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Muonic X-ray measurements on mixtures of CaO/MgO and Fe3O4/MnO

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Elemental analysis by measurement of muonic X-rays shows great potential for analyzing the elemental composition of a bulk material at a specific depth without sample destruction. For quantitative analysis, muon capture probability is the most important parameter. In this work, the muon capture ratios and muonic X-ray intensity patterns of metal oxides for geochemically and cosmochemically important compounds, MgO, CaO, MnO and Fe3O4, were determined. The muon capture ratios of Ca/Mg and Fe/Mn were proportional to the mixing ratios of CaO/MgO and Fe3O4/MnO. From this relationship, the elemental composition can be determined from the muonic X-ray intensity ratio alone.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Mr. K. Hamada and S. Doiuchi (WDB EUREKA) for their kind supports on the experiment of muonic X-ray measurement.

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  1. Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan

    Kazuhiko Ninomiya, Michihiro Kitanaka & Atsushi Shinohara

  2. Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801, Japan

    Motonobu Tampo & Yasuhiro Miyake

  3. Department of Chemistry, Daido University, Nagoya, Aichi, 457-8530, Japan

    Yoichi Sakai

  4. College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-0015, Japan

    Michael K. Kubo

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Ninomiya, K., Kitanaka, M., Shinohara, A. et al. Muonic X-ray measurements on mixtures of CaO/MgO and Fe3O4/MnO. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 316, 1107–1111 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-018-5746-z

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