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Thin-film reactions of Au with Ti, Zr, V, and Nb

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

E. G. Colgan
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
J. W. Mayer
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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Abstract

The thin-film interactions of Au with Ti, Zr, V, and Nb have been investigated between 350C and 700°C with Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS) and x-ray diffraction (XRD). Initially the most Au-rich phase is formed, except. with V, and it is followed sequentially by the more metal-rich ones in an increasingly layer-by-layer fashion. For Au reactions on Ti and Nb, all the intermetallic phases on the phase diagrams were observed. In the formation of Au4Ti, Au is the dominant moving species.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1987

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