STOICHIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF Y-BA-CU-O SUPERCONDUCTORS USING DEUTERONS

Authors
TANG SM ONG TH TAN MG LOH KK SOW CH YUAN B ORLIC I
Citation
Sm. Tang et al., STOICHIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF Y-BA-CU-O SUPERCONDUCTORS USING DEUTERONS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 75(1-4), 1993, pp. 383-387
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms → ACNP
ISSN journal
0168583X
Volume
75
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
383 - 387
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(1993)75:1-4<383:SAOYSU>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
In principle, deuteron irradiation can be used for a complete stoichio metric analysis of Y-Ba-Cu-O superconductors. The contents of all the four chemical constituents can be determined by simultaneous detection of the 0.871 MeV prompt gamma rays from the (O(d, pgamma)O)-O-16-O-1 7 reaction and of the characteristic X-rays produced by DIXE (deuteron induced X-ray emission). In this paper we present the approach taken and the results obtained in exploring the applicability of this techni que for accurate quantitative determinations of the chemical constitue nts of bulk Y Ba-Cu-O superconductors.