IBERE SOUZA RIBEIRO JUNIOR

IBERE SOUZA RIBEIRO JUNIOR

Página do item completo

Resultados de Busca

Agora exibindo 1 - 8 de 8

On the use of coincidence INAA for selenium determination
2021 - RIBEIRO JUNIOR, IBERE S.; ZAHN, GUILHERME S.; GENEZINI, FREDERICO A.; DRESCHER, ADAM; LANDSBERGER, SHELDON
Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) is a widely used technique applied on the determination of several elements in different matrices. Selenium is one of the elements that can be studied by INAA and its determination is usually performed using one, or both, 136:01 and 264:66 keV transitions from 75Se radioisotope. Se determination by INAA is a case that requires special attention, mainly in virtue of three issues: (i) spectral interferences may occur due to intense gamma rays from 181Hf (136 keV) and 182Ta (264 keV); (ii) in samples with high levels of K and Na, the increased background levels due to Compton effect lead to enlargement of the detection limit; (iii) high concentration of P or any other intense high-energy beta emitter can severely impact the detection below 200{300 keV due to bremsstrahlung radiation. A possible solution for these issues is the use of gamma-gamma coincidence INAA (CINAA), as the 136 and 264 keV transitions are part of a strong gamma-gamma cascade. In this work coincidence measurements of the decay of 75Se were performed to compare the results for Se obtained by conventional INAA and CINAA in biological and geological Certi ed Reference Materials (CRMs). The results show that the use of coincidence can drastically reduce the net/gross ratio, which implies in a reduction of the detection limit for 75Se; furthermore, the results of Se concentration obtained using both methodologies are in agreement with the certi ed values, and both techniques provided accurate results.
Cd impurities in Vanadium oxides
2021 - BURIMOVA, ANASTASIA; LEITE NETO, OSMAR F.; BOSCH-SANTOS, BRIANNA; CORREA, EDUARDO L.; PEREIRA, LUCIANO F.D.; SALES, TATIANE S.N.; RIBEIRO JUNIOR, IBERE S.; COSTA, MESSIAS S.; COSTA, CLEIDILANE; DANG, THANH T.; ZYABKIN, DMITRY; VAN STIPHOUT, KOEN K.F.; GERAMI, ADELEH M.; CORREIA, JOAO M.; SCHELL, JULIANA; CARBONARI, ARTUR W.
The number of metastable phases, the capriciousness at changing external conditions, and lack of accurate description of local behavior already resulted in severe misinterpretation of experimental outcomes for vanadium oxides[1–3]. The scope of already implemented and potential applications of vanadium oxides is, indeed, impressive, particularly as a battery cathode for energy storage[ 4]. Doping is widely exploited as a means of application-oriented tuning of the material properties. The properties of each particular phase may be tuned by doping to satisfy specific requirements and/or improve the functional performance. In the work here reported, electric quadrupole interaction on 111mCd nuclei implanted in vanadium pentaoxide doped with different concentrations of Cd were measured with time-differential perturbed angular correlations (TDPAC). Pure V2O5 as well as doped with 1%, 5%, and 10% of Cd were measured at different temperatures. To correlate the results with the possible formation of different phases and compounds, samples of VO2, CdV2O6, and Cd2V2O7 were also measured. The intention is to provide a comprehensive description, at an atomic level, of the doping effects on the local crystal structure and the electronic structure around the impurity and the consequences on the properties of the host oxides. Preliminary results show that the probability of formation of cadmium vanadates is low but the temperature and atmosphere of measurements have an important effect on the local scale.
On the use of gamma-gamma coincidence to detect very low activities
2017 - ZAHN, GUILHERME S.; GENEZINI, FREDERICO A.; RIBEIRO JUNIOR, IBERE S.; FAGIONATO, ESNEL A.
The detection of very low gamma ray activities is a delicate task, and very important in environmental radiation studies, for instance. It usually requires the use of low-background shielding, as the long counting times required usually make the background subtraction quite tricky, and often result in rather high experimental uncertainties. In this work a different approach is tested, where a two-detector gamma-gamma coincidence system is used to eliminate essentially all of the background continuum - at the cost of reduced overall efficiency and, more importantly, requiring that the radionuclide to be studied presents useful gamma-gamma coincidences. Two distinct methods of analysis are tested, either using an "open-window" coincidence where an event is registered whenever any event is registered in the other detector, or using a strict coincidence analysis, where a valid coincidence between two gamma-rays from the same decay are required; this allow for a discussion on the advantages and problems of each method, as well as for an experimental assessment of the performance of such a system.
Hyperfine interactions in Pd foils during D/H electrochemical loading
2016 - SILVA, ERIC B. da; CORREIA, JOAO G.; ZOGHBY, MICHEL; GAHL, JOHN; SCHELL, JULIANA; MATOS, IZABELA T. de; RIBEIRO JUNIOR, IBERE S.; CARBONARI, ARTUR W.; HUBLER, GRAHAM K.; VIOLANTE, VITTORIO; THIOYE, MOUSTAPHA; HE, JINGHAO
The Fleischmann and Pons Effect (FPE) is the appearance of anomalous excess heat during electrolytic loading of hydrogen in metal. Although observed well above measurement uncertainties [1] this effect still remains unexplained. Unlike previous studies where hydrogen (H) was pre-loaded before Time Differential Perturbed Angular Correlations (TDPAC) [2,3] was performed, this present work probes, at the nanoscopic scale, palladium (Pd) samples during H and deuterium (D) loading in 0.1M LiOH or LiOD electrolyte. Radioactive 181Hf (181Ta) was implanted at 80 keV (HISKP-Bonn) and experiments were performed at the ISOLDE-CERN SSP laboratories after vacuum annealing to recover implantation defects. An almost “flat” unperturbed PAC – R(t) spectrum was observed, as expected for Hf/Ta atoms at cubic Pd sites with no remaining point defects in their vicinity. Upon D loading the “flat” unperturbed R(t) spectrum changes to a characteristic Gaussian-like EFG distribution, centered near zero EFG, due to the random distribution of D atoms inside the Pd lattice. With increasing D concentration, the central value of the distribution becomes nonzero, thus revealing that the Pd crystalline structure is relaxed from cubic, consistent with the phase diagram for Pd hydrides. The data also shows that, while being an impurity in the system under study, the Hf/Ta atoms do not trap nor significantly interfere with the H/D atoms in the Pd lattice that would bias the present studies. Thus, further experiments aimed at studying the FPE under external excitations are envisaged.
Could the uranium fission interference factor be used to determination of cumulative fission yield
2014 - RIBEIRO JUNIOR, I.S.; GENEZINI, F.A.; SAIKI, MITIKO; ZAHN, G.S.
Samarium determination by neutron activation analysis in uranium-rich samples
2014 - RIBEIRO JUNIOR, I.S.; SAIKI, M.; GENEZINI, F.A.; ZAHN, G.S.
Use of robusts means of the determination of uranium fission interference factor and analysis of certifiede reference materials
2014 - RIBEIRO JUNIOR, IBERE S.; GENEZINI, FREDERICO A.; SAIKI, MITIKO; ZAHN, GUILHERME S.
Determination of uranium fission interference factors for INAA
2012 - RIBEIRO JUNIOR, I.S.; SAIKI, M.; GENEZINI, F.A.; ZAHN, G.S.