Sm. Butorin et al., TUNABLE EXCITATION X-RAY-FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY IN PHASE-ANALYSIS OF HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS, Journal of physics. Condensed matter, 6(43), 1994, pp. 9267-9274
O Kalpha x-ray fluorescence of YBa2Cu3O7-delta and Sr0.85Nd0.15CuO2 sa
mples containing CO3(2-) impurities, as well as pure BaCO3, have been
studied using tunable monochromatic synchrotron radiation excitation.
When the excitation energy is set to the most intense features in the
O 1s absorption edge of cuprates and to bound states above this edge t
he O Kalpha spectra recorded are very similar to those of pure BaCO3 e
ven if the admixture of CO3(2-) is small. The observed changes in the
O Kalpha profiles of multi-phase YBa2Cu3O7-delta and Sr0.85Nd0.15CuO2
samples are discussed in terms of different x-ray absorption cross sec
tions for O in the main phase and in the CO3(2-) fraction.