Electrical sputtering techniques

Abstract

The subject of this brief essay will be methods for producing dispersed phases using electrical energy. Electrical methods, which make it possible to obtain dispersoid solutions of mainly elementary, simple bodies—metals and metalloids, can be divided into two groups: the first group includes a few cases of sputtering observed during the cathodic and anodic polarization of some metals in water or aqueous solutions of electrolytes, the second group constitute the most common and practical methods of atomization using spark and arc discharge.