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Evidence of preferential diffusion and segregation of impurities at grain boundaries in very pure niobium used for radiofrequency cavities

  • 1. CEA Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France). Dept. d'Astrophysique, de la Physique des Particules, de la Physique Nucleaire et de l'Instrumentation Associee
  • 2. Laboratoire d'Analyse par Activation Pierre-Sue - Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  • 3. Lyon-1 Univ., 69 - Villeurbanne (France). Inst. de Physique Nucleaire

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Grain boundaries (GB) of titaniferous, heat treated and then etched niobium have been observed by nuclear microprobe analysis. The very small area of the probe allows to measure by PIXE quantities of titanium as low as one monolayer at the GB. Concentrations of titanium as high as some atomic percent were found on 6 μm etched samples, giving indication of a preferential diffusion and/or segregation at GB. Titanium was detectable also on 15 μm etched samples but was bellow the sensitivity of the microprobe for 35 μm etched samples. (author)

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Research and development on superconducting cavities. The Saclay contribution to the 7. Workshop on RF superconductivity

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Imprint Title
Research and development on superconducting cavities. The Saclay contribution to the 7. Workshop on RF superconductivity
Imprint Pagination
[116 p.].
Journal Page Range
p. 69.
Report number
CEA-DAPNIA-SEA--96-05

Conference

Title
7. Workshop on RF superconductivity.
Dates
17-20 Oct 1995.
Place
Gif-sur-Yvette (France).

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France
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France
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28040884
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
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Descriptors DEI
ACCELERATION; CAVITY RESONATORS; DIFFUSION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HEAT TREATMENTS; IMPURITIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; NIOBIUM; RF SYSTEMS; SEGREGATION
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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELEMENTS; EQUIPMENT; METALS; RESONATORS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS

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3 refs. Submitted to Applied Surface Science (NL).