Rapidly Solidified Melt-spun Bi-Sn Ribbons: Surface Composition Issues
Journal: Journal of Advances in Physics (Vol.11, No. 5)Publication Date: 2016-06-17
Authors : Tarek El Ashram; Ana P. Carapeto; Ana M. Botelho do Rego;
Page : 3287-3297
Keywords : oxides; intermetallic compounds; atomic force microscopy; photoelectron spectroscopy; surfaces;
Abstract
Tin-bismuth alloy ribbons were produced using melt-spinning technique. The two main surfaces (in contact with the rotating wheel and exposed to the air) were characterized with Optical Microscopy and AFM, revealing that the surface exposed to the air is duller (due to a long-range heterogeneity) than the opposite surface. Also the XPS chemical composition revealed many differences between them both on the corrosion extension and on the total relative amounts of tin and bismuth. For instance, for the specific case of an alloy with a composition Bi-4 wt % Sn, the XPS atomic ratios Sn/Bi are 1.1 and 3.7 for the surface in contact with the rotating wheel and for the one exposed to air, respectively, showing, additionally, that a large segregation of tin at the surface exists (nominal ratio should be 0.073). This segregation was interpreted as the result of the electrochemical process yielding the corrosion products.
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