Boron at JYFL

Ion source: JYFL 14 GHz ECRIS

Method: MIVOC

Materials: m-Carborane (C₂H₁₂B₁₀)

Mixing gas: 

Microwave power: 300 W

Extraction voltage: 10 kV

Note: B in m-Carborane had natural abundances of ¹⁰B and ¹¹B. The beam currents below are for ¹¹B.

Values recorded: 12 October 2000

Note: The above image is an example charge state distribution produced with MIVOC using m-Carborane. It does not correspond to the record performance.