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Neutron Scattering and Other Nuclear Techniques for Hydrogen in Materials

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Nuclear reaction analysis (NRA) is a method utilizing an ion beam from an accelerator to determine the hydrogen content in materials. The hydrogen concentration can be quantified absolute and the method can provide depth profiles in the range up to 2–3 μm with a depth resolution in the range of a few nm. Concentrations of 500 at. ppm are easily measurable and with special efforts sensitivities down to 1 ppm have been achieved. The chapter describes the basic principles of the measurements and data analyses and discusses special cases and complications arising with particular samples or when very low concentrations are to be measured.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank F. Traeger, S. Chakraborty and C. Le Guillou for fruitful discussions and comments on the manuscript. We are also thankful to M. Kieschnick and A. Ludwig for providing data not yet published.

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  1. RUBION, Central Unit for Ion Beams and Radioisotopes, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstraße. 150, Bochum, 44801, Germany

    Hans-Werner Becker & Detlef Rogalla

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  1. Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Neutron Scattering Branch, Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

    Helmut Fritzsche

  2. Hydrogen Research Institute, Université du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

    Jacques Huot

  3. Institut Néel, Grenoble, France

    Daniel Fruchart

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Becker, HW., Rogalla, D. (2016). Nuclear Reaction Analysis. In: Fritzsche, H., Huot, J., Fruchart, D. (eds) Neutron Scattering and Other Nuclear Techniques for Hydrogen in Materials. Neutron Scattering Applications and Techniques. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22792-4_11

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