Study of Ultraviolet-Ray Aided Machining (U-RAM)-(12th Report)

Verification of Polishing Phenomena of Outer/Inner of Cup-Type Nickel Tube using Photocatalyst and Fluorescent Substance Excited by Ultraviolet Ray

Abstract

We have tried to apply the deoxidization/oxidization reaction using electron and hole provided by irradiating ultraviolet ray on photocatalyst and fluorescent for machining the materials. When the cup-type nickel tube was polished using these phenomena, the following results were obtained; the more rich of photocatalyst promoted mechanical polishing, the more rich of fluorescent substance promoted chemical polishing, the harder pad easily polished the workpiece, no ultraviolet-ray irradiation did not promote the reaction, and the pH-value of slurry decreased through polishing time.