Mx. Li et Hf. Dylla, MODEL FOR WATER OUTGASSING FROM METAL-SURFACES .2., Journal of vacuum science & technology. A. Vacuum, surfaces, and films, 12(4), 1994, pp. 1772-1777
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6
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied","Materials Science, Coatings & Films
The outgassing rate from an electropolished stainless steel (type 304)
surface is measured after the surface is exposed to H2O vapor at pres
SureS (p0) of 10(-3)-10 Torr for exposure periods (t0) of 3-600 min. T
he system is kept at 310, 350, or 390 K during H2O exposures and subse
quent outgassing measurements. Our data show that the outgassing rate
is proportional to p0n, where n = 0.3, 0.26, 0.25 for T = 310, 350, 39
0 K, respectively. The adsorption rate, defined as the quantity of H2O
being adsorbed during exposures per unit time, is proportional to 1/t
0. Continuing the previous work [Li and Dylla, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A
11, 1702 (1993)] on correlating the outgassing with the source distri
bution of sorbed gas, we prove that the practical expression for the o
utgassing rate, Q(t) = Q10/t(alpha), can be derived from a H2O concent
ration falling as (1/X)2alpha-1 With the Spatial variable x defined as
the distance away from the surface. The observed dependence of the ou
tgassing rate on the exposure conditions is consistent with the predic
tions of this simple model.