Applied physics

, Volume 6, Issue 3, pp 327–334 | Cite as

Radionuclide emitters for high-temperature measurements on metals using positron annihilation

  • J. L. Campbell
  • C. W. Schulte
  • D. K. Dieterly
Contributed Papers

Abstract

The fabrication of68Ge and44Ti positron sources which can withstand temperatures up to 1000°C is described. The sources are designed for use in the measurement of thermally-generated vacancy concentrations by the positron trapping technique. Measurements of positron lifetimes and Doppler-broadened annihilation photon lineshapes indicate that if suitable corrections are made the contribution of source matrix annihilations to experimental data can be reduced to less than 0.5% of the total annihilation events.

Index Headings

Metals Positrons 

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© Springer-Verlag 1975

Authors and Affiliations

  • J. L. Campbell
    • 1
  • C. W. Schulte
    • 1
  • D. K. Dieterly
    • 2
  1. 1.Physics DepartmentUniversity of GuelphGuelphCanada
  2. 2.New England Nuclear CorporationBillericaUSA

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