intact human molars, extracted for periodontal reasons, was perfor...

a study was undertaken to investigate the role of placenta in transferring drugs containing bromine to the infant. 20 pregnant subjects were given bromine as kbr (500 mg/50 kg weight) 10h before the delivery the bromine content of the serum in the mother and the child was estimated by neutron.. 13 lrradlated at 2xlo activation analysis. samples were -2 -1 n em 5 for a period of one hour. a ge (...

--Extensions of our simulations to higher x-ray scattering angles are presented and discussed. Here only qualitative comparisons are available. Neutron diffraction simulation results are presented and compared with available experiment.

Neutron diffraction studies of Ba(Fe(1-x)Co(x))(2)As)(2) reveal that commensurate antiferromagnetic order gives way to incommensurate magnetic order for Co compositions between 0.056 < x < 0.06. The incommensurability has the form of a small transverse splitting (0, ± ε, 0) from the commensurate antiferromagnetic propagation vector Q(AFM) = (1,0,1) (in orthorhombic notation) where ε ≈ 0.02-0.03...

Pollutants are persistent in the environment, taint food chain, and harm people's health because of their toxicity. In this study, mangrove snails called Cerithidea obtusa (C. Obtusa) were gathered from Southwest Johor, Malaysia, amounts macro micro elements Ca, Fe, K, Mg, Na, As, Mn, Zn soft tissues, shells, related surface sediments analysed. The Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) method was u...

The electric, electronic, mechanical and thermal characteristics of high density electronic devices can be affected by the physico-chemical characteristics of base materials as well as by trace impurities. It is well known that soft errors caused by trace -emitting impurities are one cause of the faulty operation of electronic devices. This phenomenon was initially reported in May[1] in the 197...