Published January 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Surface topography of amorphous alloys bombarded with helium ions

  • 1. Academia Sinica, Lanzhou (China). Inst. of Modern Physics

Description

The blistering and flaking behavior of many kinds of amorphous alloys under helium ion bombardment at room temperature has been investigated. Helium ions with energies of 40 keV and 60 keV were implanted to the dose range 1.0 x 1018-4.0 x 1018 ions/cm2. The surface topography of samples after irradiation was observed by using a scanning electron microscope. The diameter of blister and the thickness of exfoliated blister lids were measured. The results showed that many kinds of surface topography characteristics appeared for different doses, energies and amorphous alloys, such as flaking, blistering, exfoliation, blister rupture, second-generation blistering and porous structure. The dependence of surface damage modes and the critical dose for onset of blistering and flaking on material sort and ion energy was discussed

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Journal Title
Nuclear Techniques
Journal Volume
25
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 1-8
ISSN
0253-3219