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Zirconium, too, is produced commercially by the Kroll process, but the van Arkel-de Boer process is also useful when it is especially important to remove all oxygen and nitrogen. In this latter method the crude zirconium is heated in an evacuated vessel with a little iodine, to a temperature of about 200° C when Zrl4 volatilizes. A tungsten or zirconium filament is simultaneously electrically heated to about 1300°C. This decomposes the Zrl4 and pure zirconium is deposited on the filament. As the deposit grows the current is steadily increased so as to maintain the temperatures. The method is applicable to many metals by judicious adjustment of the temperatures. Zirconium has a high corrosion resistance and in certain chemical plants is preferred to alternatives such as stainless... 

The amount of calcium carbonate precipitating from any particular drop is imperceptibly small. Nevertheless, over the years, these deposits grow into translucent hollow tubes of CaC03 called soda straws (see photo inset). Soda straws lengthen as water drops fall from their tips. These delicate structures can reach lengths of several feet. In time, water flowing over the outside of the tube adds width to the growing formation, and the soda straw matures into the familiar stalactite. 

Why do we believe that a Cu monolayer is inserted between SAM and gold substrate The 2D-deposit grows and dissolves extremely slowly. Another indication is that the 2D deposit is very stable and shows no displacement by the scanning tip. Cu clusters on top of an alkanethiol-SAM would be only weakly bound and should be easily pushed away by the tip at higher tunnel currents, very much like metal clusters on a hydrogen-terminated Si(lll) surface, which for that very reason are difficult to image by STM (or AFM [122]). And finally, the cyclic voltammograms (Fig. 33) point to the formation of a buried monolayer . 

Figure 7.24 Photoelectron emission microscopy images of two Fe304 surfaces that were used as model catalyst in the dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene to styrene at 870 K, showing carbonaceous deposits (bright). These graphitic deposits grow in dots and streaks on a surface of low defect density, but form dendritic structures on surfaces rich in point and step detects (from Weiss et al. f731).

Au is an excellent electrode material. It is inert in most electrochemical environments, and its surface chemistry is moderately well understood. It is not, however, the substrate of choice for the epitaxial formation of most compounds. One major problem with Au is that it is not well lattice matched with the compounds being deposited. There are cases where fortuitous lattice matches are found, such as with CdSe on Au(lll), where the Vs times the lattice constant of CdSe match up with three times the Au (Fig. 63B) [115,125]. However, there is still a 0.6% mismatch. A second problem has to do with formation of a compound on an elemental substrate (Fig. 65) [384-387]. Two types of problems are depicted in Fig. 65. In Fig. 65A the first element incompletely covers the surface, so that when an atomic layer of the second element is deposited, antiphase boundaries result on the surface between the domains. These boundaries may then propagate as the deposit grows. In Fig. 65b the presence of an atomically high step in the substrate is seen to also promote the formation of antiphase boundaries. The first atomic layer is seen to be complete in this case, but when an atomic layer of the second element is deposited on top, a boundary forms at the step edge. Both of the scenarios in Fig. 65 are avoided by use of a compound substrate. 

Rock-crystal occurring in vein-type ore deposits grows in ascending hydrothermal solution through cracks in the strata. The flow of solution causes the solute component to be supplied to crystals growing inclined to or perpendicular to the wall of the crack. In laminar flow, the growth rate of the side facing the flow increases compared with the opposite side. In turbulent flow, the situation will be reversed. 

Fig. 10. Fracture cross section normal to honeycomb channels at inlet surface deposits grow outward from washcoat surface. [From Bomback et al. (35).] (Reprinted with permission from Environmental Science and Technology. Copyright by the American Chemical Society.)...

The considerations stated fit the assumption of monolayer coke coverage. In agreement with this model, the inner catalyst surface, laying beyond the radial position of intensified formation of coke precursors, appears in fact accessible, and in this sence not useless, although of reduced efficiency. The problems discussed gain in importance when coke deposits grow in the form of dendrites. 

Ash deposition in biomass combustion systems has been the focus of numerous research efforts.559,659 The basic mechanism for deposit formation in biomass combustion systems starts with the vaporization of alkali metals, usually chlorides, in the combustor. Fly ash particles, which are predominantly silica, impact and stick to boiler tube surfaces. As the flue cools the alkali metal vapors and aerosols quench on the tube surfaces. When the ash chemistry approaches equilibrium on the surface and the deposit becomes molten, the likelihood increases that additional fly ash particles will stick, and deposits grow rapidly. Ash deposits can also accelerate the corrosion or erosion of the heat transfer surfaces. This greatly increases the maintenance requirements of the power plant often causing unscheduled plant interruptions and shutdown. 

Dendritic deposits grow under mass transport-controlled electrodeposition conditions. These conditions involve low concentration of electrolyte and high current density. A dendrite is a skeleton of a monocrystal consisting of stem and branches. The shapes of the dendrites are mainly determined by the directions of preferred growth in the lattice. The simplest dendrites consist of the stem and primary branches. The primary branches may develop secondary and tertiary branches. The angles between the stem and the branches, or between different branches, assume certain definite values in accordance with the space lattice. Thus, dendrites can be two dimensional (2D) or three dimensional (3D). 

Zinc deposits grow as hexagonal platelets. Depending on the extent of polarization, electrolyte impurities, and electrolyte additives, the platelets can be basally, randomly, or vertically oriented to the cathode surface. Low overpotential with impurities (Sb, As, Ge, Co, Ni, Cu) produces basal deposits. Intermediate overpotentials with impurities and additives in the electrolyte produce platelets with 30-70° angle to the surface. High overpotentials with organic additives produce platelets that deposit at... 

This is a kind of two-dimensional growth mode, and layers of the deposit grow on the surface of another layer. In this case, the atomic bonding between the substrate surface and the film is greater than that between atoms of adjacent film layers. The homoepitaxial growth of Si thin film Si substrate belongs to this mode. 

Fig. 2 is what might be regarded as a practical version of Fig. 1 A. It demonstrates that as the deposit grows weaknesses in its structure allow pieces of the deposit to be removed, so that the general shape is retained, but modified by the saw-tooth appearance. The weaknesses in the deposit structure are generally because of some inconsistencies in the depositing material either chemically or physically, or both.

One important difference between the damascene and the plating through mask procedures is the way the trenches and vias are filled with electrochemically deposited Cu, either tlirough electro or electroless techniques. In multi-level metal slruclures. the vias provide paths for connecting two conductive regions separated by inter-level dielectric (ILD). In a damascene process the Cu deposit grows from the active bottom and the sidewalls, as shown in Fig. 7a. 

Figure 1. Photo at top double-layer morphology of polythiazyl deposited on KI. The second layer preferentially grows on top of the first layer, and clearly shows a fibrous nature. Photo at bottom electron micrograph as above, indicating the orientation of the chain is along both (110) directions of the substrate, but with only one direction per crystal. Some of the second deposit grows on previously unoccupied regions on the substrate as normal rectangular platelets (arrow points to one...

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