The Use of Nuclear Scanning Microprobe to Study Radiation-Induced Migration of Impurities at the Grain Boundaries in Construction Materials

The application of scanning nuclear microprobe for study a radiation-induced migration of impurities at the grain boundaries in structural materials was considered. The work describes the sample preparation for a further irradiation of microscopic areas which include a few grains. Copper samples wit...

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Main Authors: A.V. Romanenko, A.G. Ponomarev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sumy State University 2016-03-01
Series:Журнал нано- та електронної фізики
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Online Access:http://jnep.sumdu.edu.ua/download/numbers/2016/1/articles/jnep_2016_V8_01014.pdf
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Summary:The application of scanning nuclear microprobe for study a radiation-induced migration of impurities at the grain boundaries in structural materials was considered. The work describes the sample preparation for a further irradiation of microscopic areas which include a few grains. Copper samples with deposited sulfur film were used in the present work. Determinations of a chemical composition of the samples, as well as a mapping of the element distribution, were based on the analysis of characteristic paticle induced X-ray emission (PIXE). Two-dimensional distribution maps of elements, that revealed a presence of randomly distributed inclusions of silicon as a result of mechanical treatment, were obtained using the method of micro-PIXE. The quality difference of sulfur films deposited by thermal evaporation and a drop method was shown.
ISSN:2077-6772