A Depth Selective Mössbauer Study of ion Implanted Stainless Steel

High austenitic stainless steel of composition Fe62Ni2OCrl8 was implanted with Eu ions and analyzed with Depth Selective Conversion Electron Mossbauer Spectroscopy (DCEMS). DCEMS gives information about the depth profile of phases, in this case about implantation induced changes in phase composition as function of depth. The samples were complementary analyzed with Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry (RBS) to get the element profile of the implanted ions. The main experimental result is a martensitic transformed depth region that coincides with the Eu depth distribution. The potential of DCEMS for application in the field of materials modification by implantation techniques is demonstrated.