Published February 2005 | Version v1
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Setting up of a PIXE facility at FOTIA at BARC

  • 1. Nuclear Physics Div., Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (India)

Description

PIXE-(Proton Induced X-ray Emission) -an ideal technique for material characterization has been set up at the Folded Tandem Ion Accelerator (FOTIA) at BARC, Trombay. A separate beam line at 45 deg port in which a dedicated PIXE chamber has been installed is being used for PIXE studies. PIXE studies on gold standards were carried out using protons of energy 3.3 MeV. Caritage values of gold standards were obtained which agree well with the certified values. Single element standard solutions (100 μg/ml) for low-Z elements such as Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu and Zn were analyzed by PIXE. Well resolved α and β components of the x-rays were seen with detection limits in the range of 0.8-4 μg/g. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Indian Journal of Physics and Proceedings of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Journal Volume
79
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 143-146
ISSN
0019-5480

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Notes
7 refs., 4 figs., 2 tabs.