POTENTIAL OF NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS OF HIGHWAY MATERIALS, FINAL REPORT

WORK CONDUCTED UNDER WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS (DOH) RESEARCH PROJECT NO. 28 DURING THE PERIOD JANUARY 4, 1968 TO AUGUST 31, 1969 IS SUMMARIZED. THE FEASIBILITY OF USING NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS TO REPLACE OR SUPPLEMENT QUALITY CONTROL HIGHWAY MATERIALS TEST PROCEDURES CURRENTLY EMPLOYED IN DOH MATERIALS TESTING LABORATORIES IS EVALUATED. STUDIES CONCERNING THE POSSIBILITIES OF USING X-RAY SPECTOROSCOPY AND ATOMIC ABSORPTION TECHNIQUES AS ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE. THE CONCLUSION REACHED IS THAT UTILIZATION OF ATOMIC ABSORPTION EQUIPMENT REPRESENTS THE MOST ECONOMIC AND TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE TESTING SYSTEM WHICH THE DOH COULD EMPLOY AT THE PRESENT TIME. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  West Virginia University, Morgantown

  Engineering Experiment Station
  Morgantown, WV  United States  26506
• Authors:
  • Blackshaw, G L
• Publication Date: 1970-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Materials; Neutron activation analysis; Quality control; Spectroscopy; X ray analysis
• Uncontrolled Terms: X-ray spectroscopy
• Old TRIS Terms: Atomic absorption; Quality control testing
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00217042
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 37 pp
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 26 1971 12:00AM