Hyomen Kagaku
Online ISSN : 1881-4743
Print ISSN : 0388-5321
ISSN-L : 0388-5321
Recent Progress in Surface Analysis by SIMS
Hifumi Tamura
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1980 Volume 1 Issue 1 Pages 2-18

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Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) provides a unique capability for performing threedimensional microchemical characterization with a single instrument. In using SIMS to investigate the composition of solids the sample is sputtered away by ion bombardment. The sputtered particles immediately ejected as ions are characteristic of the sample composition. When separated in a mass spectrometer, these ions can be used in principle for quantitative analysis. The production of these secondary ions, some recently developed ion probe instrumentation, some new analytical techniques, and some new analytical applications are briefly described.

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