Comparison of glow discharge cleaning and ion-impact desorption of stainless steel

Journal Article · Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · J. Vac. Sci. Technol., A; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1116/1.573404· OSTI ID:5756884

Ruzic, D N; Gerdin, G A; Loxton, C M

The effects of glow discharge cleaning (GDC) and ion-impact desorption (IID) of impurities on 302 stainless steel were compared using Auger electron spectroscopy (AES). Hydrogen GDC was done in a chamber attached to the Auger microprobe allowing transfer in vacuo to lessen recontamination. GDC removed the surface hydrocarbon layer, but deposited many constituents of the cathode and surrounding areas onto the sample. It also induced a high concentration of carbon which extended beyond the surface layer. The extent of the carbon layer varied with the prior treatment of the surface. IID is shown to maintain a higher surface purity. The feasibility of helium IID as an after-opening or between-shot cleaning technique for magnetic fusion experiments is discussed.

• Research Organization: Nuclear Engineering Program, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76ER01198
• OSTI ID: 5756884
• Journal Information: J. Vac. Sci. Technol., A; (United States), Vol. 4:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
HYDROCARBONS
DESORPTION
STAINLESS STEEL-302
ION COLLISIONS
SORPTIVE PROPERTIES
SURFACE CLEANING
SURFACE CONTAMINATION
GLOW DISCHARGES
HELIUM IONS
LAYERS
ALLOYS
CHARGED PARTICLES
CHROMIUM ALLOYS
CHROMIUM STEELS
CHROMIUM-NICKEL STEELS
CLEANING
COLLISIONS
CONTAMINATION
CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
IONS
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
NICKEL ALLOYS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
STAINLESS STEELS
STEELS
SURFACE FINISHING
SURFACE PROPERTIES
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