A Study on the NF3 Plasma Etching Reaction with Cobalt Oxide Grown on Inconel Base Metal Surface
- Title
- A Study on the NF3 Plasma Etching Reaction with Cobalt Oxide Grown on Inconel Base Metal Surface
- Author
- 김용수
- Keywords
- Decontamination; Radioactive waste; Cobalt oxide; Inconel; Plasma etching; Cobalt fluoride
- Issue Date
- 2019-07
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Citation
- PLASMA CHEMISTRY AND PLASMA PROCESSING, v. 39, NO 4, Page. 1145-1159
- Abstract
- In this study, the reaction of NF3 gas plasma with cobalt oxide (Co3O4) film grown on the Inconel base metal surface was investigated. Experimental results showed the plasma etching rate as high as 3.36m/min at 350 degrees C under 220W of plasma power with negative 300 DC bias voltage. AES and XPS analyses revealed that reaction product is CoF2, demonstrating that the plasma processing is a fluorination reaction. Based on the linear kinetics law, the activation energy of the etching reaction was derived to be 66.93kJ/mol. This study demonstrates that the plasma decontamination technique can be applied to efficiently and effectively remove radioactive surface contaminants such as Co-60 hiding in the oxide film on the surfaces of the metallic waste generated during decommissioning of old nuclear power plants.
- URI
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11090-019-09979-4https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/139439
- ISSN
- 0272-4324; 1572-8986
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11090-019-09979-4
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- COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING[S](공과대학) > NUCLEAR ENGINEERING(원자력공학과) > Articles
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