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- Title
Fundamental aspects of molecular plating and production of smooth crack-free Nd targets.
- Authors
Vascon, A.; Santi, S.; Isse, A.; Reich, T.; Drebert, J.; Christ, H.; Eberhardt, K.; Düllmann, Ch.
- Abstract
A general understanding of the molecular plating process was obtained recently, which serves as a first step towards further improvements of the method aiming, for example, at the production of smooth, crack-free targets for nuclear physics applications. Constant current density electrolysis experiments were performed in organic media containing the model electrolyte Nd(NO)·6HO. The process was investigated by considering influences of the electrolyte concentration (0.11, 0.22, 0.44 mM), the surface roughness of the deposition substrates (a few tens of nm), and the plating solvent (an isopropanol/isobutanol mixture, and N, N-dimethylformamide). The response of the process to changes of these parameters was monitored by recording cell potential curves and by characterizing the obtained deposits with γ-ray spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy. By changing the solvent from isopropanol/isobutanol mixtures to N, N-dimethylformamide, we have succeeded in producing smooth, crack-free Nd targets.
- Subjects
NEODYMIUM; PLATING; TARGETS (Nuclear physics); ELECTROLYTES; CURRENT density (Electromagnetism); ELECTROLYSIS; NUCLEAR physics; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE
- Publication
Journal of Radioanalytical & Nuclear Chemistry, 2014, Vol 299, Issue 2, p1085
- ISSN
0236-5731
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10967-013-2631-7