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PACKAGE: Vegetation and Food


Agricultural samples such as biosolids or vegetation can be difficult to digest but NAA uses direct measurement to avoid problems that are common to chemical techniques.

Element Unit Detection Limit
Antimony (Sb) ppm < 0.02
Arsenic (As) ppm 0.1
Barium (Ba) ppm 40
Bromine (Br) ppm 8.5
Cadmium (Cd) ppm < 0.5
Cerium (Ce) ppm 0.3
Cesium (Cs) ppm < 0.1
Chromium (Cr) ppm < 1
Cobalt (Co) ppm < 0.5
Europium (Eu) ppm < 0.1
Gold (Au) ppb 0.2
Iridium (Ir) ppb < 5
Hafnium (Hf) ppm 0.1
Iron (Fe) ppm 130
Lanthanum (La) ppm 0.2
Lutetium (Lu) ppm < 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo) ppm < 0.1
Nickel (Ni) ppm < 5
Neodymium (Nd) ppm 0.2
Rubidium (Rb) ppm 2.10
Samarium (Sm) ppm 0.02
Scandium (Sc) ppm 0.05
Selenium (Se) ppm < 1
Silver (Ag) ppm < 0.5
Sodium (Na) ppm 185
Tantalum (Ta) ppm < 0.1
Terbium (Tb) ppm < 0.1
Thorium (Th) ppm < 0.1
Tungsten (W) ppm 0.1
Uranium (U) ppm 0.1
Ytterbium (Yb) ppm < 0.1
Zinc (Zn) ppm 14

Measure Metals Directly

"Neutron activation analysis is an excellent technique for determination of metals in food and vegetation because it uses a direct measurement thus avoiding the difficulties of digestion techniques. "

Blake Barber
Chemist, NAA

* For illustrative purposes. Actual analysis will vary.

Halogens and Short Lived Elements packages are also available.

 

 

 

 
 

 
 
 
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