Determination of aluminium by instrumental neutron activation analysis in biological samples with special reference to NBS SRM 1577 Bovine Liver

Abstract

It was found that a well thermalized heavy water-moderated research reactor can be used to determine the Al content of biological samples without separation of P, Na and Cl. The contribution of the ³¹P(n,α)²⁸Al reaction was corrected from the known concentration of P and the measured effective value. It was found that the contribution is only about 10%. A method is suggested for the determination of Al using instrumental neutron activation analysis.