EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF STAINLESS STEEL VACUUM CHAMBER WITH TiN FILM COATING

TiN coating has been widely applied in surface treatments of particle accelerator vacuum chambers because of its characteristics such as good electrical conductivity, stability of performance, ability to block hydrogen permeation, low SEY, etc.[1-3]. With DC sputtering, TiN film has been coated on the inner face of a stainless steel pipe vacuum chamber, 86 mm in diameter and 2300 mm in length. The vacuum performances testing of the coated chamber has also been done, including thermal outgassing rate measurement, Photon stimulated Desorption (PSD) measurement, and Secondary Electron Yield (SEY) measurement of samples. Compared with those of uncoated stainless steel chamber, the results show that coating TiN film is a very effective method of the treatment of particle accelerator vacuum chamber. TIN (TITANIUM NITRIDE) COATING AND PARAMETERS OF THE FILM