Nuclear reaction techniques in materials analysis
This article discusses nuclear reaction microanalysis (NRA). In NRA, data accumulated in the frame of low-energy nuclear physics is put to advantage for analytical purposes. Unknown targets are bombarded and known reactions are observed. For NRA, the accelerator, detectors, spectrum recording and interpretation must be reliable, simple, and fast. Other MeV ion-beam analytical techniques are described which are complementary to NRA, such as Rutherford backscattering (RBS), proton-induced x-ray emission (PIXE), and the more recent method of elastic recoil detection (ERD). Applications for NRA range from solid-state physics and electrochemistry, semiconductor technology, metallurgy, materials science, and surface science to biology and archeology.
- Research Organization:
- Groupe de Physique des Solides de l'Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris
- OSTI ID:
- 5977235
- Journal Information:
- Annu. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci.; (United States), Journal Name: Annu. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci.; (United States) Vol. 34; ISSN ARPSD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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