Detailed Description
The endpoints of the ranges and any values disclosed herein are not limited to the precise range or value, and such ranges or values should be understood to encompass values close to those ranges or values. For ranges of values, between the endpoints of each of the ranges and the individual points, and between the individual points may be combined with each other to give one or more new ranges of values, and these ranges of values should be considered as specifically disclosed herein.
In the present invention, unless otherwise specified, the room temperature or the room temperature means 25. + -. 2 ℃.
As previously mentioned, a first aspect of the present invention provides a method for determining the content of trace impurity elements in bulk aluminum nitride, the method comprising:
(1) carrying out first contact on a tantalum sheet and a first acidic solvent to obtain a corrosion tantalum sheet; and
carrying out second contact on the blocky aluminum nitride sample to be detected and a second acidic solvent to obtain a blocky aluminum nitride sample to be detected through corrosion;
wherein, through holes with the diameter of 1-2mm are arranged on the tantalum sheet at intervals of 1-2 mm;
the first acidic solvent and the second acidic solvent are mixed solution of nitric acid and hydrofluoric acid with the dosage volume ratio of 5-10: 1;
(4) placing the corrosion tantalum sheet on the blocky aluminum nitride sample to be tested, and analyzing by using a direct current glow discharge mass spectrometer;
wherein the conditions of the direct current glow discharge mass spectrometer at least comprise: the discharge current is 1.5-2mA, the discharge voltage is 1000-1100V, and the pre-sputtering time is 5-10 min.
It should be noted that the present invention has no special requirement on the kind of the dc glow discharge mass spectrometer, and only needs to be able to analyze and obtain the content of the trace impurity element in the bulk aluminum nitride, and the dc glow discharge mass spectrometer of the present invention is, for example, an Astrum type dc glow discharge mass spectrometer purchased from Nu Instruments.
In step (2), the etching tantalum sheet is placed on the bulk aluminum nitride sample to be etched and mounted together on the sheet holder support, so that the bulk aluminum nitride sample to be etched is exposed in the sputtering region.
Preferably, in step (1), the diameter of the through hole is 1mm or 2 mm. The inventors have found that with this preferred embodiment, a more stable and stronger matrix signal can be obtained.
Preferably, in the step (1), the first acidic solvent and the second acidic solvent are mixed solutions of nitric acid and hydrofluoric acid, and the volume ratio of the nitric acid to the hydrofluoric acid is 8-10: 1.
The concentration of the nitric acid and the concentration of the hydrofluoric acid are not particularly required in the present invention, and for example, the concentration of the nitric acid is 70 to 75wt% and the concentration of the hydrofluoric acid is 45 to 50wt% in the present invention.
Preferably, in step (1), the conditions of the first contacting include at least: the temperature is 20-40 deg.C, and the time is 2-5 min.
Preferably, in step (1), the conditions of the second contacting include at least: the temperature is 20-40 deg.C, and the time is 10-20 min.
Preferably, in the step (1), the tantalum pellet has a size of (12-40) × (12-40) × (0.1-0.3) mm, and the purity of the tantalum pellet is not less than 99.99 wt%.
Preferably, in the step (1), the size of the block-shaped aluminum nitride sample to be tested is (12-40) × (12-40) × (1-20) mm.
Preferably, in step (1), the method further comprises: and carrying out first washing and first drying on the material obtained by the first contact.
Preferably, in step (1), the method further comprises: and carrying out second washing and second drying on the material obtained by the second contact.
In the present invention, the solvent used for the first cleaning and the second cleaning, the amount of the solvent used and the number of times of the solvent used are not particularly required, and only the solvent used for rinsing the residual first acidic solvent or second acidic solvent is required, and for example, the solvent used for the first cleaning and the second cleaning is water, and the number of times of the first cleaning and the second cleaning is independently selected from 3 to 4 times.
The operation methods of the first drying and the second drying are not particularly required, and the cleaned flat sheet or the aluminum nitride sample is dried.
Preferably, in step (2), the conditions of the dc glow discharge mass spectrometer include at least: the discharge current is 1.5-1.8mA, the discharge voltage is 1000-1050V, and the pre-sputtering time is 8-10 min.
The present invention will be described in detail below by way of examples. In the following examples, various raw materials used are commercially available ones unless otherwise specified.
The bulk aluminum nitride sample to be tested: purchased from Nu Instruments;
flat sheet: purchased from conscientious color companies;
d.c. glow discharge mass spectrometer: type Astrum, available from Nu Instruments;
in the following examples, the analysis conditions of the dc glow discharge mass spectrometer were: the discharge current is 1.5mA, the discharge voltage is 1050V, and the pre-sputtering time is 10 min;
in the following examples, the concentrations of the nitric acid, the hydrofluoric acid and the ethanol were 71wt%, 49wt% and 99.7wt%, respectively;
in the following examples, the relative standard deviation is calculated as: (standard deviation/average content) × 100%.
Example 1
The embodiment provides a method for determining the content of trace impurity elements in bulk aluminum nitride, which comprises the following steps:
(1) corroding the processed tantalum sheet (the size is 15 multiplied by 0.2mm, through holes with the diameter of 1mm are formed at intervals of 1mm, see figure 1) with a first acidic solvent (a mixed solution of nitric acid and hydrofluoric acid with the dosage volume ratio of 10: 1) for 2min at room temperature, then washing with pure water for 3 times, washing with ethanol for 1 time, and airing to obtain a corrosion flat sheet; and
corroding a to-be-detected block aluminum nitride sample with the size of 20 multiplied by 1mm with a second acidic solvent (a mixed solution of nitric acid and hydrofluoric acid with the dosage volume ratio of 10: 1) for 10min at room temperature, then washing with pure water for 3 times, then washing with ethanol for 1 time, and then airing to obtain a to-be-detected block aluminum nitride sample;
(2) the thin tantalum sheet is covered on a blocky aluminum nitride sample and is arranged on a sheet holder support together, the aluminum nitride is ensured to be exposed in a sputtering area, the sample is pushed into a sample pool, a direct current glow discharge mass spectrometer is used for analysis, and specific detection results are shown in table 1.
Example 2
The embodiment provides a method for determining the content of trace impurity elements in bulk aluminum nitride, which comprises the following steps:
(1) corroding the processed tantalum sheet (the size is 15 multiplied by 0.2mm, through holes with the diameter of 2mm are formed at intervals of 1mm, see figure 2) with a first acidic solvent (a mixed solution of nitric acid and hydrofluoric acid with the dosage volume ratio of 10: 1) for 3min at room temperature, then washing with pure water for 4 times, washing with ethanol for 1 time, and airing to obtain a corroded tantalum sheet; and
corroding aluminum nitride with the size of 20 multiplied by 1mm with a second acidic solvent (a mixed solution of nitric acid and hydrofluoric acid with the dosage volume ratio of 10: 1) for 20min at room temperature, then washing with pure water for 4 times, then washing with ethanol for 1 time, and then airing to obtain a high-purity aluminum nitride sample to be corroded;
(2) the thin tantalum sheet is covered on a blocky aluminum nitride sample and is arranged on a sheet holder support together, the aluminum nitride is ensured to be exposed in a sputtering area, the sample is pushed into a sample pool, a direct current glow discharge mass spectrometer is used for analysis, and specific detection results are shown in table 2.
Comparative example 1
This comparative example measured the content of trace impurity elements in bulk aluminum nitride by the method of example 1, except that in step (1), 1 through-hole having a diameter of 3mm was opened in the tantalum pellet (see FIG. 3).
The rest of the procedure was the same as in example 1. The inventors found that the process signal of this comparative example was too low to detect.
Comparative example 2
This comparative example measured the content of trace impurity elements in bulk aluminum nitride by the method of example 3, except that in step (1), 1 through-hole having a diameter of 5mm was opened in the tantalum pellet (see FIG. 4).
The rest of the procedure was the same as in example 1. The inventors found that the process signal of this comparative example was too low to detect.
Table 1: test results of the aluminum nitride sample in example 1
Table 2: test results of the aluminum nitride sample in example 1
As can be seen from tables 1 and 2, when the method provided by the invention is used for detecting the content of the trace elements in the aluminum nitride, the surface pollution of the sample is small, the relative standard deviation of the detection is within 10%, and the precision is good.
The present invention exemplarily provides current values of Al at different times in example 1 and example 2, see fig. 5.
As can be seen from FIG. 5, the current value of Al can reach 5E-11 and the signal is stable when measured by the method provided by the present invention.
The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above in detail, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Within the scope of the technical idea of the invention, many simple modifications can be made to the technical solution of the invention, including combinations of various technical features in any other suitable way, and these simple modifications and combinations should also be regarded as the disclosure of the invention, and all fall within the scope of the invention.