activation analysis in a sentence

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1. Additional studies involved neutron activation analysis to determine the oxygen content in steel and the use of radiotracers in explosives and the steel industry.
2. Heizer also used neuron activation analysis to determine trace elements on samples from his excavations in Mexico, one of the applications of this method.
3. The deceased were accompanied by 27 ceramic vessels; fragments of five were submitted for neutron activation analysis, which revealed a mix of local and imported pottery.
4. Maria is a multifunctional research tool, with a notable application in production of radioisotopes, research with utilization of neutron beams, neutron therapy, and neutron activation analysis.
5. Neutron activation analysis can distinguish between quarries lying in the same formation, because the trace elements form different patterns even in quarries lying quite close together.
6. It is used for scientific purposes, such as neutron activation analysis, neutron physics experiments, calibration of nuclear measurement devices and the production of neutron transmutation doped silicon.
7. Though neutron activation analysis was used to detect trace levels of arsenic in the mid 20th century, it has since fallen out of use in modern forensics.
8. Cf-252 is, however, in smaller quantities a very useful neutron source for starting nuclear reactors, scanning nuclear reactor fuel rods, and neutron activation analysis in the field .)
9. Working with faculty from the entomology department, neutron activation analysis has been underway on a number of samples from an ant colony to ascertain the behavior of sharing food.
10. The reactor is used for a variety of purposes : undergraduate education involves NAA ( Neutron Activation Analysis ), reactor physics experiments and radioisotopes for tracers and counting experiments.