Vacuum oven to control the annealing process in alloyed nanolayers

Authors

  • J.E. Corona
  • R.D. Maldonado
  • A.I. Oliva

Keywords:

Vacuum oven, metallic alloys, interdiffusion, controlled temperature

Abstract

The design and construction of a vacuum quartz cylindrical oven to diffuse two or more metallic thin films for alloying is discussed. The oven has a gas-inert ambient (Ar) anda heater plate whose temperature is controlled by means of a home-made software development in LabView 7.0. The heater area of $10 \times 5$ cm$^{2}$ raises the temperature to 600$^\circ$C over time due to the water-cooled extremes implemented. The oven is heated and controlled with a DC power supply, and a K-type thermocouple is used for monitoring the temperature with a $\pm 0.1^{\circ}$C resolution. Experiments done with the oven to obtain nanostructured AuCu alloys are detailed.

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Published

2007-01-01

How to Cite

[1]
J. Corona, R. Maldonado, and A. Oliva, “Vacuum oven to control the annealing process in alloyed nanolayers”, Rev. Mex. Fís., vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 318–0, Jan. 2007.

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