A detailed experimental study has been carried out to investigate the zincate immersion deposition process for 99.99%, 6061, and 356-T6 aluminum samples. In particular, the effect of iron and tartrate in the immersion bath, the aluminum surface preparation, and the relationship of the first immersion step to the second immersion step were investigated by chemical, electrochemical (polarization and rest potentials), and surface analytical scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) techniques. Eh-pH diagrams were constructed to determine the most stable zinc, iron, and aluminum species in solution. These diagrams predict that ferrous and ferric ions, as well as aluminum should form stable complexes with tartrate at the typical immersion deposition conditions (Eh -0.9 to -1.0 and pH 14 to 15). Experimentally, tartrate was found to enhance the dissolution rate of aluminum in highly caustic solutions. The addition of ferric chloride to the immersion bath produced coatings that were more crystalline, and also decreased the amount of hydrogen gas evolved in the second immersion step. The deposition of zinc and iron during the second immersion step was considerably less than that during the first immersion step. The second immersion coating became more adherent as the initial surface roughness decreased, and as grain size was increased the second immersion coating became thicker. For increasing grain size the micrographs for the first and second immersion coatings showed that the coatings became more localized. The second immersion coating thickness and morphology were also dependent upon several first immersion variables, such as bath temperature, immersion time and bath composition. Increased dissolution rates of aluminum in the first immersion produced thinner coatings with a finer crystallite growth. Increased bath temperature and increased first immersion time enhanced the dissolution rate of aluminum. The zinc coating slowed the dissolution rate of aluminum. When zinc was absent from the first immersion bath, the aluminum dissolution was much faster and resulted in thinner coatings upon subsequent second immersion. The molar ratio of zinc deposited to aluminum dissolved was a constant value of 1.1 for both first and second immersions; the molar ratio was also constant for the different aluminum substrates examined in this investigation.

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A special wafer bonding method called the Silicon Direct Bonding technique is used to study the bonding of unipolar (n-type, <100> oriented) silicon wafers. The primary objective of this thesis project is to find an optimum surface preparation technique for subsequent silicon wafer bonding. Wafer cleaning and treatment methods are investigated to understand the correlation between a high quality wafer surface and the resulting high quality electrical conduction at the interface. Accordingly, in this project, a preference for hydrophobic (less polar Si-OH surface) wafers is given to ensure a minimized amount of oxide layer on the surface. Several key factors that govern the quality of the wafer surfaces, such as the degree of hydrophobicity, HF etching time, composition of HF etching solution and Dr water rinse, are examined with ellipsometric and XPS measurements. An HF etching followed by a sputter etching has been selected to pre-treat the wafer surfaces for bonding. A maximum allowable air exposure time (35 second) is also found which would allow bonding without significant re-growth of the oxide layer. Bonding is performed under vacuum with a special mechanical fixture and the resulting structures from a subsequent heat treatment process are examined with crack propagation testing. Bond strength after annealing is sufficient to withstand a pull test, however, with a 3 point bend testing, the crack propagated horizontally at the interface. / Master of Science

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Single crystal surfaces can be used as substitutes or models for the actual reactive surfaces of heterogeneous catalysts. The advantage in using such models is that the reaction of interest can be isolated on the particular face of the crystal that is thought to be catalytically active. A variety of ordered chlorine covered Ti surfaces were prepared which should be useful as model surfaces for studying Ziegler-Natta reactions. These include a chlorine covered Ti(100) surface on which a 4x6 LEED pattern was observed and a chlorine covered Ti(001) surface, on which a chlorine coincidence lattice was formed. The reactivity of clean and partially chlorine covered Ti(001) and (100) surfaces toward ethylene was also studied. During the investigation of ethylene uptake an epitaxial layer of TiC(lll) was produced on the clean Ti(001) surface. Ethylene uptake curves and carbon segregation to the chlorine covered crystal face are reported for various fractional chlorine coverages. Sulfur segregation from the bulk, to the surface of a Ti single crystal was studied and ordered LEED patterns recorded on ,both the Ti(001) and Ti(100) surfaces. The sulfur covered surfaces were in turn used in additional experiments designed to investigate the uptake of chlorine and the thermal desorption of chlorine from a sulfur covered surface. / Graduation date: 1991

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Thesis (M.S.)--Marquette University, 2009. / Robert J. Stango, Raymond A. Fournelle, Vikram Cariapa, Advisors.

Este trabalho dedica-se à caracterização das superfícies geradas durante as diferentes etapas do processo de polimento com rodas flap e buffing. O mesmo foi concebido tendo como base uma situação real de substituição de um processo de manufatura manual por um processo mecanizado. A mecanização do processo é importante, uma vez que os custos envolvidos de mão de obra e material são elevados, assim como os custos relacionados à rejeição de um componente nesta etapa de fabricação, devido ao valor já agregado ao mesmo. Devido à pouca informação disponível na literatura especializada sobre esses processos, foi constatado que a verificação dos elementos que compõem as superfícies geradas pelos processos é de fundamental importância para o entendimento dos mesmos. Com base nisso, foram estudadas as superfícies geradas durante as diferentes etapas que compõem o processo de polimento, de forma manual e mecanizada. As etapas consistem no polimento com o uso sequenciado de rodas flap com granulometria mesh P180, P240 e P320 e, por último, a etapa de buffing. Foram utilizados para a caracterização da superfície usinada: microscopia eletrônica de varredura por emissão de campo (MEV-EC), medição de rugosidade e medição de parâmetros de área superficiais (tridimensionais). Os resultados possibilitaram a identificação dos elementos que compõem a superfície, bem como a identificação das modificações da mesma durante cada etapa do processo de polimento. As medições dos parâmetros indicam diminuição da rugosidade a cada etapa do processo de polimento por rodas flap. Também sugerem que a superfície passou a apresentar picos mais agudos e vales mais rasos com a progressão do processo. Também foi possível comparar as superfícies geradas de forma manual e mecanizada. A última apresentou uma menor dispersão dos parâmetros medidos. A superfície final, gerada pelo processo de buffing, é equivalente para os processos mecânico e manual. No entanto, a medição dos parâmetros não apontou diferenças entre a superfície gerada por buffing e rodas flap 320, apesar de haver diferença visual entre ambas. Os resultados sugerem que isso esteja relacionado com a escala de atuação do processo de buffing, que atua numa escala inferior à detectável pelos métodos de medição utilizados. / Submitted by Ana Guimarães Pereira (agpereir@ucs.br) on 2016-10-26T18:31:39Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Rodrigo Nappi Biasin.pdf: 296185 bytes, checksum: fad40bb900b71200aa3f31366ab03adb (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-26T18:31:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Rodrigo Nappi Biasin.pdf: 296185 bytes, checksum: fad40bb900b71200aa3f31366ab03adb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-10-21 / This work was aimed to the characterization of surfaces generated during the different stages of the polishing process with flap wheels and buffing. The process was designed based on a real situation of replacing a manual manufacturing process by a mechanized process. The mechanization of the process is important, due the high costs involved with labor and material, as well as costs related to the rejection of a component in this manufacturing stage, due to already added value to it. Due to the limited information available in specialized literature, it was found that the verification of the elements that compose the surfaces have a fundamental importance for the understanding of these processes. Based on this, the surfaces generated during the different stages that compose the manual and mechanized polishing process were investigated. The steps consist of polishing with the use of sequenced flap wheels with mesh P180, P240 and P320, ending with the buffing process. It was used for characterization: Field Emission Scanning Microscopy (FESEM), roughness measurement and surface area measurement parameters (three-dimensional). It was possible to identify the surface details, as well as changes of the same during each step of the polishing process. The parameters measurement indicates a decrease in roughness at each stage of the flap wheels polishing process. They also suggest that the surface began to show sharper peaks and shallower valleys with the progression of the process. It was also possible to compare the surfaces generated manually and mechanically. The latter exhibited a lower dispersion of the measured parameters. The final surface, generated by the buffing process is equivalent to the mechanized and manual processes. However, measurement of the parameters showed no differences between the surfaces generated by buffing and flap wheels 320 mesh, although there are differences between them. The results suggested that this difference it is related to the buffing process operation scale, which operates on a lower scale than detectable by measuring methods used.

Este trabalho dedica-se à caracterização das superfícies geradas durante as diferentes etapas do processo de polimento com rodas flap e buffing. O mesmo foi concebido tendo como base uma situação real de substituição de um processo de manufatura manual por um processo mecanizado. A mecanização do processo é importante, uma vez que os custos envolvidos de mão de obra e material são elevados, assim como os custos relacionados à rejeição de um componente nesta etapa de fabricação, devido ao valor já agregado ao mesmo. Devido à pouca informação disponível na literatura especializada sobre esses processos, foi constatado que a verificação dos elementos que compõem as superfícies geradas pelos processos é de fundamental importância para o entendimento dos mesmos. Com base nisso, foram estudadas as superfícies geradas durante as diferentes etapas que compõem o processo de polimento, de forma manual e mecanizada. As etapas consistem no polimento com o uso sequenciado de rodas flap com granulometria mesh P180, P240 e P320 e, por último, a etapa de buffing. Foram utilizados para a caracterização da superfície usinada: microscopia eletrônica de varredura por emissão de campo (MEV-EC), medição de rugosidade e medição de parâmetros de área superficiais (tridimensionais). Os resultados possibilitaram a identificação dos elementos que compõem a superfície, bem como a identificação das modificações da mesma durante cada etapa do processo de polimento. As medições dos parâmetros indicam diminuição da rugosidade a cada etapa do processo de polimento por rodas flap. Também sugerem que a superfície passou a apresentar picos mais agudos e vales mais rasos com a progressão do processo. Também foi possível comparar as superfícies geradas de forma manual e mecanizada. A última apresentou uma menor dispersão dos parâmetros medidos. A superfície final, gerada pelo processo de buffing, é equivalente para os processos mecânico e manual. No entanto, a medição dos parâmetros não apontou diferenças entre a superfície gerada por buffing e rodas flap 320, apesar de haver diferença visual entre ambas. Os resultados sugerem que isso esteja relacionado com a escala de atuação do processo de buffing, que atua numa escala inferior à detectável pelos métodos de medição utilizados. / This work was aimed to the characterization of surfaces generated during the different stages of the polishing process with flap wheels and buffing. The process was designed based on a real situation of replacing a manual manufacturing process by a mechanized process. The mechanization of the process is important, due the high costs involved with labor and material, as well as costs related to the rejection of a component in this manufacturing stage, due to already added value to it. Due to the limited information available in specialized literature, it was found that the verification of the elements that compose the surfaces have a fundamental importance for the understanding of these processes. Based on this, the surfaces generated during the different stages that compose the manual and mechanized polishing process were investigated. The steps consist of polishing with the use of sequenced flap wheels with mesh P180, P240 and P320, ending with the buffing process. It was used for characterization: Field Emission Scanning Microscopy (FESEM), roughness measurement and surface area measurement parameters (three-dimensional). It was possible to identify the surface details, as well as changes of the same during each step of the polishing process. The parameters measurement indicates a decrease in roughness at each stage of the flap wheels polishing process. They also suggest that the surface began to show sharper peaks and shallower valleys with the progression of the process. It was also possible to compare the surfaces generated manually and mechanically. The latter exhibited a lower dispersion of the measured parameters. The final surface, generated by the buffing process is equivalent to the mechanized and manual processes. However, measurement of the parameters showed no differences between the surfaces generated by buffing and flap wheels 320 mesh, although there are differences between them. The results suggested that this difference it is related to the buffing process operation scale, which operates on a lower scale than detectable by measuring methods used.