Abstract
Nuclear reaction analysis using a 12C(d, p0)13C reaction and a 16O(d, p1)17O reaction, with 1.02 MeV deuterons in an accelerator microprobe, has been used to produce quantitative linescans of the carbon and oxygen levels in ex-service ethylene pyrolysis tubes of HPM, HK40 and Manaurite XM alloy. Particle induced x-ray emission in the ion beam microprobe and energy dispersive analysis of x-rays in a scanning electron microscope were used for linescans of the heavier elements (Cr, Ni, Fe, Si and Ti). The composition linescans were used to calibrate the response and accuracy of an eddy current probe system for measuring carburization near the inner surface of the tubes. The influence of the ferromagnetic outer oxide surface layers has been clarified. A two-dimensional ANSYS finite element model (FEM) was used for interpretation of the eddy current scans. Good correlation was obtained between the ion beam analysis results, the impedance scans and the FEM.
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