Prompt gamma ray evaluation for chlorine analysis in blended cement concrete

The new BFS cement concrete data, along with the previous measurements for FA and SPZ cement concretes, have been utilized to identify a gamma ray with a common slope to analyze the Cl concentration in all of these blended cement concretes. It has been observed that the 6.11 MeV chlorine gamma ray has a common slope of 5295±265 gamma rays/wt % Cl concentration for the portable neutron generator-based PGNAA setup. The minimum detectable concentration (MDC) of chlorine in blended cement concrete was measured to be 0.033±0.010 wt % for the portable neutron generator-based PGNAA. Thus, the 6.11 MeV chlorine gamma ray can be used for chlorine analysis of blended cement concretes.