?DETERMINATION OF THE THICKNESS OF GOLD LAYER

Authors

  • Sara Qaisar Dr. A. Q. Khan Research Laboratories, Kahuta, Pakistan
  • Rakhshanda Kaleem Dr. A. Q. Khan Research Laboratories, Kahuta, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Farooque Dr. A. Q. Khan Research Laboratories, Kahuta, Pakistan
  • Aiul Haq Dr. A. Q. Khan Research Laboratories, Kahuta, Pakistan

Keywords:

Gold layers, Silver substrate, Ion sputter.

Abstract

A method for the determination of thethickness of gold layerontop of silversubstrate hasbeen developed. Various
samples having silver asthe substrate were coated with gold for different time durations by ion sputtering. The gold
to silver X-ray counts ratios were determined using an energy dispersive spectrometer equipped to the scanning
electronmicroscope. Agraphplotted betweenthegoldto silverX-raycountsratiosandthethickness ofthe gold layers
enables to determine the gold layer thickness of anunknown sample by merely measuring its gold to silver X-ray
counts ratio and then extrapolating this ratio to itscorresponding thickness.

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Published

2001-06-18

How to Cite

Qaisar, S., Kaleem, R., Farooque, M., & Haq, A. (2001). ?DETERMINATION OF THE THICKNESS OF GOLD LAYER. Biological Sciences - PJSIR, 44(3), 189–190. Retrieved from http://v2.pjsir.org/index.php/biological-sciences/article/view/1920

Issue

Vol. 44 No. 3 (2001): Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Section

Articles