What does AA stand for?

Activation Analysis

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For now the reactor is used for research into neutron and reactor physics, particle radiation transport, neutron activation analysis of material, radiation and medical research and treatment of cancer, the development of new tissues, variants of plant and food samples through tissue culture, plant genetics and biotechnology.

Ghana: Ghana to Develop Nuclear as additional Source of Power

In the laboratory, the reactor is used as a source of neutrons for an analytical technique known as Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA).

Saskatchewan's SLOWPOKE: unknown to many, Saskatoon has been home to ...

Then Hoffman, a young University of Toronto-trained geologist refined a technique called Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis.

Big prospects for new Thunder Bay assay lab: Act Labs opens its ...

To choose a suitable method for the investigation of biological objects it is especially important to compare such sensitive multielemental methods as inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) [2].

Comparative determination of microelements in Baltic seawater and ...

Toenails were analyzed for arsenic using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) at North Carolina State University Nuclear Services Department (Raleigh, NC, USA) (Heydorn 1984).

Chronic arsenic exposure and cardiac repolarization abnormalities ...

It sounds like a medical procedure you’d hope to avoid, or like something you’d see in a sci-fi movie: Neutron Activation Analysis.

Making Faces: At the Met, Middle Age\'d5s Stony Features

ASYS' products include the Elemental Belt Analyzer (EBA), which uses Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA) for real-time analysis of the elemental composition of bulk materials.

Thermo acquires maker of online elemental analyzers

Plasma techniques for both optical emission and mass spectrometry are presented, as are nuclear activation analysis and X-ray methods.

Trace Element Analysis of Food and Diet