Rutherford back-scattering spectroscopy

Metastable quenching spectroscopy Nuclear Reaction Analysis Rutherford back-scattering spectroscopy (or HEIS high-energy ion scattering)... 

Rutherford back-scattering spectroscopy (RBS) is one of the most frequently used techniques for quantitative analysis of composition, thickness, and depth profiles of thin solid films or solid samples near the surface region. It has been in use since the nineteen-sixties and has since evolved into a major materials-characterization technique. The number and range of applications are enormous. Because of its quantitative feature, RBS often serves as a standard for other techniques. 

Rutherford Back-scattering Spectroscopy Elemental analysis, profiling He+ 2meV Backscattered ion He-U 10-1-10-4... 

The diffusion of Sr was measured in natural fluorite under dry latm conditions. The sources of diffusant consisted of mixtures of Sr fluoride and CaF2 powders, prereacted in vacuo in silica glass tubes. Following annealing, the concentration profiles were measured using Rutherford back-scattering spectroscopy. At 700 to 1050C, the Arrhenius relationship was ... 

Diffusion of Ar in optically clear natural and synthetic quartz crystals were examined at 500 to 1200C by treating polished specimens in pressurized Ar (l-185MPa) and characterizing the resulting diffusive-uptake (or subsequent diffusive-loss) profiles using Rutherford back-scattering spectroscopy. The Ar diffusivity was reasonably well described by ... 

Strontium oxide-aluminosilicate powder sources were used to introduce the diffusant, and Rutherford back-scattering spectroscopy was used to measure diffusion profiles. For latm experiments, Arrhenius relationships were obtained ... 

Chemical diffusion of the rare-earth element was measured in natural calcite under anhydrous conditions, using rare-earth carbonate powders as the sources. Experiments were run in sealed silica capsules together with finely ground calcite to ensure stability of the single-crystal samples during diffusion anneals. Rutherford back-scattering spectroscopy was used to measure diffusion profiles. The Arrhenius relationship at 600 to 850C was ... 

Migration in amorphous samples was studied by means of heavy-ion Rutherford back-scattering spectroscopy. Significant mass transport was observed at very low annealing temperatures, and the data could be described by ... 

Absolute crystallographic polarity of cBN crystals was determined by Rutherford back-scattering spectroscopy (RBS) using helium ion beam (98). 

XPS only gives information on the cationic Ce species. To obtain information on the anion species, as seen above, vibrational techniques can be used but for this particular experiment they did not provide much information on the reaction with the surface. This may in part be due to the thicker oxides that were on the surface that may have obscured the anionic inhibitor phase. In this instance, Rutherford back-scattering spectroscopy (RBS) was used. RBS is a nuclear technique which relies on measuring the energy of either a-particles or protons backscattered from nuclei in the sample. This higher atomic number species will generally have greater sensitivity. 

Rutherford back-scattering spectroscopy Nuclear-reaction analysis... 

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