Vanadium concentrations have been measured in the serum of 23 healthy subjects by neutron activation analysis, with post-irradiation chemical separation. The values obtained fall in a fairly narrow range (260-1300 ng/L, mean 670 ng/L), which suggests a physiological role for this element. We checked the method by analysis of standard (U.S. National Bureau of Standards) water samples and serum s...

Multielements in a typical Japanese diet certified reference material prepared at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) of Japan, in collaboration with the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) of Japan were determined by instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). Five samples (ca. 510-1000 mg) and comparative standards were irradiated for a short time (10 s...

Ah&act-By neutron activation analysis the rhodium, silver and indium oontent of five chondritic meteorites has been determined. The average data are 0.186 and 0.094 p.p.m. for rhodium and silver. The upper limit for the indium content is 0.001 p.p.m. The values for rhodium and silver are in fair agreement with the data estimated by SUESS and UREY; the indium values, however, are lower by a fact...

Neutron diffraction has been used to study in situ the nanocrystallization process of Fe73.5Cu1Nb3Si22.52xBx (x55, 9, and 12! amorphous alloys. Nanocrystallization results in a decrease of both the silicon content and the grain size of the Fe~Si! phase with increasing value of x. By comparing the radial distribution function peak areas with those predicted for ideal bcc and DO3 structure, it ca...

The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), currently under construction at Oak Ridge National Laboratory with an anticipated start-up in early 2006, will provide the most intense pulsed beams of cold neutrons in the world. At a projected power of 1.4 MW, the time averaged fluxes and fluences of the SNS will approach those of high flux reactors. One of the flight paths on the cold, coupled moderator w...

An analysis of neutron diffraction data of liquid deuterated terr-butanol at room temperature to determine its molecular conformation is presented. Being a big molecule of 15 sites, the analysis is tricky and needs careful consideration. The resulting molecular parameters are compared with those obtained from other experimental data analysis and model calculations. The information about the int...

As a continuation of diffraction work on melts from eutectic binary systems such as Al-Sn [1], Au-Co [2], and Bi-Cu [3] an investigation of melts from the eutectic system Sn-Zn by means of neutron diffraction will be described in the present work. The liquidus lines in the constitution diagrams of these systems always show a point of inflection, so th a t segregation tendency in molten state is...