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Published 1980 | public
Journal Article

Sputtering of uranium tetrafluoride in the electronic stopping region

Abstract

We have studied the sputtering of ^(235)U from UF_4 surfaces by ions with energies in the electronic stopping region. The observed sputtering yields are very large and are associated with the electronic stopping power. Measured yields produced by ^(19)F ions at energies ranging from 1/16 MeV/amu to 1½ Mev/amu exhibit a peak of S = 7.1 ± 1.5 for ^(19)F^(+3) at an energy of ¼ MeV/amu. The data suggest that the yield depends on the charge state of the incident ion. The yields are independent of target temperature in the range between 70°C and 170°C. The energy spectrum of the neutral component of the sputtered particles produced by ¼ MeV/amu ^(19)F^(+2) has been measured with the mechanical time-of-flight spectrometer developed by Weller and Tombrello. The spectrometer data indicate that a large fraction of the sputtered particles is charged. We also describe the behavior of high energy sputtering of UF_4 by ^(4)He, ^(16)O and ^(20)Ne. Experiments with ^(16)O and ^(20)Ne beams at 100 keV show that the Sigmund theory adequately describes the sputtering of UF_4 in the nuclear stopping region.

Additional Information

© 1980 Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, Inc. Received March 4, 1980. The authors wish to thank D. S. Burnett, J. W. Mayer and J. M. Poate for many useful suggestions.

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