A kind of elemental or isotopic analysis based on the measurement of characteristic
radiation from
nuclides formed directly or indirectly by
activation of the
test portion. In general, a specification is added of the type of the incident radiation (e.g.
neutron, photon) and its
energy (e.g. thermal, fast).
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 2513
(Nomenclature for radioanalytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 2515
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
