Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Activities Facet
3. Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name)
4. [processes and techniques by specific type]
5. analysis and testing techniques
6. ion beam analysis

Additional parents:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Activities Facet
3. Processes and Techniques
4. processes and techniques by specific type
5. physicochemical processes
6. backscattering

Anotations

Scope note:

A form of ion beam analysis named for Lord Ernest Rutherford. It yields information on the thickness and elemental composition of a sample by detection of the backscattered protons from crystalites or other particles of the analysed sample.