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This thesis describes an ion irradiation study of ordered Cu<sub>3M/sub>Au. Argon, Copper and Krypton ions of 50 and 100keV were implanted to nominal doses of 10¹¹ ions cm^-2 both at room temperature and at liquid helium temperature. The damage induced at low temperature was observed in-situ and after subsequent warming to room temperature. The collapse of collision cascades to vacancy dislocation loops was observed to occur with moderately high probability under all irradiation conditions at low temperature, with no subsequent increase in the number of loops on warming. Comparison of the collapsed fraction of cascades at low temperature with that produced by room temperature irradiation revealed that the collapse process is more efficient in the latter case. An increase in collapse probability with ion mass was also observed, although no dependence on ion energy was found over the range investigated. Quantitative analysis of the disordered zones which result in ordered Cu₃Au at individual cascade sites revealed that cascades which had collapsed to loops generally produced larger disordered zones. Additionally, increases in disordered zone size with ion mass, ion energy and irradiation temperature were identified. The observation that disordered zone sizes exceed the theoretically predicted cascade dimensions for the case of the highest energy density in this study (50keV Kr) is interpreted as evidence for leakage of energy from the cascade region to the surrounding lattice. A model is proposed which attributes the observed cascade collapse behaviour to vacancy migration during the cooling of the cascade region being systematically directed toward its centre, and accounts for the observed disordered zones in terms of extensive atomic rearrangement during the cooling. The major factors identified as controlling this vacancy and atomic motion are the initial spatial distribution of energy and vacancies within the region, and the rate at which the region cools.

An investigation was conducted of the corrosion of copper-gold alloys in ammonia solutions under oxygen pressure. The reaction, which took place in an autoclave, was followed by sampling and analysis of the solutions. It was found that only copper was dissolved from the alloys, the gold being left behind in a film on the surface of the corroding specimen. The reaction of pure copper as well as of four alloys ranging in gold content from 2 to 15 atomic percent were studied. Other variables examined include the concentrations of NH₃ and NH⁺₄ in the solution, the oxygen pressure and the temperature. It was found that while the rate curves for the dissolution of pure copper were linear, those for the alloys were generally parabolic in shape. The rate of dissolution of copper from the alloys appears to be determined by the transport of reactants and products through the gold rich films. Some copper oxide may also be precipitated in the pores of the film or in the region between the film and the underlying metal, further impeding the transport processes and contributing to the lowering of the rate. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Materials Engineering, Department of / Graduate

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1963. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-53).

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Le présent travail a pour but d'évaluer les potentialités électrocatalytiques du cuivre sous différentes formes pour les réactions de réduction du dioxyde de carbone et de réduction de l'ion nitrate.<p><p>Dans la première partie du travail, nous avons comparé, à l’aide de la voltampérométrie, d’électrolyses à potentiel contrôlé et d’analyses chromatographiques, l'activité d'électrodes polycristalline et monocristallines de Cu et d'alliages AuxCuy de différentes orientations cristallines pour l'électroréduction de CO2.<p>Nous avons pu établir une étroite corrélation entre l'activité de l'électrode de Cu et l'arrangement atomique de sa surface. L'activité et la sélectivité pour CH4 de Cu décroissent selon la séquence :Cu (111) > Cu (100) > Cu (poly). La réduction du CO2 et la formation de CH4 sont favorisées sur les surfaces lisses et denses à l'échelle atomique.<p>La sélectivité des alliages AuxCuy est considérablement orientée vers CO quand la fraction superficielle de Au augmente. L'alliage de composition 50-50 conduit à la formation exclusive de CO.<p><p>La seconde partie de la thèse est consacrée à l'étude de l'activité d'électrodes massives de Cu polycristallin et monocristallin d’orientation (111) et de dispersions de Cu pour la réduction électrochimique de NO3-. <p>Nous avons mis en évidence l'importance des conditions de pH pour le déroulement des processus à l'électrode de cuivre. En milieu acide, NO3- est directement réduit en NH4+ alors qu’en milieu neutre, les réactions de réduction de NO3- en NO2- et de NO2- en NH4+ s’observent successivement en fonction du potentiel.<p>L'activité des dispersions de Cu dans un film de polyaniline dépend fortement des conditions de dépôt. Le cuivre incorporé au film sous sa forme réduite est plus actif que le cuivre incorporé au film initialement oxydé. Par ailleurs, nous avons montré que la concentration de H+ dans le polymère est limitée. En conséquence, le processus de réduction de NO3- sur le cuivre dispersé dans un film de polyaniline est modifié en milieu acide.<p>L’utilisation d’un film de poly-3,4-éthylènedioxythiophène déposé sur une surface de Pt s'est quant à elle révélée inadéquate comme support pour l'incorporation de Cu dans le cadre de l'étude de la réduction de NO3- en milieu acide.<p> / Doctorat en Sciences / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished