THE OPTIMIZATION OF CONDITIONS OF THE ANALYSIS OF ELEMENTAL CONTENT OF ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS BY PIXE
A.O. Shchur, V.V. Levenets, O.P. Omelnyk
Abstract
This article is devoted to creation of routine of analysis of elemental content of zirconium alloys permitting to determine simultaneously the group of elements with atomic numbers from 20 up to 41, 72 and 82 using a particle induced characteristic X-ray emission (PIXE). The concentrations of the majority of determined elements are in a range 10-3 - 10-2 weight %. For a solution of a similar problem the preliminary studies are necessary to optimize the conditions of measurements. To increase the sensivity of analysis the variation of parameters of beam of protons, choice of the detector of X-ray, variation of thickness and material of absorptive filters, choice of analytical lines referring to various series can be used. It is shown that if an optimal regime of work of accelerator, sutable detector and material and the thickness of an absorptive filter are elected simultaneous determination of the contents Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zr, Nb, Hf and Pb in samples of zirconium alloys according to requests of manufacturing is possible. The time of single measurement of spectrum is 35 … 45 min. |