The pre-oxidation process of electropolishing for the textured {113} <121> Ag substrate for Tl-1223 superconductor substrate |
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Authors: | Y H Kim D Y Jeong P M Shirage S Y Kim U C Chung W S Chung |
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Affiliation: | (1) National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland;(2) Department of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland |
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Abstract: | The surface roughness of a substrate is typically influenced by grain boundaries, grooves and voids. In an effort to improve
the surface roughness, a textured {113} <121> Ag substrate was electropolished using a new method that causes the formation
of an oxidation layer at the constant current density before electropolishing at a constant voltage of 1.75 V vs. SCE. The
constant current density and potential were determined using the anodic polarization method. The pH effect for the optimized
electropolishing condition was also investigated by adding phosphoric acid. The edges of the grain boundaries, grooves and
voids became smoother when a constant current density was supplied with the pre-oxidation. A RMS (root mean square) value
of 5.90-nm regarding the surface roughness of the Ag substrate was obtained without a final surface treatment before electropolishing,
while a RMS surface roughness value of 34.12-nm was obtained for an Ag substrate that was given a final surface treatment
for mechanical polishing. |
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