Hydrogen profiling in thin films using coincident ERD

Lun cun Wei, Yun cheng Zhong, Jian wei Han, Bin Liang, Xiao tang Ren, Jin xiang Yu, Ren xing Li

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Abstract

By using the coincident measurement, an ERD method has been established and used for hydrogen profiling in thin foils. In the present study, 6 MeV α has been used as incident particle, the scattered α and the recoiled proton from one collision were coincidentally detected at 150 (proton) and 173.9 (α). This method has been used for hydrogen profiling of 5.6 μm Mylar and 8.6 μm aluminium foils. Because of the coincident measurement, the background is largely reduced, and its minimum detection limit is about 0.5% (atomic), lower than the conventional ERD method. The measured depth resolution in 5.6 μm Mylar is 0.6 μm. It is possible to use this method for hydrogen profiling in thin foils of several micron thickness.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)55-63
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters
Volume188
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 1994

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Pollution
  • Spectroscopy
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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