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Evaluation of the washing system efficiency in sugar cane mills by neutron activation analysis
1Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
Biological Trace Element Research
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
The effectiveness of industrial washing operation in minimizing soil in sugar cane delivered to mills is evaluated. Instrumental neutron activation analysis was the nuclear analytical technique chosen for this work, with Fe, Hf, Sc, and Th selected as soil tracers. On the basis of differences between elemental concentration of integral and prepared cane, that is before and after washing, the feasibility of the method for evaluation of the washing efficiency is demonstrated.