Effect of processing gas in high power diode laser ablation of tile grout

K. Minami; J. Lawrence; L. Li; R. E. Edwards; A. W. Gale; Dominique Laurence

doi:10.1016/S0169-4332(01)00628-6

Effect of processing gas in high power diode laser ablation of tile grout

K. Minami, J. Lawrence, L. Li, R. E. Edwards, A. W. Gale, Dominique Laurence

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This work provides detailed information on the surface morphology, microstructure and thermohistory of the epoxy tile grout resulting from high power diode laser (HPDL) treatment using compressed air, Ar, N2 and O2. O2 was found to effect the greatest removal rate, with the amount of removal with O2 being up to twice as much as that with the other three gases. Such an occurrence is believed to be due to the fact that of the four gases used, O2 is the most reactive. Microstructural analysis revealed differences in the grout surface structure before and after the laser treatment. The surface of the laser-treated samples had a collection of grouped particles with pores and gaps, whereas the untreated sample had a continuous mono-structured plane surface. Larger sized particles were observed with O2 gas compared to compressed air, Ar and N2. Both an EDX (energy-dispersive X-ray) and an XRD (X-ray diffraction) analyses showed changes in chemical composition before and after the laser treatment. CaO and CO2 found in the laser-treated sample were considered to be the product of decomposition of CaCO3 (limestone). A TG-DTA (thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis) identified a sequence of thermal history for the epoxy grout in which reactions in the laser interaction can now be predicted. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	264-270
Number of pages	6
Journal	Applied Surface Science
Volume	186
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-4332(01)00628-6
Publication status	Published - 28 Jan 2002

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Grout
HPDL
Removal

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Allegre, O. (PI), Crosby, D. (PI), Domingos, M. (PI), Francis, J. (PI), Gillen, D. (PI), Guo, W. (PI), Li, L. (PI), Mativenga, P. (PI), Rogers, B. D. (PI), Whitehead, D. (PI), Wilson, D. (PI), Zhong, S. (PI), Mirhosseini, N. (Researcher), Ouyang, J. (Researcher), Huang, Y. (Researcher), Wei, C. (Researcher), Cheng, D. (PGR student), Suryo Pratomo, E. (PGR student), Zhang, Z. (PGR student), Li, Z. (PGR student), Mo, H. (PGR student), Zhu, M. (PGR student), Li, Q. (PGR student), Liu, W. (PGR student), Wang, L. (PGR student), Guo, H. (PGR student), Heinemann, R. (PI) & Liu, Z. (PI)
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