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Title: Low-temperature chemical vapor deposition of tungsten from tungsten hexacarbonyl

Journal Article · · J. Vac. Sci. Technol.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1116/1.571599· OSTI ID:5648521

Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of tungsten from W(CO)/sub 6/ has been investigated below 670 K as an alternate process to WF/sub 6/ CVD for coating glass microspheres. The major advantages of W(CO)/sub 6/ CVD are the elimination of the HF damage to the glass microspheres and potentially a lower deposition temperature for coating DT-filled microspheres. W(CO)/sub 6/ CVD can be utilized, in principle, to coat the microspheres with 1 to 5 ..mu..m of tungsten or to flash coat the microspheres for further coating by WF/sub 6/ CVD. Test coatings were deposited in a fluidized-bed reactor with a hydrogen carrier gas. The coatings were found to contain nearly equal portions of carbon and oxygen, ranging from 16 to 25 at.% for each element. The high carbon and oxygen concentrations are believed to result principally from the physical entrapment of chemisorbed CO molecules at the surface of the growing deposit. The general quality and adhesion of the W(CO)/sub 6/-derived coatings are unsatisfactory at this time for ICF applications.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Group CMB-6, Mail Stop 770, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-26
OSTI ID:
5648521
Journal Information:
J. Vac. Sci. Technol.; (United States), Vol. 20:4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English