THE NEW SCHONLAND PIXE MICROPROBE AND APPLICATIONS TO GEOLOGICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SAMPLES

Authors
PRZYBYLOWICZ WJ WATTERSON JIW ANNEGARN HJ CONNELL SH FEARICK RW ANDEWEG AH SELLSCHOP JPF
Citation
Wj. Przybylowicz et al., THE NEW SCHONLAND PIXE MICROPROBE AND APPLICATIONS TO GEOLOGICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SAMPLES, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 75(1-4), 1993, pp. 539-543
Citations number
22
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
539 - 543
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(1993)75:1-4<539:TNSPMA>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The new positive ion microprobe at the Schonland Centre is described a nd details are given of its configuration, its imaging system and soft ware. In a unique configuration, the microprobe has access to two acce lerators, a 6 MV EN tandem and a 2.5 MV single-ended machine. The imag ing system uses a CAMAC based system and runs on a personal computer u nder OS/2. The implementation of PIXE and treatment of thick-target da ta are presented. Applications discussed are analysis of tin artifacts from the prehistory of metallurgy in South Africa; a diamond-containi ng rock; carbonado, gold contained in pyrite and cogenetic minerals in cluded in diamond.