Browsing by Author "de Jong, S"

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    The determination of oxygen in metals using an impulse heating furnace equipped with a sample transfer lock.
    (Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1975-05) Dale, LS; de Jong, S; Kelly, JW; Whittem, RN
    An impulse heating furnace has been constructed for the determination of low levels of oxygen down to 100 µg g-1 in metals. The furnace is equipped with a sample transfer lock which permits samples to be loaded into outgassed crucibles in a helium atmosphere. As a result, blank levels in the range 2 to 3 µg oxygen are obtained; the modification also results in shorter sample processing time. The apparatus is described, and its suitability for oxygen determinations at these levels has been verified by comparison of results obtained on reference and analysed materials.
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    Precise determination of hydrogen in metals (with particular reference to zirconium) by the isotopic equilibration-mass spectrometry procedure
    (Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1971-03) Dale, LS; de Jong, S
    A simple apparatus connected directly to a mass spectrometer enables the fairly rapid determination of hydrogen in metals to be carried out by isotopic equilibration with deuterium. Equilibrium conditions have been established from kinetic studies of the exchange process as a function of heating time. Results for titanium metal standards are in excellent agreement with the certified values, relative standard deviations (1σ) ranging from 3.3 per cent at 300 p.p.m. hydrogen to 0.8 per cent at 200 p.p.m. No standards are available for hydrogen in zirconium, Zircaloy, niobium, vanadium and hafnium. For these metals the equipment has been used to prepare samples with known hydrogen content. Analysis has verified the reliability of the technique. The sample size requirements are 0.1 to 0.5 g (usually 0.25 g) for the range 1000 to 10 p.p.m. hydrogen.