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This key comparison aims to assess the core capabilities of the participants in gas analysis. Such competences include, among others, the capabilities to prepare Primary Standard gas Mixtures (PSMs), perform the necessary purity analysis on the materials used in the gas mixture preparation, the verification of the composition of newly prepared PSMs against existing ones, and the capability of calibrating the composition of a gas mixture. According to the Strategy for Key Comparisons of the Gas Analysis Working Group, this key comparison is classified as an RMO track A key comparison.
The artefacts were binary mixtures of propane in nitrogen at a nominal amount-of-substance fraction level of 1000 μmol/mol. The values and uncertainties from the gravimetric gas mixture preparation were used as key comparison reference values (KCRVs). Each transfer standard had its own KCRV. The results are generally good. All results are within ± 1 % of the KCRV.
Neu entwickelte Gasturbinen werden im Prüffeld mit wechselnden Belastungen beaufschlagt. Dazu wird die Gasturbine mit einer Wasserreibbremse gekoppelt, mit der eine definierte Last erzeugt werden kann.
Ursprünglich war die Wasserreibbremse für eine bestimmte Leistung, die den früheren Leistungen der Gasturbine entsprach, ausgelegt worden. Die erste Prüfung fand im Jahr 1975 statt. Da neuere Gasturbinen wesentlich höhere Leistungen erbringen und die vorhandene Wasserreibbremse weiterhin eingesetzt werden sollte, musste eine Nachqualifizierung vorgenommen werden. Das Ziel war die Absicherung auf eine mögliche Sprödbruchgefahr.
Zunächst wurde eine Studie zur Prüfbarkeit erstellt. An speziellen Testkörpern wurden im Ultraschallabor der BAM Vorversuche zur Machbarkeit, zur Empfindlichkeitsein-stellung und zur Vorbereitung der Prüfung durchgeführt. Dazu wurden spezielle Gruppenstrahlerprüfköpfe gefertigt und ein an die komplizierte Geometrie der Bremsscheiben angepasster Manipulator gebaut. Ferner wurde, um die Prüfzeiten zu reduzieren, die Software zur Datenerfassung und zur Auswertung angepasst.
Im Werk Berlin der Siemens AG wurde in Zusammenarbeit mit der Siemens AG Erlangen eine Ultraschallprüfung mit der Gruppenstahlertechnik der Wasserreibbremse durchgeführt. Überprüft wurde das gesamte Volumen auf axial, radial und tangential beanspruchte Fehler in den Bereichen der Welle und der Bremsscheibe.Die Überprüfung ergab keine relevanten Fehler, so dass die Wasserreibbremse weiterhin eingesetzt werden kann.
Fe-ZSM-5 Catalysts for the Selective Reduction of NO by Isobutane - The Problem of the Active Sites
(2002)
Relations between the structure of FeZSM-5 catalysts prepared by interaction of FeCl3 with HZSM-5 and their catalytic behavior in the SCR of NO by isobutane were investigated by combining results of catalytic studies (1000 ppm NO, 1000 ppm isobutane, and 2% O2 in He, 30,000 h-1) and of physicochemical characterization (XRD, EXAFS, Mössbauer spectroscopy, TPR, IR, XPS). By variation of the preparation conditions (method of FeCl3 introductionchemical vapor deposition or solid-state ion exchange, washing intensity, calcination regime) and of the matrix (HZSM-5 with normal and high defect density), FeZSM-5 materials with strongly varying properties (aggregation degree of the Fe phase, acidity) were obtained. Significant discrepancies between conclusions derived from EXAFS, TPR, and Mössbauer spectroscopy were ascribed to a preference of Mössbauer spectroscopy for the detection of aggregated phases and a high defectivity of Fe oxide clusters formed upon calcination. The critical step for the preparation of a highly disperse Fe phase is extensive washing after Fe introduction. The catalytic behavior of overexchanged FeZSM-5 materials prepared by interaction of FeCl3 with HZSM-5 of normal defect density was not influenced by aggregation of a significant part of the Fe phase. The comparison of their catalytic properties with those of a Fe2O3/HZSM-5 mechanical mixture and of catalysts prepared by aqueous ion exchange or by CVD of FeCl3 into HZSM-5 of high defect density implies that the particular activity of overexchanged FeZSM-5 arises from minority sites. In these, the Fe ions are probably isolated. Other Fe sites of low nuclearity appear to add to the activity. The poor SCR performance (at a given ability for isobutane activation) of FeZSM-5 prepared with a defective ZSM-5 matrix may indicate that the Fe sites which provi de the particular activity of overexchanged FeZSM-5 require the cooperation of acidic sites.
Hydrogen analysis is of particular importance in thin film technology and it is often necessary to obtain a depth profile. The method with the best depth resolution is NRA using the 6385 keV resonance of the 1H(15N,αγ)12C nuclear reaction. The correct quantification of the depth and concentration scales in the measured hydrogen profiles relies on accurate stopping power values. We present a method to deduce these values from a combination of two techniques: NRA and X-ray reflectometry (XRR). This method is applied to the determination of the stopping power of ~6.4 MeV 15N ions in H-containing amorphous Si-layers (a-Si:H). Density-independent stopping powers at different H concentrations are determined by combining the results from NRA and XRR with an overall uncertainty of 3.3%, showing good agreement with SRIM values. This work shows exemplary the methodology for future evaluation of stopping powers for quality assurance in NRA.
We present a new high resolution X-ray imager based on a pnCCD detector and a polycapillary optics. The properties of the pnCCD like high quantum efficiency, high energy resolution and radiation hardness are maintained, while color corrected polycapillary lenses are used to direct the fluorescence photons from every spot on a sample to a corresponding pixel on the detector. The camera is sensitive to photons from 3 to 40 keV with still 30% quantum efficiency at 20 keV. The pnCCD is operated in split frame mode allowing a high frame rate of 400 Hz with an energy resolution of 152 eV for Mn Kα (5.9 keV) at 450 kcps. In single-photon counting mode (SPC), the time, energy and position of every fluorescence photon is recorded for every frame. A dedicated software enables the visualization of the elements distribution in real time without the need of post-processing the data. A description of the key components including detector, X-ray optics and camera is given. First experiments show the capability of the camera to perform fast full-field X-Ray Fluorescence (FF-XRF) for element analysis. The imaging performance with a magnifying optics (3×) has also been successfully tested.
Measuring in a non-destructive way the characteristic trace elements of the metal allows following the circulation of gold in the past. The aim of this work is to probe the possibilities of X-ray fluorescence with high energy synchrotron radiation (SR-XRF) at the BAMline at BESSY II to determine the concentration of Pt in ancient gold alloys. A HP-Ge detector was used to measure the Pt K-lines excited with an incident energy of 79.5 keV. Data processing was done by subtraction of a Pt free gold standard spectrum from the spectrum of the sample. Depending on the sample composition, the MDL ranges between 40 and 90 ppm. The first results obtained for a small set of gold alloys of different thickness, size and composition showed that high energy SR-XRF is a significant method for the non-destructive determination of Pt in gold.
Trace elements of ancient gold such as Pt, give fundamental information on the circulation of the metal in the past. In the case of objects from the cultural heritage, the determination of trace elements requires non-destructive point analysis in general. These conditions and the need of good detection limits restrain the number of applicable analytical techniques.
After the development of a PIXE set-up with a selective Cu or Zn filter of 75 µm and of a PIXE-XRF set-up using a primary target of As, we tested the possibilities of spatially resolved Sy-XRF to determine Pt in gold alloys. With a Zn filter, PIXE showed a detection limit of 1000 ppm in gold while PIXE-XRF lowers this detection limit down to 80 ppm. This last value being constrained by the resonant Raman effect produced on gold. In order to improve the detection limit of Pt keeping the non-destructiveness and access to point analysis, we developed an analytical protocol for XRF with synchrotron radiation at BESSY II, using the BAMline set-up. The L-lines of Pt were excited by a beam of energy above and below 11.564 keV and measured using a Si(Li) detector with a 50 µm Cu filter. A µ-beam of 100250 µm2 was used according to the size of the sample. The determination of the Pt content in the samples was carried out by Monte-Carlo simulation and subtraction of Au and Pt spectra obtained on pure standards. The limit of detection for Pt of 20 ppm was determined by using certified standards. The detection limits of a small set of other characteristic elements of gold were also measured using an incident energy of 33 keV.
Local structures of amorphous and quasicrystalline phases in Zr–Ti–Ni and Zr–Ti–Ni–Cu alloys have been studied by means of x-ray absorption spectroscopy. The amorphous phases show a high degree of icosahedral short-range order. In all investigated systems local order around Cu and Ni atoms was found to be nearly identical pointing to site substitution of Ni by Cu as the reason for an improved glass forming ability when Ni is partly substituted by Cu. The results strengthen an icosahedral cluster based approach for the structure of metallic glasses and indicate the importance of the medium-range order on glass formation.
Synchrotron radiation-induced X-ray fluorescence (SR-XRF) spectrometry was applied to determine iodine concentrations in alluvial Pt–Pd aggregates with delicate morphological features from Córrego Bom Sucesso, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The millimetre-sized botryoidal and rod-shaped grains of alluvial Pt–Pd–Hg intermetallic compounds have surprisingly high concentrations of iodine, in the range from 10 to ~ 120 μg/g. Because iodine is a strongly biophile element, known to be enriched in peatlands and plant remains in soils by microbial activity, its concentration in the Pt–Pd nuggets suggests biogenic precious-metal fixation in the aqueous alluvial milieu. Biogenic and inorganic processes, such as bioreduction and electrochemical metal accretion, could mutually have contributed to the growth of nanoparticles, formed on organic templates, to millimetric Pt–Pd nuggets.