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Application of a double-pass CMA to ion scattering from some actinide materials

Journal Article · · J. Vac. Sci. Technol.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1116/1.569671· OSTI ID:6807840

Surfaces of polycrystalline U, Th, and single-crystalline UO/sub 2/(111) have been examined with He/sup +/, Ne/sup +/, and Ar/sup +/ at incident beam energies E/sub i/< or =650 eV. For this study we used a double-pass cylindrical mirror analyzer in a custom vacuum system intended primarily for UPS chemisorption studies. The incident ion beam was perpendicular to the axis of the analyzer. Our approach was to determine if the instrument could serve in a complementary ISS capacity and, if so, what the ion scattering conditions are for detecting both surface oxygen and the actinides. Data are presented illustrating definitive results. But severe limitations in resolution are evident, the energies do not correspond exactly to a simple binary-collision model, and with He/sup +/ the scattering intensities from actinide materials are quite low by comparison with a Au reference.

Research Organization:
University of California, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
OSTI ID:
6807840
Journal Information:
J. Vac. Sci. Technol.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Vac. Sci. Technol.; (United States) Vol. 15:2; ISSN JVSTA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English