Magnetic Field Effect to Relative K X-ray Intensity Ratios of Light Lanthanides

M. Uğurlu Atatürk University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Physics, Erzurum 25240, Turkey

Received: August 21, 2019; revised version September 10, 2019; in final form October 3, 2019

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La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, and Eu elements were used in order to determine variation of Kβ to Kα X-ray intensity ratios at the magnetic field (B= 0, 0.4, 0.8 T). The samples were irritated by 59.54 keV γ-rays from 241Am radioactive point source via energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy. K X-rays emitted by samples were counted with a high resolution Si(Li) solid-state detector. The experimental results were compared with the literature. The analysis shows that Kβ to Kα X-ray intensity ratios of the elements without magnetic field are compatible with the past studies and although Kβ and Kα peak intensities change with variation of the magnetic field, the intensity ratios do not change.

DOI:10.12693/APhysPolA.136.983 topics: magnetic field, X-ray intensity ratios, light lanthanides\\vs*{10pt}