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> NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS links suspects to incredibly small bits of physical evidence that defy conventional chemical or spectroscopic analysis. Tiny flecks of paint from a jimmied door may turn out to be crucial when found on a burglar's clothing, simply because atomic particles emit specific radiation patterns when...
Some industries, however, are already being squeezed toward full use of facilities, particularly steel, aluminum, machine tools, heavy machinery, autos and paper. The squeeze shows up not only in rising overtime in these industries but in slower delivery of key items and in the activation of plants that were formerly...
Telltale evidence against Woodward was produced by neutron activation analysis (N.A.A.), which subjects specimens under study to irradiation with neutrons in a nuclear reactor. The fine details of the specimens' chemical composition can then be deduced from the pattern of radiation they give off. So sensitive is the technique...
100 Miles to Anywhere. Texas A. & M. is the hub of a 24,801-acre statewide "college system" with ten parts, including Prairie View (Negro) A. & M., the new Gulf Coast Maritime Academy, and the entire Texas Forest Service, which Texas A. & M. administers. A. & M.'s campus computer...
Neutron activation analysis has yet to be ruled on officially by a high U.S. court, but its backers are confident; the technique claims extreme accuracy-comparable to the best chemical techniques-and its sensitivity offers crime detection a powerful new weapon. Says Dr. Vincent Guinn, a radiochemist who is director...