Interesting! Are those results published somewhere Michael? Michel
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:05 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Knudsen machine? Semi-conductors > --- On Tue, 6/17/08, Steven Krivit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Anybody here know about the chip biz? >> I'm trying to learn something about a machine that was >> identified to me as >> a "Knudsen" machine. >> I believe it is used to sputter thin films. >> >> Direction appreciated. >> >> s > > I use one of these, but not for semiconductors. I doesn't sputter, it > deposits thin films by thermal evaporation, but in a more controlled fashion > than simple filament evaporation. My "Knudsen Cell" is a special custom built > (by me) version used primarily for high refractive index coatings. > > Back when I was still doing CF experiments I used it to deposit palladium on > both Raney nickel and activated charcoal. So doing I got much better and more > definitive results than Mr. Arata. I imagine this is because the palladium > had never been exposed to air or water vapor before the introduction of > deuterium. > > M.
