GLG490C: Analytical Instruments
Fall, 2004
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Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry (RBS)

Location: Goldwater Center B34
Contact person: Barry Wilkens
GWC B66
5-9613
Local web page: http://www.ibeam.asu.edu
Others in the Know: Professor R. Culbertson
Physics and Astronomy
PSF 232
  Professor J. Mayer
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
ERC-242
Practical Applications:

Cherniak, D. J. (1995) Diffusion of lead in plagioclase and K-feldspar: an investigation using Rutherford Backscattering and Resonant Nuclear Reaction Analysis. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 120, 358-371.

Brenan, J. M., Cherniak, D. J., and Rose, L. A. (2002) Diffusion of osmium in pyrrhotite and pyrite: implications for closure of the Re-Os isotopic system. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 180, 399-413.
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