Haynes alloy conslsts prlmarily of cobalt, chromlum, nickel, and tungsten. The prerient study Involves the use of multltechnlque surface anallysls Including X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS or E:SCA), Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), secondary Ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), and lowenergy Ion scattering spectrometry (ISS) to characterlze the surface of Haynes alloy both before and after chemlcal and physlcal treatments. The physlcal treatments Involve hand pollshlng and cleaning; the chemlcal treatments include treatment wlth HCI, HNO,, HCIO,, H,SO,, NaOH, Na,CO,, and ",OH.Physical treatments dld not cause slgnificant changes in the surface of Haynes alloy. Treatments with H,SO,, NaOH, and NaHCO, drastlcally atfected the Haynes alloy surface composltlon. These studlee have shown that Haynes alloy Is very Inert to most forme of chemlcal and physlcal attack and that the surface of Haynes alloy Is prlmarlly a layer of chrombm oxldes. The studles further relnforce the usefulness of multltechnlque giirface analysls for examinlng complex surf,aces.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONA. Quantitative Measurements by AES and ESCA. "As-received" Haynes alloy samples were studied by AES and ESCA, to characterize the surface before treatment. These data are shown in Table I. Before sputtering, the Cr and W percentages are high relative to the bulk composition while