TY - CONF A1 - Berger, Achim T1 - With spezialized Irradiation and Detector Twins to High-Precision Photon T2 - Activation Analysis 14th Radiochemical Conference CY - Mariánské Lázne, Czech Republic DA - 2002-04-14 PY - 2002 AN - OPUS4-2969 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Görner, Wolf A1 - Berger, Achim A1 - Ecker, Klaus A1 - Haase, Oskar A1 - Hedrich, Martina A1 - Segebade, Christian A1 - Weidemann, Gerd A1 - Dudek, Gabriele T1 - Broad band application of combined instrumental photon and neutron activation analysis PY - 2001 SN - 0236-5731 SN - 1588-2780 SN - 1417-2097 N1 - Geburtsname von Dudek, Gabriele: Wermann, G. - Birth name of Dudek, Gabriele: Wermann, G. VL - 248 IS - 1 SP - 45 EP - 52 PB - Elsevier Sequoia CY - Lausanne AN - OPUS4-11229 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Berger, Achim T1 - Bestimmung von ionen-implantiertem Molybdän in Halbleitersilizium T2 - 20. Seminar Aktivierungsanalyse, TU München/Garching CY - Munich, Germany DA - 2005-02-24 PY - 2005 AN - OPUS4-11623 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Berger, Achim A1 - Alber, D. A1 - Bukalis, G. T1 - Determination of cobalt in nickel in the sub-ppm level with cold neutrons KW - Neutronenaktivierungsanalyse KW - Neutronenstrahl KW - Referenzmaterialien PY - 2007 SN - 0236-5731 SN - 1588-2780 SN - 1417-2097 VL - 271 IS - 1 SP - 251 EP - 253 PB - Elsevier Sequoia CY - Lausanne AN - OPUS4-14568 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Berger, Achim T1 - Nitrogen determination in boron carbide by INAA and gas fusion analysis T2 - 21. Seminar Aktivierungsanalyse und Gammaspektroskopie (SAAGAS 21) CY - Mainz, Germany DA - 2007-03-21 PY - 2007 AN - OPUS4-14637 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Merchel, Silke A1 - Berger, Achim T1 - Determination of nitrogen in boron carbide by instrumental photon activation analysis N2 - Boron carbide is widely used as industrial material, because of its extreme hardness, and as a neutron absorber. As part of a round-robin exercise leading to certification of a new reference material (ERM-ED102) which was demanded by the industry we analysed nitrogen in boron carbide by inert gas fusion analysis (GFA) and instrumental photon activation analysis (IPAA) using the 14N(γ,n)13N nuclear reaction. The latter approach is the only non-destructive method among all the methods applied. By using photons with energy below the threshold of the 12C(γ,n)11C reaction, we hindered activation of matrix and other impurities. A recently installed beam with a very low lateral activating flux gradient enabled us to homogeneously activate sample masses of approximately 1 g. Taking extra precautions, i.e. self-absorption correction and deconvolution of the complex decay curves, we calculated a nitrogen concentration of 2260 ± 100 µg g-1, which is in good agreement with our GFA value of 2303 ± 64 µg g-1. The values are the second and third highest of a rather atypical (non-S-shape) distribution of data of 14 round-robin participants. It is of utmost importance for the certification process that our IPAA value is the only one not produced by inert gas fusion analysis and, therefore, the only one which is not affected by a possible incomplete release of nitrogen from high-melting boron carbide. KW - Nitrogen KW - Reference materials KW - Gas fusion analysis KW - Photon activation analysis PY - 2007 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-007-1217-z SN - 1618-2642 SN - 1618-2650 VL - 388 IS - 2 SP - 385 EP - 389 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-16149 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Berger, Achim T1 - Nitrogen determination in boron carbide by IPAA and gas fusion analyses T2 - GDCh-Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2007 CY - Ulm, Germany DA - 2007-09-16 PY - 2007 AN - OPUS4-16301 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Berger, Achim T1 - Schritte auf dem Weg zu einer "idealen" Kernstrahlungsspektrometrie T2 - 21. Seminar Aktivierungsanalyse und Gammaspektroskopie (SAAGAS 21) CY - Mainz, Germany DA - 2007-03-21 PY - 2007 AN - OPUS4-16640 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ostermann, Markus A1 - Berger, Achim A1 - Mans, C. A1 - Simons, C. A1 - Hanning, S. A1 - Janßen, A. A1 - Kreyenschmidt, M. T1 - Results and effects of homogeneity and stability studies carried out by X-ray fluorescence on the new reference material BAM-H010 N2 - The Federal Institute for materials research and testing (BAM)in cooperation with the Fachhochschule Münster has developed a new certified polymeric reference material, BAM-H010. The reference material consists of acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene terpolymer (ABS) and has been doped with different contents of the elements Br, Cd, Cr, Hg and Pb. The monitoring of these elements is demanded in the EU directive 2002/95/EG, commonly referred to as RoHS. We have shown that the uncertainty contribution of the thermal long-term stability (ustability) is negligible compared to the contribution to the uncertainty caused by the method used for the characterization of the elemental content and the batch inhomogeneity (uhomogeneity). The stability of theABS material during exposure of the samples with hard X-radiation leads to a degradation of the ABS matrix with either long- or short-chain products. KW - Reference material KW - Plastic KW - RoHS KW - WEEE KW - X-ray fluorescence PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-011-0806-x SN - 0949-1775 SN - 1432-0517 VL - 16 IS - 10 SP - 515 EP - 522 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-24249 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Balski, Matthias A1 - Kipphardt, Heinrich A1 - Berger, Achim A1 - Meyer, S. A1 - Panne, Ulrich T1 - Determination of impurities in solar grade silicon by inductively coupled plasma sector field mass spectrometry (ICP-SFMS) subsequent to matrix evaporation N2 - A method for the determination of 22 trace impurities in solar grade silicon after dissolution in a mixture of HF and HNO3 and subsequent matrix evaporation is reported. The presented method involves a simple, inexpensive, one-vessel sample preparation apparatus design. The recoveries of B, Na, Mg, Al, P, K, Ca, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, As, Mo, Sb, W, and Tl at 250 µg kg-1 level are in the range of 93 to 108%. After careful selection of monitored isotopes and their respective resolutions, a sector field mass spectrometer has been used to carry out the measurements. Limits of determination down to 120 ng kg-1 have been obtained using a calibration by three-point standard addition. The method was tested on diluted NIST SRM 57b silicon powder as well as on synthetic test samples and also applied successfully on raw solar grade silicon samples in an interlaboratory comparison including NAA. KW - Solar grade silicon KW - Matrix separation KW - Sector field mass spectrometry PY - 2014 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/C3AY41213J SN - 1759-9660 SN - 1759-9679 VL - 6 IS - 1 SP - 77 EP - 85 PB - RSC Publ. CY - Cambridge AN - OPUS4-29893 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Berger, Achim A1 - Görner, Wolf A1 - Merchel, Silke A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Riederer, J. A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich T1 - Dürer's chemischer Fingerprint - Untersuchungen mittels Synchrotron-induzierter Röntgenfluoreszenzanalyse T2 - 5. Erfurter Fachtage für Konservierung und Restaurierung CY - Erfurt, Germany DA - 2002-11-28 PY - 2002 AN - OPUS4-2123 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Berger, Achim A1 - Görner, Wolf A1 - Ketelsen, T. A1 - Merchel, Silke A1 - Riederer, J. A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich A1 - Roth, M. T1 - Spatially resolved synchrotron-induced X-ray fluorescence analyses of metal point drawings and their mysterious inscriptions N2 - Synchrotron-induced X-ray fluorescence (Sy-XRF) analysis was used to study the chemical composition of precious Renaissance silverpoint drawings. Drawings by famous artists such as Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) and Jan van Eyck (approximately 1395–1441) must be investigated non-destructively. Moreover, extremely sensitive synchrotron- or accelerator-based techniques are needed since only small quantities of silver are deposited on the paper. New criteria for attributing these works to a particular artist could be established based on the analysis of the chemical composition of the metal points used. We illustrate how analysis can give new art historical information by means of two case studies. Two particular drawings, one of Albrecht Dürer, showing a profile portrait of his closest friend, “Willibald Pirckheimer” (1503), and a second one attributed to Jan van Eyck, showing a “Portrait of an elderly man”, often named “Niccolò Albergati”, are the object of intense art historical controversy. Both drawings show inscriptions next to the figures. Analyses by Sy-XRF could reveal the same kind of silverpoint for the Pirckheimer portrait and its mysterious Greek inscription, contrary to the drawing by Van Eyck where at least three different metal points were applied. Two different types of silver marks were found in this portrait. Silver containing gold marks were detected in the inscriptions and over-subscriptions. This is the first evidence of the use of gold points for metal point drawings in the Middle Ages. KW - Sy-XRF analysis KW - Drawing KW - Metal point KW - Albrecht Dürer KW - Jan van Eyck KW - Renaissance PY - 2004 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2004.07.023 SN - 0584-8547 SN - 0038-6987 VL - 59 IS - 10-11 SP - 1657 EP - 1662 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-4575 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Berger, Achim A1 - Duval, A. A1 - Guicharnaud, H. A1 - Merchel, Silke A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Schäfer, D. A1 - Simon, R. T1 - SY-XRF study of Hans Baldung Grien silverpoint drawings and the silver stylus from the 'Karlsruhe sketchbook' N2 - We performed spatially resolved synchrotron-induced x-ray fluorescence analyses (SY-XRF) of five silverpoint drawings from the famous `Karlsruhe sketchbook´ and a silverpoint, which is assumed to be an original one used by the Renaissance artist Hans Baldung Grien (1484-1545) himself. The silverpoint, one out of a very small number of ancient styli conserved nowadays, is fixed on the so-called `Karlsruhe sketchbook´. Measurements were executed at the FLUO-TOPO beamline at the electron storage ring ANKA. It has been shown, that SY-XRF at this beamline is nondestructive and sensitive enough for the analysis of minor and major elements in the silver strokes. This study provides new insights into this graphical technique and ancient drawing instruments: results are that three drawings have been created with a common type of silverpoint containing about (10.4 ± 0.7) wt% of Cu. In all the cases, Hg at a 10% level by weight was identified in the strokes. Presence of Hg is not due to the original silver alloy, but is a result of a general alteration phenomenon of silverpoint drawings. This fact is confirmed by the analysis of the original silverpoint, which contains only small traces of Hg. The result for the copper content of the silverpoint (10.4 ± 1.7) wt% is in good agreement with that of these three drawings. It is supposable that the silverpoint found attached today served for the creation of the corresponding drawings. Moreover, the graphical technique of Baldung is found to be continual over three decades. Only one very late drawing dated to 1543 was probably realized with another silverpoint, containing about 3 wt% of Cu. This difference in the chemical composition of drawings from the late period might be used as a more precise dating indicator of Baldung drawings that are not clearly attributed to a certain period. KW - Synchrotron KW - XRF analysis KW - Drawings KW - Silver stylus PY - 2007 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/xrs.963 SN - 0049-8246 VL - 36 IS - 3 SP - 173 EP - 177 PB - Wiley CY - Chichester AN - OPUS4-16150 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Berger, Achim T1 - Strahlenverfahren in Kombination - ein Werkzeug für Analyse und Zertifizierung von Feststoffen T2 - Interessengemeinschaft Atomspektroskopie Berlin (IGAS), 12. Jahrescolloquium "Analyse von Feststoffen unterschiedlicher Materialien aus Industrie und Umwelt CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2002-11-19 PY - 2002 AN - OPUS4-2992 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Berger, Achim T1 - Quand Dürer rencontre AGLAE et BESSY - Etude non destructive de dessins a la pointe de metal du carnet de voyage d'Albrecht T2 - DAAD PROCOPE - Informations- und Kontaktbörse (pre-Procope) CY - Lyon, France DA - 2002-11-08 PY - 2002 AN - OPUS4-2978 LA - fra AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Merchel, Silke A1 - Berger, Achim A1 - Görner, Wolf A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Riederer, J. A1 - Duval, A. A1 - Guicharnaud, H. T1 - Non-Destructive Investigations of Dürer's Silver Point Drawings by Pixe and SY-XRF T2 - 7th International Conference on Non-destructive testing and Microanalysis for the Diagnostics and Conservation of the Cultural and Environmental Heritage ; art 2002 CY - Antwerp, Belgium DA - 2002-06-02 PY - 2002 UR - http://srs.dl.ac.uk/arch/publications/reiche/reiche_fullcorr.pdf SP - 82 AN - OPUS4-1400 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Achim A1 - Görner, Wolf A1 - Merchel, Silke A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Riederer, J. T1 - Non-destructive investigations of Dürer's silver point drawings by Sy-XRF PY - 2002 UR - http://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/media/media/oea/web/pr_webseite/druckschriften/berichte/bessy/annualreport2001.pdf#page=292 SN - 0179-4159 SP - 292 EP - 293 PB - Berliner Elektronenspeicherring-Gesellschaft für Synchrotronstrahlung CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-1324 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Berger, Achim A1 - Ecker, Klaus A1 - Merchel, Silke A1 - Procop, Mathias A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich A1 - Görner, Wolf A1 - Reiche, I. T1 - Synchrotron induced X-ray fluorescence for trace element analysis T2 - Hamburg Workshop CY - Hamburg, Germany DA - 2002-09-16 PY - 2002 SN - 3-924330-53-0 SP - 1(?) PB - Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker AN - OPUS4-1525 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Achim A1 - Görner, Wolf A1 - Merchel, Silke A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Riederer, J. T1 - A closer look at Albrecht Dürer's drawings (1471-1528) PY - 2002 UR - http://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/media/media/oea/web/pr_webseite/druckschriften/infos/bessy/highlights2001.pdf#page=32 SN - 0179-4159 SP - 32 EP - 33 PB - Berliner Elektronenspeicherring-Gesellschaft für Synchrotronstrahlung CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-1323 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Achim A1 - Ecker, Klaus A1 - Görner, Wolf A1 - Merchel, Silke A1 - Procop, Mathias A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich T1 - X-ray fluorescence analysis at the BAMline PY - 2002 UR - http://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/media/media/oea/web/pr_webseite/druckschriften/berichte/bessy/annualreport2001.pdf#page=253 SN - 0179-4159 SP - 253 EP - 254 PB - Berliner Elektronenspeicherring-Gesellschaft für Synchrotronstrahlung CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-1322 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Berger, Achim T1 - Dürer's chemischer Fingerprint - Untersuchungen mittels Synchrotroninduzierter Röntgenfluoreszenzanalyse rescon T2 - 5. Erfurter Fachtage für Konservierung und Restaurierung CY - Erfurt, Germany DA - 2002-11-28 PY - 2002 AN - OPUS4-2994 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -