Effect of annealing on surface roughness. (IMAGE)

Tokyo Metropolitan University

Effect of annealing on surface roughness.

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Before (top) and after 150 hours of annealing (bottom) at different length scales (left to right). It can be seen that the surface roughness measured using Atomic Force Microscopy is significantly reduced over a wide range of length scales.

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Tokyo Metropolitan University

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