Detection of Li in Li-ion Battery Electrode Materials by Muonic X-ray

Umegaki, Izumi; Higuchi, Yuki; Nozaki, Hirōshi; Ninomiya, Kazuhiko; Kubo, M. Κ.; Tampo, M.; Hamada, Keisuke; Doiuchi, Shogo; Strasser, P.; Kawamura, N.; Miyake, Yasuhiro; Sugiyama, Jun

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“…[15][16][17] used Muon Induced X-ray Emission (MIXE), while the Ref. [18] used Muonic Atom X-ray Spectroscopy (MAXRS); all of which describe the same technique), a non-destructive technique, which was developed more than 40 years ago [14,[19][20][21], has recently been used extensively with pulsed muon beams for elemental analysis [16,18,[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]. The advantage of this technique is that it is able to probe deep into the material, up to a few millimeters, and does not lead to a severe radiation damage of the sample.…”

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Characterization of a Continuous Muon Source for the Non-Destructive and Depth-Selective Elemental Composition Analysis by Muon Induced X- and Gamma-rays

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The toolbox for material characterization has never been richer than today. Great progress with all kinds of particles and interaction methods provide access to nearly all properties of an object under study. However, a tomographic analysis of the subsurface region remains still a challenge today. In this regard, the Muon Induced X-ray Emission (MIXE) technique has seen rebirth fueled by the availability of high intensity muon beams. We report here a study conducted at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). It demonstrates that the absence of any beam time-structure leads to low pile-up events and a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) with less than one hour acquisition time per sample or data point. This performance creates the perspective to open this technique to a wider audience for the routine investigation of non-destructive and depth-sensitive elemental compositions, for example in rare and precious samples. Using a hetero-structured sample of known elements and thicknesses, we successfully detected the characteristic muonic X-rays, emitted during the capture of a negative muon by an atom, and the gamma-rays resulting from the nuclear capture of the muon, characterizing the capabilities of MIXE at PSI. This sample emphasizes the quality of a continuous beam, and the exceptional SNR at high rates. Such sensitivity will enable totally new statistically intense aspects in the field of MIXE, e.g., elemental 3D-tomography and chemical analysis. Therefore, we are currently advancing our proof-of-concept experiments with the goal of creating a full fledged permanently operated user station to make MIXE available to the wider scientific community as well as industry.

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Characterization of a Continuous Muon Source for the Non-Destructive and Depth-Selective Elemental Composition Analysis by Muon Induced X- and Gamma-rays

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“…On the other hand, the PGAA and NAA techniques are bulk measurements and not depth-sensitive, and the sensitivity is strongly isotope dependent. The technique of Muon-Induced X-ray Emission (MIXE), a non-destructive technique, which was developed more than 40 years ago [14,15,16,17], has recently been used extensively with pulsed muon beams for elemental analysis [18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31]. The advantage of this technique is that it is able to probe deep into the material, up to a few millimeters, and does not lead to a severe radiation damage of the sample.…”

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Characterization of a continuous muon source for the Muon-Induced X-ray Emission (MIXE) Technique

Biswas¹,

Gerchow²,

Luetkens³

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The toolbox for material characterization has never been richer than today. Great progress with all kinds of particles and interaction methods provide access to nearly all properties of an object under study. However, a tomographic analysis of the subsurface region remains still a challenge today. In this regard, the Muon-Induced X-ray Emission (MIXE) technique has seen rebirth fueled by the availability of high intensity muon beams. We report here a study conducted at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). It demonstrates that the absence of any beam time-structure leads to low pile-up events and a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) with less than one hour acquisition time per sample or data point. This performance creates the perspective to open this technique to a wider audience for the routine investigation of non-destructive and depth-sensitive elemental compositions, for example in rare and precious samples. Using a hetero-structured sample of known elements and thicknesses, we successfully detected the characteristic muonic X-rays, emitted during the capture of a negative muon by an atom, and the gamma-rays resulting from the nuclear capture of the muon, characterizing the capabilities of MIXE at PSI. This sample emphasizes the quality of a continuous beam, and the exceptional SNR at high rates. Such sensitivity will enable totally new statistically intense aspects in the field of MIXE, e.g. elemental 3D-tomography and chemical analysis. Therefore, we are currently advancing our proof-of-concept experiments with the goal of creating a full fledged permanently operated user station to make MIXE available to the wider scientific community as well as industry.

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“…The use of such intense muon beam sources has made elemental analysis using muonic X-rays increasingly possible and significant progress has been made in applying this method to various samples, such as archeological artifacts, extraterrestrial materials, etc. [1][2][3]32,33 . In this paper, we review two elemental analysis methods for archeological material, which were developed and verified at J-PARC.…”

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Non-destructive, position-selective, and multi-elemental analysis method involving negative muons

Ninomiya

2019

J. Nucl. Radiochem. Sci.

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Elemental analysis is of fundamental importance in several scientific domains. Many elemental analysis methods have been developed till date, with particular importance having been given to non-destructive analysis methods. In this paper, we review a novel non-destructive, position-selective, and multi-elemental analysis method for bulk material that utilizes a new type of probe, a negative muon. When a muon is stopped by an atom in a material, muonic X-rays are emitted. Due to the large mass of a muon, the energy of muonic X-rays is very high, and the "X-ray fluorescence analysis" method using a muon can solve the problem of self-absorption in an ordinary method using an electron. Two studies involving quantitative and depth-profiling analysis of archeological artifacts by this method are reviewed in this work. We also discuss the scope for future research using this method.

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Detection of Li in Li-ion Battery Electrode Materials by Muonic X-ray

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Characterization of a Continuous Muon Source for the Non-Destructive and Depth-Selective Elemental Composition Analysis by Muon Induced X- and Gamma-rays

Characterization of a Continuous Muon Source for the Non-Destructive and Depth-Selective Elemental Composition Analysis by Muon Induced X- and Gamma-rays

Characterization of a continuous muon source for the Muon-Induced X-ray Emission (MIXE) Technique

Non-destructive, position-selective, and multi-elemental analysis method involving negative muons

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