Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectrometer Calibration Using Hydrogenated Zr-2.5Nb Alloy Standard Samples
Tatyana S. Priamushko, Andrey A. Mikhaylov, Maria N. Babikhina, Viktor N. Kudiiarov *
and Roman S. Laptev
and Roman S. Laptev
Division for Experimental Physics, School of Nuclear Science & Engineering, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk 634050, Russia
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Metals 2018, 8(5), 372; https://doi.org/10.3390/met8050372
Received: 13 April 2018 / Revised: 16 May 2018 / Accepted: 20 May 2018 / Published: 22 May 2018
Abstract
Currently, standard samples of hydrogen-metal systems meeting the requirements of glow discharge optical emission spectrometers (GD-OES) are not available on the market. This article describes the preparation of Zr-Nb-H standard samples and the calibration of GD-OES with the usage of these samples. Samples of Zr-2.5Nb were chosen as the material for sample production. The creation procedure includes five main steps: sample preparation (polishing to an average roughness, Ra, of 0.04 m using sandpaper), annealing, hydrogenation, maintenance in an inert gas atmosphere, and characterization of the samples. The absolute hydrogen concentration in the samples was determined volumetrically and calculated from the weight change. The distribution of hydrogen was studied using GD-OES Profiler 2 by Jobin Yvon Emission Horiba Group. As a result of this work, calibration curves of Zr, H, Nb, O, and other elements were obtained. The calibration errors were in the range of 1–5%. View Full-TextKeywords:
GD-OES; hydrogen; standard samples; zirconium alloy
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