<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Majeed, Riyadh M A Abdul</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Purohit, V. S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bhoraskar, S. V.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mandale, A. B.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bhoraskar, Vasant N.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Irradiation effects of 12 eV oxygen ions on polyimide and fluorinated ethylene propylene</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">atomic oxygen</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ECR plasma</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">FEP</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">FTIR</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Polyimide</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SEM</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">weight loss</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">XPS</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">AUG</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">TAYLOR &amp; FRANCIS LTD</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXON, ENGLAND</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">161</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">495-504</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Polyimide (PI) and Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (FEP) samples (15mm x 15mm x 50 mu m ) were exposed to atomic oxygen ions of average energy similar to 12 eV and flux similar to 5x10(13) ions cm(-2) s(-1) , produced in the Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) plasma. The energy and the flux of the oxygen ions at different positions in the plasma were measured by a retarding field analyzer. The fluence of the oxygen ions was varied from sample to sample in the range of similar to 5x10(16) to 2x10(17) ions cm(-2) by changing the irradiation period. The pre- and the post-irradiated samples were characterized by the weight loss, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) techniques. The weight of the PI and FEP samples decreased with increasing the ion fluence. However, the erosion yield for the PI is found to be higher, by almost a factor five, when compared with that of FEP. On the surface region of irradiated samples, the concentrations of the carbon, fluorine, and oxygen and their corresponding chemical bonds have changed appreciably. Moreover, blisters and nanoglobules were also observed even at a fluence of similar to 10(17) ions cm(-2) . This oxygen ion fluence is almost two orders of magnitude lower than that of the 5 eV atomic oxygen, which a satellite encounters in the space, at the low Earth orbit, during its mission period of about 7 years.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Article</style></work-type><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Foreign&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0.472</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Majeed, Riyadh M A Abdul</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Purohit, Vishwas</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bhide, Rajesh</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mandale, A. B.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bhoraskar, S. V.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bhoraskar, Vasant N.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nitridation of high speed steel by electron cyclotron resonance plasma</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAY</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IOP PUBLISHING LTD</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DIRAC HOUSE, TEMPLE BACK, BRISTOL BS1 6BE, ENGLAND</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">39</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2109-2113</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Plasma nitridation of high speed M2 steel is studied using a microwave assisted electron cyclotron resonance plasma source. A mixture of hydrogen and nitrogen with a proportion of 7 : 3 was used as the nitriding gas. The density of plasma for this forming gas was measured to be similar to 10(18) m(-3) as estimated by a double probe method. The M2 steel was nitrided at various temperatures of 400, 450, 500 and 550 degrees C under similar reactor conditions. The nitrided layer was characterized by using various analytical techniques which included structural, morphological, chemical and microhardness measurement. The maximum thickness of the nitrided layer was found to be 48 mu m for samples nitrided at 550 degrees C. No layer corresponding to white/compound layer is seen in our analysis. The hardness is seen to increase from similar to 580HV to similar to 1190HV for samples nitrided at 550 degrees C. Electron cyclotron resonance plasma nitridation is observed to be much faster and a cleaner process as compared with the conventional nitriding process.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Article</style></work-type><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Foreign&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2.772</style></custom4></record></records></xml>