Chapter 47. The In-Situ Fracture and Auger Analysis of Nicalon Fibers
- John B. Wachtman Jr.
Published Online: 28 MAR 2008
DOI: 10.1002/9780470314500.ch47
Copyright © 1994 The American Ceramic Society
Book Title
Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference on Composites and Advanced Ceramic Materials - A: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 15, Issue 4
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How to Cite
Braski, D. N. and Osborne, M. C. (2008) The In-Situ Fracture and Auger Analysis of Nicalon Fibers, in Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference on Composites and Advanced Ceramic Materials - A: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 15, Issue 4 (ed J. B. Wachtman), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/9780470314500.ch47
Publication History
- Published Online: 28 MAR 2008
- Published Print: 1 JAN 1994
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Print ISBN: 9780470375327
Online ISBN: 9780470314500
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Keywords:
- crystalline;
- photoelectron;
- spectroscopy;
- sputter-cleaning;
- SAM chamber
Summary
A technique has been developed to fracture irradiated Nicalon fibers in a Scanning Auger Microprobe (SAM) and analyze the fracture surfaces without contaminating the specimen chamber. The technique, which was evaluated using asreceived fibers, requires only minor modification of two standard specimen holders and should be applicable to other fibers or materials that can be broken under low loads in bending. The technique is simple, rapid, reduces specimen charging, and eliminates the need for ion sputtering.