Answer to Question #343566 in General Chemistry for Bob

Question

Working principle of Mossbauer spectroscopy

Answer 1

In its most common form, Mössbauer absorption spectroscopy, a solid sample is exposed to a beam of gamma radiation, and a detector measures the intensity of the beam transmitted through the sample. The atoms in the source emitting the gamma rays must be of the same isotope as the atoms in the sample absorbing them.