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’Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house
No electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged by the chimney with care
With the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
James S. Mattson, John C. Crittenden, Harry B. Mark, Jr.
Nuclear Technology | Volume 7 | Number 4 | October 1969 | Pages 383-384
Analysis | doi.org/10.13182/NT69-A28481
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A method for the determination of oxygen in carbon and organic materials, employing the 16O(3T,n)18F reaction, is described. The technique is applicable for amounts of 12O as low as 0.1 mg, and the application of the method to the determination of the oxygen content in activated carbon is reported.
