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A fracture technique for Auger analysis of a zinc/steel interface
Author(s) -
Eberle W. J.
Publication year - 1990
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.740150212
Subject(s) - galvanization , auger , materials science , metallurgy , coating , layer (electronics) , aluminium , substrate (aquarium) , fracture (geology) , zinc , auger electron spectroscopy , scanning electron microscope , composite material , geology , oceanography , physics , atomic physics , nuclear physics
A low‐temperature fracture technique was used to expose an extremely thin aluminium interface located between a very thick hot‐dip galvanized coating and a steel substrate. The representative sample was saw‐cut through the steel substrate just short of the hot‐dip galvanized interface, immersed in liquid nitrogen and fractured. The exposed aluminum‐rich boundary layer was analyzed by scanning Auger microscopy (SAM) to determine the effects of the galvanizing process on the boundary layer development.