What does non-destructive analysis mean?
| Autor: | Tyler Borgwardt, Douglas P. Wells |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
010302 applied physics
non-consumptive analysis Elemental composition chemical composition analysis Chemistry General Engineering 010403 inorganic & nuclear chemistry elemental composition analysis 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences Term (time) lcsh:Chemistry lcsh:QD1-999 Non destructive 0103 physical sciences non-destructive analysis lcsh:Q photon activation analysis Statistical physics lcsh:Science |
| Zdroj: | Cogent Chemistry, Vol 3, Iss 1 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 2331-2009 |
| Popis: | The idea of non-destructive elemental composition analysis is reviewed. The term non-destructive has many definitions in many different fields, as well as different definitions within a single field. The definition of non-destructive is discussed for several different fields: archeology, paleontology, forensics, space science, geochemistry. Activation analysis techniques, claimed to be used non-destructively in many fields, are used as a lens to provide a unique perspective on what non-destructive means. A list of criteria was created to create a broad, general definition of non-destructive. Finally, photon activation analysis is discussed as a potential non-destructive technique for bulk elemental composition analysis of large samples. |
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