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Microsc. Microanal. Microstruct.
Volume 7, Number 4, August 1996
Page(s) 235 - 254
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/mmm:1996119
Microsc. Microanal. Microstruct. 7, 235-254 (1996)
DOI: 10.1051/mmm:1996119

Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Nuclear Microprobe Analysis of Solid Surfaces and Bulk Solids

Patrick M. Trocellier

CEA-CNRS, Laboratoire Pierre Süe, Centre d'Études de Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France


Abstract
The aim of this paper is first to describe the nuclear microprobe and to present the analytical capabilities of the different methods involved in nuclear microanalysis resulting from the interactions between the incident ion beam and the solid target, such as proton induced X-ray emission, proton induced gamma-ray emission, Rutherford backscattering spectrometry, non-Rutherford scattering, elastic recoil detection and nuclear reaction spectrometry. The respective analytical performances are also discussed. The second purpose of this paper is to illustrate some aspects of nuclear microanalysis applications from materials sciences to earth sciences and life sciences, using recently published data. Thirdly, both recent developments and further progresses in nuclear microprobe technology are detailed regarding as well ion sources, beam focussing as associated microscopic techniques, detection devices and data processing.

PACS
8280 - Chemical analysis and related physical methods of analysis.
7870E - X ray emission threshold and fluorescence condensed matter.
7920N - Atom , molecule , and ion surface impact and interactions.
0777 - Particle beam production and handling: targets.

Key words
ion sources -- ion surface impact -- nuclear chemical analysis -- Rutherford backscattering -- X ray emission spectra -- nuclear microprobe analysis -- solid surfaces -- bulk solids -- incident ion beam -- proton induced X ray emission -- proton induced gamma ray emission -- Rutherford backscattering spectrometry -- nonRutherford scattering -- elastic recoil detection and nuclear reaction spectrometry -- materials sciences -- earth sciences -- life sciences -- ion sources -- beam focussing -- detection devices -- data processing


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