K_0-based instrumental neutron activation analysis using MS-Excel and Canberra Genie-2000

• Autores: Montoya, Eduardo, Pardo, José, Mendoza, Pablo, Ubillús, Marco, Bedregal, Patricia, Torres, Blanca
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2010
• Institución: Instituto Peruano de Energía Nuclear
• Repositorio: IPEN-Institucional
• Lenguaje: inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.ipen.gob.pe:20.500.13054/590
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13054/590
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Procesamiento de datos; Automatización; Análisis por activación neutrónica; Espectroscopía gamma

We describe an application, developed in Microsoft Excel, for the complete processing of data and automated presentation of results, of k_0-based instrumental neutron activation analysis. The application makes extensive use of the data generated by the Canberra's Genie-2000 spectroscopy system, minimizing the manual input of data by the user. A special feature of the application is the automatic determination of significant figures for each result, as well as the automatic rounding and presentation of the results and their expanded uncertainties (k=2), in the right format. The application has been validated by the analysis of reference materials and it is on production and maintenance steps. The use of the application has allowed the improvement of the efficiency, of the analytical work, in the Laboratory of Nuclear Analytical Techniques of IPEN.