A CONTINUOUSLY PUMPED ULTRA-HIGH VACUUMSORPTION SYSTEM FOR THE PREPARATION OF HIGHLY ORDERED SINGLE-CRYSTAL METAL FOILS,

Abstract

A simple sorption-type ultra-high vacuum system has been devised in which thin metal foils can be prepared quickly, with perfection and measurable reproducibility. Ultimate vacuum of 3 X 10 to the minus tenth power torr had been obtained using liquid nitrogen around the sorption, and evaporation chambers. Ultimate vacuum of 3 X 10 to the minus tenth power torr has been routine prior to evaporation of gold, silver, copper, and nickel foils which ranged in thickness from 500-2000 a. High purity single crystal silver foils have been repeatedly prepared in this system which are suitable for direct analysis of deformations by transmission electron miscroscopy. A comparison is made between the order and quality of these ultra-high vacuum prepared foils with foils prepared using commercially available high vacuum equipment. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 18, 1964
Accession Number
AD0611612

Entities

People

  • L. E. Murr

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Crystals
  • Electrons
  • Evaporation
  • High Vacuum
  • Nitrogen
  • Reproducibility
  • Single Crystals
  • Sorption
  • Thickness
  • Vacuum

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Metallurgy
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene