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Mossbauer SpectroscopyB. S. VINEETH (Roll# 120121007), B.Tech., IIT Guwahati
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Introduction
• Versatile technique based on Mossbauer Effect that is widely used, even now, from the time it was discovered in 1957, in many areas:
• Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Archaeology,
Geology, Material Science, Metallurgy, …
• Rudolf L. Mossbauer
• NOBEL PRIZE Physics 1961 within 5 years
of its discovery!!
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Nobel Prize, Physics (1961)
• Zeitschrift fur Physik 151, Issue 2 p. 124-143 (1958)
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What is it good for?
• You name it!
• Very precise information on the: chemical, structural, magneticproperties of a material.
• Technique at the interface of Solid State Physics and Nuclear Physics.
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Basic Principle
• Nuclear Energy Levels change (shift or split) because of interaction of the radioactive nucleus with the surrounding solidin which it is embedded.
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Exclusively used by NASA• Mossbauer spectroscopy is used by NASA to study the composition, abundance, magnetic properties of iron-bearing materials in the outer space.
• MARS EXPLORATION ROVERS:
• It is ONE of FOUR facilities mounted
at the end of the ROVER ARM!
Measurements are taken by placing the Rover Arm head directly against a rock or soil sample.
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Used Elements
• Most used: Fe-57
Every Iron containing material has approx. 98% of Fe-56 and 2% of Fe-57.
• I-129, Sn-119, Sb-121 also are used.
• Let us take the example of Fe-57 to demonstrate the concept
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Isolated Fe-57 Nucleus
We expect the Gamma-ray emitted to be of 14.4 keV. (We are only interested till the
first excited state.)
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Fe-57 in ferromagnetic surrounding
• Gamma rays of nearly 14.4 keV but
with differences in the order of
10-8 eV due to splitting+shifting.
Mossbauer spectroscopy exploits this
faint spectrum in the Gamma radiation
to assess the material environment.
Cubic Structure and Ferromagnetic
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Fe 57 in stainless steel solid
• Cubic, No ferromagnetism here
• So, no splitting of levels
• But, due to the interaction of nucleus with the electron density (mainly s-electrons density), the energy levels only SHIFT in the order of 10-8 eV.
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Fe-57 in Olivine solid (FeSiO4)
• Non-cubic crystal arrangement
• Non-ferromagnetic
• Ground level: As it is (no splitting)
• First excited state: mI = -3/2, +3/2 only
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Construction
Source: Co-57 in Rhodium
Rh solid which is cubic and
non-ferromagnetic
So, only shifting of levels in
source.
Absorber: Is the sample to be
analyzed.
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Setup Block Diagram
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Working Theory and Physics
• As the Source is vibrating, the
absorber sees the Gamma rays
with a DOPPLER SHIFT.
So, if Es = E2 – E1, the absorber
sees it as:
E = Es (1 + v/c) (Doppler Shift)
(v lies from –vmax to +vmax)
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Absorber: Simple Case
• Assume, the absorber is
cubic and non-ferromagnetic.
Then for Resonance, we need:
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“Mossbauer Spectrum”
• So, at these particular velocities,
the detector takes a Dip as most
of the Gamma rays get absorbed
and don’t pass through.
Plot velocities versus detector count: “Spectrum”
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If absorber has Olivine type surrounding
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If absorber has ferromagnetic surr.
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Spectrum if ferromagnetic absorber
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A Serious Problem!!!
• Apart from the around 10-8 eV energy shift due to surrounding environment, there is an additional extremely significant (1,00,000 times) correction of around 1 milli-eV which is due to:
• NUCLEAR RECOIL EFFECT
Therefore, energy of emitted
Gamma ray becomes:
(E2 – E1) – ER
Nucleus recoils in the opposite
Direction while emission
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…
• Similarly, when the absorber nucleus absorbs it, it recoils in the direction of Gamma-ray and therefore for resonance to take place (without Doppler effect) the energy required is:
• (E’2 – E’1) + ER
• Unfortunately, to cover this gap due to recoil, one needs vibrating the source with huge velocities. Then, how can we do Mossbauer spectroscopy??
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Mossbauer Effect to our rescue
• It is a QM-cal phenomena that if you have a Nucleus with energy levels embedded in a Crystal Solid which itself has Crystal Energy levels, both of them couple and so:
• The Crystal has to Recoil whenever the Nucleus absorbs or emits the Gamma rays.
• But, if the Crystal Recoil Energy is less than the first-excited energy of the Nucleus, then the whole Recoil process will NOT occur, and the Gamma rays are emitted with exact energy level difference!!!
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Interpreting Results:
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Limitations
• The material to be analyzed must be composed of Iron or similar materials used in Mossbauer
• Vast majority of rock-forming minerals on Earth contain Fe 2+ in octahedral structure, and all of them have very similar Mossbauer Spectrum. (hard to distinguish)
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References
• [1] R.L. Mossbauer, Zeitschrift fur Physik 151, Issue 2 p. 124-143
• [2] H.C. Verma, Concepts of Physics, Bharati Bhawan (1999)
• [3] E.N. Kaufmann, Characterization of Materials, Wiley (2003)
• [4] Obvious online sources (Wikipedia, etc.)
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Thank You
Term paper submitted to Prof. Giri (Physics, IITG) by
B.S.VINEETH (Roll# 120121007).