Group questions for final Flashcards

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List 3 uses of Electron Back scatter Diffraction (EBSD)

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  • grain size
  • crystal orientation
  • global and local texture
  • substructure analysis
  • strain analysis
  • phase identification
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What type of materials will not produce patters forElectron Back scatter Diffraction (EBSD)

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Amorphous materials

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3
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List 2 properties that Electron Back scatter diffraction (EBSD) software record during analysis

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  • The phase
  • XY position
  • orientation
  • goodness of fit
  • pattern quality
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4
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Phase distribution map reveals the presence of hard and brittle inter-metallic phases called?

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  • Sigma

- Chi

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5
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Who was the scientist that created the glow discharge tube in 1968?

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Werner Grimm

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6
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What type of analysis is the glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy (GDOES) most useful for?

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Determining elemental composition, layer thickness, and layer structure

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What types of materials can the Glow discharge analyze?

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Metal alloy coatings, semiconductors, polymer coatings, and glass

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8
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Which type of gas does the glow discharge utilize when testing?

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argon

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9
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What are the lasers used in photo-thermal spectroscopy

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There are 2, the pump laser and the probe laser

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10
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Name 2 applications of Photo-thermal spectroscopy

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  • Thermal blooming of homogeneous gases and liquids
  • analysis of layered materials
  • detection of single nanoparticles
  • measure thermal properties of solids and layered materials
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11
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Which two types of interfering fields are collected on fast photodiodes in photothermal microscopy?

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Backward and forward

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12
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What does the probing beam do in photothermal microscopy?

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detects and measures the local refractive index changes

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13
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What allows the sample to be moved continuously through the laser?

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A Feedback Loop

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14
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What is the benefit of single particle tracking?

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Live tracking of molecule

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15
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What are two examples of applications of Ion Scattering Spectroscopy?

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a. Microelectronics
b. Study of crystal growth
c. Study of oxidation
d. Sample characterization

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16
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How are scattered ions measured in order to determine the element in the sample

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Kinetic energy of the ion

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17
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In Ion Scattering Spectroscopy, what level of vacuum is the sample held at?

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ultra high vacuum

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18
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What type of atoms create the larger peaks in a spectrum when using Ion Scattering Spectroscopy?

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Larger atoms

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19
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XRF works by removing what from the inner orbital shell of an atom

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Electron

20
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Name 3 applications for XRF

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Geology, medicine, environmental analysis, mining and ore processing

21
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When was XRF first used

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1928 by Glocker and Schreiber

22
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Two categories of XRF

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Energy Dispersive and Wavelength Dispersive

23
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What is the purpose for having the field reduction factor for Field Ion Microscopy?

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to take into account the geometry and electrostatic environment of each tip

24
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Why must some imaging gas be present in Field Ion Microscopy?

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So that there is a medium to be ionized

25
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What defects can be seen using Field Ion Microscopy?

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vacancies, dislocations and grain boundaries

26
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For Analyzing alloys using Field Ion Microscopy what do the differences in colors represent?

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Different phases in the sample.

27
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What is a particle accelerator called in small-angle X-ray scattering

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Synchroton

28
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How many dimensions is the initial data collected in for small angle x-ray scattering

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2 dimensions

29
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What are the two main categories of SAXS instruments?

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Point-collimation and line-collimation

30
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What is the main complication in the process of SAXS?

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Separating the main beam from the weaker scattered x-rays

31
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What is the other name for particle-induced x-ray emission?

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Proton-induced x-ray emission

32
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How is the heat from a proton beam displaced? (particle induced xray)

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By running a helium purge

33
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What form is data given? (particle induced xray)

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Peaks

34
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Name two applications of PIXS (particle induced x ray)

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  • Art
  • biology
  • materials science
  • environmental pollution
  • bones
  • ancient texts
  • ancient tools
  • paintings
  • pottery
  • jewels
35
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when was the effect of auger electron spectroscopy observed?

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Mid 1920’s

36
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Name two main uses of AES

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  • Analyze grain boundaries in metals and ceramics
  • Study film growth and surface-chemical composition
  • Quality control surface analyses in integrated circuits (fast collection times), - Areas that require high spatial resolution
  • Depth profiling
37
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What are the two types of interactions?

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Elastic and Inelastic scattering

38
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The Auger energies fall between what two electron energies?

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Secondary and backscattered

39
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Who were the two scientists that Ernest Rutherford supervised and what where they studying?

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Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden, they were studying the scattering of alpha particles through metal foils

40
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What is the difference between Rutherford’s model of the atom and Rutherford-Bohr model?

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The Rutherford model did not consider the different electron shells. Niels Bohr improved the Rutherford model through quantum mechanics to show there were different electron shells

41
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What are the three components for the apparatus?

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An ion source (usually He¬+), a linear particle accelerator, and a detector

42
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What are two applications for using RBS?

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Composition of a sample, contamination levels, depth of an element for multilayered samples

43
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What are the two main types of Confocal microscopes?

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laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and tandem scanning microscopes (CTSM)

44
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What is the main difference between conventional fluorescence microscopes and Confocal microscopes?

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Uses point illumination and pinhole to eliminate out-of-focus signal

45
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What are the sensitive detectors that can be used in the confocal microscope

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Photomultiplier tube or avalanche photodiode

46
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What are 3 applications for the confocal microscope?

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  • Stem cell research -Photobleaching studies
  • Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)
  • Limetime imaging
  • Multiphoton microscopy
  • DNA hybridization
  • Membrane and ion probes
  • Bioluminescent proteins
  • Epitope tagging