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Neutron activation analysis of snow and ice in Antarctica

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In order minimize the possible contamination during storing and pre-treatment of such pure samples as ice and snow collected in Antarctica, trace elements in experimental tools such as bottles, beakers, tubings and filters were determined by neutron activation analysis. By using well certified tools, ice and snow samples from Antarctica and high mountains in China and in Japan were analyzed. Relative concentrations of volatile elements such as Zn, Cd, As, Sb or Ag to Al or Fe which are major components in the earth crust were found to be 10 to 1000 times higher than in the ordinary soil for the samples from Antarctica and Mt. Naimonanyi in China.

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  1. Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Kumatori-cho, Sennan-gun, 590-04, Osaka, (Japan)

    M. Koyama & J. Takada

  2. Geophysical Research Station, Kyoto University, 874, Beppu, Oita, (Japan)

    K. Kamiyama

  3. National Institute of Polar Research, 173, Itabashi, Tokyo, (Japan)

    N. Fujii

  4. Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, 611, Uji-shi, Kyoto, (Japan)

    J. Inoue

  5. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, 606, Kyoto, (Japan)

    K. Issiki & E. Nakayama

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Koyama, M., Takada, J., Kamiyama, K. et al. Neutron activation analysis of snow and ice in Antarctica. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 124, 235–249 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02035520

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