Title: delayed-neutron activation analysis
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - delayed-neutron activation analysis
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.08723
Status: current

Definition
Neutron activation analysis where neutrons are counted after a delay to allow interfering species to decay.

Related Term
- Neutron activation analysis: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08739

Source
- PAC, 2021, 93, 69. 'Vocabulary of radioanalytical methods (IUPAC Recommendations 2020)' on page 77 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0302)

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Citation: Citation: 'delayed-neutron activation analysis' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.08723
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