Abstract
Oxygen detection by proton backscattering has been investigated. The oxygen detection sensitivity of 2.5 MeV proton backscattering is shown to exceed that of 4He backscattering by even a factor of about 15 depending on the matrix. The needed proton elastic scattering cross sections of oxygen for θ lab = 170° have been measured in the energy range E lab = 770–2480 keV relative to Ti and Sn elastic scattering cross sections using thin TiO 2 and SnO 2 samples. The angular dependence of the cross section was measured at energies E lab = 1790, 1990, 2191, and 2382 keV for backscattering angles. The experimental cross sections were found to be 1.1–5.7 times the pure Coulomb cross section. Theoretical calculations for the scattering cross sections were performed and their inapplicability to experimental purposes is demonstrated. Fits to experimental data are given.
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