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activa'tion anal"ysis

Chem.
a method for the qualitative and quantitative determination of trace amounts of various elements by measuring the characteristic radioactive decay induced by neutron bombardment. Also called neutron activation analysis.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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