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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>ion beam analysis</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>backscattering</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>RBS</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>spectroscopy, Rutherford backscattering</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ 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. ]]></note></mads>