The purpose of this experiment was to improve the limit of determination of hydrogen in aluminum. As variation of surface gases on samples affected the limit of determination in an usual analytical method (a method of determing internal hydrogen by correcting surface hydrogen), a way of removing surface gases by discharge cleaning prior to analysis was studied in the present work. The results were as follows;
1) Aluminum surface gases consisted of mainly H
2, H
2O, CO, and CO
2.
In those gases, H
2 and CO were remarkably detected.
2) Those surface gases could be removed by He discharge cleaning.
CO as surface gas was 1×10
-5torr.
l (3.5×10
13molec./cm
2) after discharge cleaning, and was about 1×10
-3 torr.
l(3.5×10
15molec./cm
2) with no discharge cleaning.
3) Analyzing aluminum sample which contained internal hydrogen of 0.11cc/100g Al after discharge cleaning, all internal hydrogen measured by an usual analytical method.
Improvement of the limit of determination of internal hydrogen by discharge cleaning is considered to be possible.
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