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Scanning Auger measurements of nickel coated carbon fibers
Author(s) -
Brinen J. S.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
surface and interface analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1096-9918
pISSN - 0142-2421
DOI - 10.1002/sia.740100107
Subject(s) - nickel , carbon fibers , auger , sputtering , argon , materials science , composite material , ion , analytical chemistry (journal) , metallurgy , chemical engineering , chemistry , nanotechnology , thin film , atomic physics , physics , organic chemistry , chromatography , composite number , engineering
Scanning Auger microscopy (SAM) was used to study the chemistry of the interfacial region of nickel coated carbon fibers. The interface is exposed by either in situ fracture or by sputtering with Argon ions. From the fracture experiments it was found that the carbon content on the interior nickel wall is double the carbon content in the bulk nickel suggesting the nickel–carbon interface is stronger than the forces holding the carbon fiber together.