Inorganic Concentrations in Selected Woods and Charcoals Measured Using NAA

Authors

  • Bruce E. Cutter
  • E. Allen McGinnes
  • David H. McKown

Keywords:

Inorganics, woods, charcoals, NAA, southern pine, earlywood, latewood

Abstract

Neutron activation analysis was used to determine the levels of several inorganic elements in seven species of wood- and laboratory-prepared charcoals. The samples were exposed for 1 min to a thermal neutron flux of 1 x 1014 n/cm2-sec. Following a 10-min decay period, sample activity was measured for 500 sec. Concentrations of Al, Ca, Cl, K, Mg, Mn, and Na were measured. Ba, Cu, Sr, and V were also identified in several samples. Matched samples of southern pine earlywood and latewood contained similar amounts of inorganics.

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2007-06-27

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Number 2 / Summer 1980

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