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Elemental and Phase Mapping of Sputtered Binary Plutonium Alloys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

P. L. Wallace ,
W. L. Wien ,
H. F. Rizzo ,
A. W. Echeverria  and
R. P. Goehner
P. L. Wallace
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, Calif.
W. L. Wien
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, Calif.
H. F. Rizzo
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, Calif.
A. W. Echeverria
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, Calif.
R. P. Goehner
Affiliation:
Madison, Wis.
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Abstract

In this article, we demonstrate that the combination of elemental and phase mapping is a very powerful tool for characterizing sputtered, binary plutonium alloys.

A specially designed energy-dispersive spectrometer equipped with an automated x-y translational stage was used to measure elemental differences in several disks sputter-coated with binary plutonium alloys. Automated diffractometer scans were obtained from selected areas on the disks by using specially designed sample holders. The elemental differences were then correlated with the phases present and the observed corrosion resistance. The elemental spectra and diffractometer scans were analyzed using a modified version of the SPECPLOT program. This program enables the user to analyze both energy-dispersive elemental data and diffractometer data using a single program.

Type
I. Microbeam Techniques and Imaging Methods for Materials Characterization
Information
Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 31: Thirty-Sixth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 3-7, 1987 , 1987 , pp. 87 - 92
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1987

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