Abstract
This paper will discuss efforts to design an atmospheric, non-contact, low cost/high speed electrochemical machining process to produce next-generation ellipsoidal x-ray optics via a scalable pulse-reverse electrochemical manufacturing approach. Unlike conventional electrochemical surface finishing processes, the pulse-reverse process does not require low conductivity/high viscosity electrolytes or the addition of hazardous chemical species (like HF) to remove the oxide film associated with electropolishing of passive and strongly passive materials like Si. This paper will focus on the potential of pulse/pulse reverse electrochemical machining process to produce optics such as Kirkpatrick-Baez mirrors and compound refractive lenses for X-ray optic technologies being used at synchrotron facilities. Initial trials of this atmospheric, non-contact process demonstrated a material removal rate of 40 µm/h, 100 times faster than the currently used Elastic Emission Machining technique.
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