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- Title
Quantitative Analysis of Carbon in Silicon Carbide Coated with Carbon.
- Authors
Lee, Hongrim; Kim, Junsu; Yun, Jondo
- Abstract
Nonconductive specimens for scanning electron microscopy or X-ray microanalysis are coated with conductive carbon in order to reduce charging. But carbon film absorbs X-ray fluxes causing errors in measuring chemical composition. Especially when the carbon content is measured, carbon coating not only blocks X-rays but also becomes a source of carbon X-rays. It is thus necessary to determine how much errors are induced by carbon coating, and how thick coating is allowed for the accurate measurement. In this study, quantitative analysis of carbon on silicon carbide with carbon coating films was attempted by electron probe microanalyzer. It was found that measured carbon content increased in a nonlinear manner up to 40% with a film thickness, whereas silicon content decreased slightly. Carbon X-ray intensity was determined by computer simulation, which increased in a linear manner with the thickness. The discrepancy was due to a nucleation and growth of islands and thus a change of density with a thickening of coating film.
- Publication
Microscopy & Microanalysis, 2013, Vol 19, Issue S5, p1
- ISSN
1431-9276
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1431927613012208