Effect of surface morphology changes of Ti-6Al-4V alloy modified by laser treatment on GDOES elemental depth profiles

Igor S. Molchan, Sundar Marimuthu, Abdeslam Mhich, Zhu Liu, Teruo Hashimoto, George E. Thompson, David Whitehead, Zengbo Wang, Paul Mativenga, Lin Li, Clive Grafton-Reed, Ian H. Leaver, Simon Cheetham, Steve Dilworth

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Abstract

An aerospace grade Ti-6Al-4V alloy, treated by an excimer laser, has been analysed by elemental depth profiling using glow discharge optical emission spectrometry (GDOES). Laser exposure may modify the surface morphology of the alloy due to melting and generation of microcracks. Melting reduces the roughness over an area of 1 × 1 μm, whereas the roughness over an area of 100 × 100 μm increases. The influence of such modification of the surface morphology on changes in the shapes of the GDOES elemental depth profiles is discussed. This journal is © 2013 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)150-155
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
Volume28
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2013

Keywords

  • OPTICAL-EMISSION-SPECTROMETRY; TITANIUM; ALUMINUM; OXIDE; FILM

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