1. Intense sonoimplantation of atoms from gases into metals
- Author
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Yoshiaki Arata and Yue-Chang Zhang
- Subjects
Metal ,Sonoluminescence ,Materials science ,Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) ,Powder metallurgy ,visual_art ,Cavitation ,Metallurgy ,Ultrasonic cavitation ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,Analytical chemistry ,Ultrasonic sensor ,Mass spectrometry - Abstract
It was found that various gaseous atoms can be easily implanted into metal powders under ultrasonic cavitation inside a vessel with water (H2O,D2O or a mixture thereof). Inert gases (3He, 4He, Ne, and Ar) and others (N2, air, H2, and D2) were strongly sonoimplanted into metals such as Ti, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zr, Pd, Ag, Ta, Pt, and Au, which were originally set in the vessel as foils, and were broken into ultrafine metal powders during intense ultrasonic processing. A large amount of implanted atoms was verified to exist in these powders from mass spectroscopic analyses.
- Published
- 2002