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Metallvergütung durch Ionenstrahlen
Author(s) -
Wolf Gerhard K.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
chemie ingenieur technik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1522-2640
pISSN - 0009-286X
DOI - 10.1002/cite.330540105
Subject(s) - ion beam , ion beam mixing , materials science , ion implantation , ion , economic shortage , beam (structure) , corrosion , semiconductor , tribology , ion beam deposition , metastability , doping , nanotechnology , metallurgy , engineering physics , optoelectronics , chemistry , optics , engineering , physics , linguistics , philosophy , organic chemistry , government (linguistics)
Finishing of metals by ion beams . For many years ion beams have been used for doping semiconductors. Recently more and more interest has been shown in them as a method for the finishing of metals. The insertion of an alloying element as an energetic ion into a 0.1 to 1 μm thick surface layer of a metal instead of bulk alloying is interesting, especially with respect to a future shortage of resources. In addition, the ion beam techniques (ion implantation and ion beam mixing) provide the possibility of implanting any element in nearly any substrate. This may often lead even to metastable or amorphous surface structures. In this paper the ion beam techniques are described and the resulting materials are outlined. The possibilities for applications in different fields such as corrosion, mechanical surface properties (tribology), and catalysis are illustrated with examples. They range from pure basic science and applied science to potential procedures to be used in industrial production.