FIELD ION MICROSCOPY OF IRON WHISKERS.

Abstract

Further investigation of the imaging properties of neon in the field ion microscope revealed that the large dif ference between the neon and helium images of iron whiskers is due to the efficient energy transfer in the collision of neon atoms having polarization energy with the surface metal atoms. Whiskers which had been grown under various conditions at Materials Central were observed by the field ion microscope. It was found that the whiskers grown in the ultra-pure system had a low density of lattice defects and impurities. Some whiskers were observed with the help of an image intensifier. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0609859

Entities

People

  • Erwin M. Muller
  • Osamu Nishikawa

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Collisions
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Field Ion Microscopy
  • Impurities
  • Low Density
  • Materials
  • Microscopes
  • Microscopy
  • Polarization

Fields of Study

  • Materials science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.