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Microsc. Microanal. Microstruct.
Volume 7, Number 4, August 1996
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| Page(s) | 235 - 254 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/mmm:1996119 | |
DOI: 10.1051/mmm:1996119
Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Nuclear Microprobe Analysis of Solid Surfaces and Bulk Solids
Patrick M. TrocellierCEA-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.
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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