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Evaluation of Industrial Pollution of the Environment in the Moravian-Silesian Region Using Radioanalytical Methods
Brunčiaková, Miriama ; Varmuža, Jan (referee) ; Katovský, Karel (advisor)
Moravian-Silesian Region is a part of an area so called „small black triangle". It is an area of higher pollution caused by some kind of industrial zone. This region belongs to the most polluted atmosphere in the Czech Republic. The pollution is caused by various factors but the most negative one is metallurgic industry but also mine-mining, transport, and small local furnaces. To analyze pollution, the instrumental neutron activation analysis with analyzing of moss samples were used. The moss has rudimentary root system so it takes nutrients as well as heavy metals from the atmosphere. All irradiation has performed in the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics (FLNP) at the reactor IBR-2M. Two kinds of irradiation have been performed as short-term irradiation as long-term irradiation. Short-term irradiation took about 3 mins and then short-lived isotopes were measured for about 15 mins. The long-lived isotopes were measured twice after about 4 days for 30 mins and after 23 days for 90 mins after 3 days of irradiation. For long term irradiation, the cadmium-screened irradiation channel was used. For analyzation and data processing the software Genie 2000 as well as software developed at FLNP JINR were used. In sum, 43 samples of the terrestrial mosses (Hypnum cupressiforme, Pleurozium schreberi and Brachythecium rutabulum) were collected in autumn of 2015 in which the concentration of 38 elements were determined, including heavy metals. As a result, the factor analysis have been performed as well as maps analyzation.
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Evaluation of Industrial Pollution of the Environment in the Moravian-Silesian Region Using Radioanalytical Methods
Brunčiaková, Miriama ; Varmuža, Jan (referee) ; Katovský, Karel (advisor)
Moravian-Silesian Region is a part of an area so called „small black triangle". It is an area of higher pollution caused by some kind of industrial zone. This region belongs to the most polluted atmosphere in the Czech Republic. The pollution is caused by various factors but the most negative one is metallurgic industry but also mine-mining, transport, and small local furnaces. To analyze pollution, the instrumental neutron activation analysis with analyzing of moss samples were used. The moss has rudimentary root system so it takes nutrients as well as heavy metals from the atmosphere. All irradiation has performed in the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics (FLNP) at the reactor IBR-2M. Two kinds of irradiation have been performed as short-term irradiation as long-term irradiation. Short-term irradiation took about 3 mins and then short-lived isotopes were measured for about 15 mins. The long-lived isotopes were measured twice after about 4 days for 30 mins and after 23 days for 90 mins after 3 days of irradiation. For long term irradiation, the cadmium-screened irradiation channel was used. For analyzation and data processing the software Genie 2000 as well as software developed at FLNP JINR were used. In sum, 43 samples of the terrestrial mosses (Hypnum cupressiforme, Pleurozium schreberi and Brachythecium rutabulum) were collected in autumn of 2015 in which the concentration of 38 elements were determined, including heavy metals. As a result, the factor analysis have been performed as well as maps analyzation.
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Coincidence imaging System with Electron Optics
Kroupa, M. ; Jakoubek, J. ; Krejčí, E. ; Valach, O. ; Horáček, Miroslav ; Radlička, Tomáš ; Vlček, Ivan
Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) is a widely used method for elemental analysis. After the sample is put into a neutron field, where nuclei of interest become activated, these nuclei emit gamma photons with characteristic energies for each element. By measuring gamma spectrum of the activated sample one can determine the sample elemental composition with very high precision. In order to find out the spatial distribution of elements, the sample is usually cut into pieces, which are examined individually. Such procedure is time consuming and the spatial resolution is limited by the size of the pieces. This contribution follows up the work where the semiconductor pixel detector Timepix was used for revealing the concentration and distribution of certain elements in a whole sample at once (imaging coincidence INAA) [1]. Photons detected by a standard semiconductor detector were used to trigger the Timepix device which detected the accompanying electrons.
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