Positron annihilation acquired acceptance for structural investigation of solids but results in porous media--where positron lifetime spectroscopy (LT) reveals substantial Ps formation--were ambiguous. Data on zeolites lead to the conclusion that Ps trapping in competing "extended free volume" sites, inhomogeneous regions and grain boundaries occurs. Furthermore, positron trapping must also be considered. Syste...
Positron lifetime (LT) measurements have revealed that in porous media the annihilation pattern is probably dominated by a near-saturation level trapping both for the positron and the positronium as well, which masks the contribution from the ldquofree annihilationrdquo, i.e., annihilation from delocalised positrons. In this work we compare positron lifetime spectra of crystalline zeolites with bulk ceramic mat...
Correlations between positronium (Ps) production features and positron annihilation (PA) parameters were investigated in various zeolite samples (MFI, mordenite, Na-Y). The contribution of 3[gamma]-annihilation on data registration was closely examined. Long lifetimes up to 135 ns and triplet Ps (o-Ps) fractions up to 30% were found. Even low amounts of adsorbed gases or water drastically change the PA pattern....
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