Thick amorphous hums of Ni base alloys using high energy (MeV) ion beam mixing

Abstract

This work investigates the potential for applying ion beam mixing techniques to the fabrication of amorphous metallic alloy coatings of MoNi and TiNi on metal substrates to improve their corrosion resistant properties. Alternating layers of 100 Å Mo and 70 Å Ni with total thicknesses of 1450 Å and 2900 Å were prepared by e-beam evaporation on Ni substrates. Similarly, 80 A Ti and 50 Å Ni alternate layers with total thicknesses of 900 Å and 1560 Å were deposited on Ni. A batch of alternating films of total thickness 5200 Å of TiNi with individual thicknesses of 160 Å Ti and 100 Å Ni were also prepared on Ni substrates. The thicknesses of individual films were adjusted in this way to obtain an overall composition of Ni 50Mo 50 and Ni 50Ti 50 after mixing. The films were irradiated with 1 and 2 MeV Au + and 1.5 MeV Ni + ions depending on the total thickness. The ion beam mixing and nucrostructure of these films have been studied as a function of dose using RBS and TEM. Amorphous layers have been tested for their corrosion behavior by potentiodynamic polarization techniques. Measurements carried out in nitric acid solution reveal that both NiMo and NiTi amorphous layers are more resistant to corrosive attack than the polycrystalline multiphased alloys. NiTi exhibited much superior corrosion resistant properties than NiMo.