A comparative study of thermal effects on cold rolled copper induced by cathode spots and short laser pulses

Author

Franz, U. ; Lepski, D. ; Siemroth, P.

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer Inst. Mater. & Beam Technol., Dresden, Germany

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

17-21 Aug 1998

Firstpage

268

Abstract

Heat-induced structural changes within the cathode material caused by vacuum arc spots were studied by scanning electron microscopy in order to obtain information on the temperature field and the active spot life time. Cold rolled copper was chosen as the cathode material because of its low recrystallization temperature and its fine grain structure. These structural changes were compared to those obtained by irradiating the same material with laser pulses of definite duration and energy. In the latter case, heat conduction and evaporation as well as the removal of melt by the vapor pressure acting on the surface were simulated numerically. The comparison of ablation rates, heat-affected zones and simulation results for laser irradiation and for the arc spot allows conclusions to the unknown active life time of the arc spots

Keywords

cathodes; cold rolling; copper; scanning electron microscopy; vacuum arcs; Cu; ablation rates; active spot life time; cathode material; cold rolled copper; fine grain structure; heat-affected zones; heat-induced structural changes; laser irradiation; recrystallization temperature; scanning electron microscopy; temperature field; vacuum arc spots; Cathodes; Conducting materials; Copper; Laser ablation; Laser transitions; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Scanning electron microscopy; Temperature; Vacuum arcs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum, 1998. Proceedings ISDEIV. XVIIIth International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Eindhoven

ISSN

1093-2941

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3953-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEIV.1998.740623

Filename

740623