Table 3.
Comparison of counting uncertainties for selenium results @ 264 keV in KRISS infant formula, NIST SRM 1849 control material and candidate SRM 1869 for 8 h counting of each sample in standard INAA assay and in the two detector array
| Sample | INAA count
|
Two-detector γγ coincidence | Two-detector sum | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mass fraction (mg/kg) | U (mg/kg) | Ucount (%) | Ucount (%) | Ucount (%) | |
| KRISS-A1 | 0.098 | 0.017 | 17.6 | 15.8 | 7.4 |
| KRISS-A2 | 0.074 | 0.016 | 21.7 | 17.8 | 7.1 |
| KRISS-A3 | 0.092 | 0.016 | 17.5 | 18.1 | 8.6 |
| KRISS-B4 | 0.101 | 0.018 | 18.1 | 16.8 | 8.5 |
| KRISS-B5 | 0.070 | 0.018 | 26.0 | 13.5 | 6.2 |
| KRISS-B6 | 0.101 | 0.018 | 17.6 | 12.2 | 5.4 |
| Average | 0.089* | 0.014 | |||
| SRM 1849 | 0.824* | 0.026 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 0.6 |
| SRM 1869 | 0.742 | 0.025 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 1.3 |
Comparable values: KRISS: 0.0905 ± 0.0029; COA SRM 1849: 0.812 ± 0.029