Published August 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Surface analysis of iron-containing samples by CEMS. An overview of the method

  • 1. Slovak Technical University in Bratislava, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, 81219 Bratislava (Slovakia)

Description

Conversion Electron Moessbauer Spectroscopy (CEMS) is a dual method to the more commonly used transmission or scattering Moessbauer spectroscopy. The same recoil-free nuclear resonance is the fundamental principle of the method; however, different product of the resonance is utilized. Instead of 14.41 keV photons (for the case of 57Fe), 7.3 keV conversion electrons together with 5.4 and 6.2 keV Auger electrons are detected. Comparison between natural vs. 57Fe enriched iron measurement is mentioned briefly as well as advantages and drawbacks of Depth Selective CEMS (DCEMS). A possible design of a gas-flow detector is presented.Three experimental results are presented in the paper, to demonstrate the power of CEMS with measuring thin surface layers. (authors)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Electrical Engineering
Journal Volume
59
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 234-240
ISSN
1335-3632

INIS

Country of Publication
Slovakia
Country of Input or Organization
Slovakia
INIS RN
41083543
Subject category
S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INTERNAL CONVERSION; IRON 57; ISOTOPE ENRICHED MATERIALS; MOESSBAUER EFFECT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
Descriptors DEC
CONVERSION; DATA; DECAY; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; INFORMATION; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IRON ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; NUCLEAR DECAY; NUCLEI; NUMERICAL DATA; STABLE ISOTOPES

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Projects VEGA-0284 and VEGA-1/3189/06
Notes
12 figs.; 2 tabs.; 10 refs.