A method to electropolish niobium with continuous current oscillation is introduced. The current continuously oscillates for as long as 3 hours. The key is to maintain continuous agitation of the acid mixture. A niobium surface treated by this method has suppressed grain boundaries and a lower hydrogen content. The method has been used to electropolish L-band half-cells. The test results of a 1...

A low voltage electropolishing of metal wires is attractive for nanotechnology because it provides centimeter long and micrometer thick probes with the tip radius of tens of nanometers. Using X-ray nanotomography we studied morphological transformations of the surface of tungsten wires in a specially designed electrochemical cell where the wire is vertically submersed into the KOH electrolyte. ...

Electropolishing (EP) offers a smoother surface, and that makes us expect high gradients in superconducting niobium cavities. EP has a little bit complicated procedure and needs annealing to avoid the hydrogen Q-disease. On the other hand, chemical polishing (CP) is easier and cheaper, so widely used in many laboratories. For the conventional field gradients (,z~ 5 MV/m) in storage rings (TRIST...

Studies on the application of electropolishing (EP) of the ANL superconducting deflecting cavity have shown promising results. This cavity geometry is a squashed single-cell cavity with Y-end group waveguide as well as on-cell LOM damper. The cavity works at TM110-like deflecting mode, in which the iris between the cavity cell and the Y-end group is the highest magnetic field region. Before EP,...

AIM TO DETERMINE THE EFFICIENCY OF ERBIUM: Yttrium aluminum garnet (Er:YAG) laser with Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM) and shear bond strength analysis as a method of recycling stainless steel orthodontic brackets and compare with other methods of recycling. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighty samples of extracted premolar teeth bonded to SS brackets were tested for rebonded shear ...