Hostname: page-component-8448b6f56d-cfpbc Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-16T04:54:35.662Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

The optical properties of a polished uranium surface and its epitaxial oxide, and the rate of oxide growth determined by spectrophotometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Wigbert J Siekhaus  and
Art J Nelson
Wigbert J Siekhaus
Affiliation:
siekhaus1@llnl.gov, LLNL, CMS MSTD, 7000 East Avenue, L-352, Livermore, CA, 94550, United States, 925-422-6884, 925-424-4737
Art J Nelson
Affiliation:
nelson63@llnl.gov, LLNL, CMS MSTD, United States
Get access

Abstract

Wide-band reflectrometry and ellipsometry have been used to determine the optical properties n and k of freshly polished uranium and of the epitaxial oxide layer, and also the rate of oxide growth in air. Results for uranium metal as well as for epitaxial oxide are compared with single wavelength ellipsometry literature values.

Keywords

optical propertiesUsurface chemistry
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 893: Symposium JJ – Actinides 2005 – Basic Science, Applications and Technology , 2005 , 0893-JJ07-06
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

1. Ritchie, A. G., Journal of Nuclear Materials, 120(2–3) 143–153 (1984).10.1016/0022-3115(84)90052-7Google Scholar
2. Schoenes, J., Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters 63(6) 301–336 (1980).Google Scholar
3. Schoenes, J., Journal of the Chemical Society-Faraday Transactions II 83 1205–1213 (1987).Google Scholar
4. Caculitan, N. R., Siekhaus, W. J. and Nelson, A.J., in Actinides, Basic Science, Applications & Technology, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Fall 2005, Boston.Google Scholar
5. Forouhi, A. R. and Bloomer, I., Physical Review B 34(10), 7018–7026 (1986).10.1103/PhysRevB.34.7018Google Scholar
6. Forouhi, A. R. and Bloomer, I. (1988), Physical Review B 38(3), 1865–1874 (1987).10.1103/PhysRevB.38.1865Google Scholar
7. Powell, G. L., Y12, Tennessee, private communication, 2005.University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract No. W-7405-Eng-Google Scholar
48. The essential help of Mehdi Balooch of n&k Industries and of James Hilfiker of J. A. Woollam Co. is gratefully acknowledged.Google Scholar

REFERENCES

[1] Ritchie, A. G., Journal of Nuclear Materials, 120(2–3) 143–153 (1984)Google Scholar
[2] Schoenes, J., Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters 63(6) 301–336 (1980)Google Scholar
[3] Schoenes, J., Journal of the Chemical Society-Faraday Transactions II 83 1205–1213 (1987)10.1039/f29878301205Google Scholar
[4] Caculitan, N. R., Siekhaus, W. J., in Actinides, Basic Science, Applications & Technology, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Fall 2005, Boston Google Scholar
[5] Forouhi, A. R. and Bloomer, I., Physical Review B 34(10), 7018–7026 (1986).10.1103/PhysRevB.34.7018Google Scholar
[6] Forouhi, A. R. and Bloomer, I. (1988), Physical Review B 38(3), 1865–1874 (1987)10.1103/PhysRevB.38.1865Google Scholar
[7] Powell, G. L., Y12, Tennessee, private communication, 2005 Google Scholar