Liquid-particle analysis of metal materials
First Claim
1. A method of detecting impurities in a metal-containing article, comprising:
- providing an article comprising a metal material;
removing a portion of the metal material;
solubilizing the portion of metal material in a liquid to produce a liquid sample, the liquid being one of an acid solution or a base solution;
subjecting the liquid sample to at least one of an incident laser beam and a non-coherent broad band beam; and
detecting light scattered from the liquid sample.
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Abstract
The invention includes a method of detecting impurities in a metal-containing article. A portion of metal material is removed from a metal article and is solubilized in an acid or base-comprising liquid to produce a liquid sample. The liquid sample is subjected to an incident laser beam and light scattered from the sample is detected. The invention includes a method of analyzing a physical vapor deposition target material. A portion of target material is removed from the target and is rinsed with an acid-comprising solution. The portion of target material is dissolved to produce a liquid sample. The sample is subjected to an incident laser beam and scatter of the laser beam is detected to determine the number of particles present in the sample within a particular size range.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of detecting impurities in a metal-containing article, comprising:
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providing an article comprising a metal material;
removing a portion of the metal material;
solubilizing the portion of metal material in a liquid to produce a liquid sample, the liquid being one of an acid solution or a base solution;
subjecting the liquid sample to at least one of an incident laser beam and a non-coherent broad band beam; and
detecting light scattered from the liquid sample. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of analyzing a physical vapor deposition target material comprising:
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removing a portion of the target material from the target;
rinsing the portion of material with an acid-comprising solution;
preparing a sample for analysis by dissolving metal comprised by the portion of material in a liquid;
subjecting the sample to an incident beam selected from a laser beam and a non-coherent broad band beam;
detecting scatter of the laser beam to determine the number of particles present in the sample within a particle size range. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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