EPMA and Quantitative MCs+-SIMS of Metal-DLC Coating Materials |
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Authors: | Peter Willich Ulrike Wischmann |
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Affiliation: | (1) Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films, Bienroder Weg 54 E, D-38108 Braunschweig, Germany, DE |
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Abstract: | Compositional characterization of metal-DLC (metal-containing diamond-like carbon) hard coatings is carried out by (WDS)-EPMA and MCs+-SIMS. EPMA enables accurate (± 5% relative) quantitative analysis including minor concentrations (0.1–10 at%) of N, O and Ar. Under conditions of “near-surface” EPMA (E0 < 10 keV) the influence of surface oxide films on “pure” metal standards may be a limiting factor in respect of accuracy. Depth profiling of sufficiently “thick” layered structures (film thickness ≥ 2 μm) is carried out by EPMA-line scans along mechanically prepared bevels. The depth resolution is about 0.2 μm. SIMS in the MCs+-mode enables high resolution (< 20 nm) depth profiling of metal-DLC layered structures including the determination of H (1–20 at%). MCs+-SIMS, i.e. employing Cs+ primary ions and monitoring MCs+ molecular secondary ions (M is the element of interest) is presented as a promising route towards sufficiently accurate (10–20%) SIMS-quantification. Matrix-independent relative sensitivity factors for MCs+-SIMS are derived from homogeneous coating materials defined by EPMA. EPMA proves to be also useful to detect problems related to SIMS of Ar in metal-DLC materials. The combination EPMA-SIMS is demonstrated as an effective analytical strategy for quality control in industrial production and to support the development of metal DLC layered structures with optimum tribological properties. |
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Keywords: | : EPMA MCs+-SIMS metal-DLC quantification depth profiling. |
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