Journal of Spectroscopy (Jan 2016)

XPS and GDOES Characterization of Porous Coating Enriched with Copper and Calcium Obtained on Tantalum via Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation

  • Krzysztof Rokosz,
  • Tadeusz Hryniewicz,
  • Patrick Chapon,
  • Steinar Raaen,
  • Hugo Ricardo Zschommler Sandim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/7093071
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2016

Abstract

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XPS and GDOES characterizations of porous coatings on tantalum after Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) at 450 V for 3 minutes in electrolyte containing concentrated (85%) phosphoric acid with calcium nitrate and copper (II) nitrate are described. Based on the obtained data, it may be concluded that the PEO coating consists of tantalum (Ta5+), calcium (Ca2+), copper (Cu2+ and Cu+), and phosphates (PO43-). It has to be pointed out that copper and calcium are distributed throughout the volume. The authors also propose a new model of PEO, based on the derivative of GDOES signals with sputtering time.