Masters Theses
Abstract
"The U. S. Bureau of Mines at Rolla, Missouri has for some years been conducting research on manganese-copper alloys. The study of the physical metallurgy of these alloys -- dissimilar metal couples -- has always been complicated by the difficulty of satisfactorily etching this material. It was felt that by introducing a new etching technique, cathodic bombardment, satisfactory etching might be accomplished. On this basis the following research program was proposed:
1) To survey the present state of art of cathodic etching, etching by means of cathodic sputtering;
2) To design and construct suitable equipment for the experimental study of etching of manganese copper alloys by means of cathodic sputtering;
3) To investigate the cathodic etching of cast and wrought manganese copper alloys, considering the effects produced by variations in atmosphere, voltage current, and geometry of the etching chamber, and in composition, grain size, orientation, electrical properties, and heat treatment of the alloy specimens;
4) To master the necessary techniques of polishing, etching, replicating and shadowing to present ultimate results of the above investigation in the form of electron and light micrographs of good quality"--Introduction, pages 2-3.
Advisor(s)
Fuller, Harold Q., 1907-1996
Department(s)
Physics
Degree Name
M.S. in Physics
Publisher
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
Publication Date
1958
Pagination
iii, 65 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-64).
Rights
© 1958 Robert Ruch, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Sputtering (Physics)
Metallographic specimens
Metals -- Etching
Manganese-copper alloys
Thesis Number
T 1172
Print OCLC #
5923860
Electronic OCLC #
922883085
Link to Catalog Record
Recommended Citation
Ruch, Robert, "An application of cathodic sputtering to the etching of metallographic specimens" (1958). Masters Theses. 2552.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/2552