• DocumentCode
    1471325
  • Title

    Silicon molar volume discrepancy: studies of the NRLM crystal

  • Author

    Nakayama, Kan ; Fujimoto, Hiroyuki ; Ishikawa, Tetsuya ; Takeno, Hiroshi

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Res. Lab. of Metrol., Ibaraki, Japan
  • Volume
    50
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    4/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    601
  • Lastpage
    603
  • Abstract
    A relatively large discrepancy was found in the molar volume of silicon crystals used to determine the Avogadro constant by means of the X-ray and crystal density (XRCD) method. Voids are suspected to cause the difference in the molar volume. Infrared laser scattering tomography, Secco-etching, electron spin resonance, and X-ray topography have been applied to the silicon crystal of the National Research Laboratory of Metrology to detect voids. However, no voids were observed in the crystal
  • Keywords
    X-ray topography; constants; density; elemental semiconductors; etching; optical tomography; silicon; voids (solid); Avogadro constant; NRLM crystal; Secco-etching; Si; X-ray and crystal density method; X-ray topography; XRCD method; electron spin resonance; infrared laser scattering tomography; molar volume discrepancy; voids; Crystals; Infrared detectors; Laboratories; Metrology; Paramagnetic resonance; Silicon; Surfaces; Tomography; X-ray lasers; X-ray scattering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9456
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/19.918201
  • Filename
    918201