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Relevant Literature

Explore our library of technical resources, including research articles and step-by-step videos about handling your stripper foils upon arrival. Furthermore, we also offer both remote and on-site support for the mounting of handling of all of our products.

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Please contact us if you have a paper you would like to reference in this library! We welcome suggestions from researchers and organizations working with carbon foils and accelerator targetry related technologies. 

Carbon Stripper Foil Lifetime Tests

G. Thomas, P. Den Hartog, W. Henning, R. Pardo, and J. Yntema

Carbon Foils as Heavy Ion Strippers

J. L. Yntema

Calibration of Surface Densities of Metal Films by Optical Transmittance

M. Rhoads, J.O. Stoner Jr., S. Bashkin

Carbon micro-ribbon and strip polarimeter targets for the AGS and RHIC

W.R. Lozowski, D. Steski, H. Huang, and C. Naylor

Dry Powder Technique for the Preparation of Carbon Foils

W.R. Lozowski

Dry Powder Technique for the Preparation of Carbon Foils

W.R. Lozowski

Dry Powder Technique for the Preparation of Carbon Foils

W.R. Lozowski

More Educational Resources

20 μg/cm² Quick Float

This video shows how strong a 20 μg/cm² foil is and how easily it floats.

Cut, Float, Pick-Up!

5 μg/cm² carbon foil cut, floated, and picked up over a 12.5mm aperture.

Cutting a Floating Foil

115 μg/cm² carbon foil floating on water, cut easily with scissors.

Shaky? No Problem!

Loose 100 μg/cm² carbon foil on a 2"x3" glass substrate being floated with shaky hands!

Loose Foil Float

100 μg/cm² arc evaporated carbon foil, 50mmx70mm, floating off a glass substrate

Pick-Up on Mesh

Picking up a carbon foil on a 70 lpi mesh.

Dropper Floating 3nm Carbon Foil

3nm (EMUS) carbon foil on mica substrate being dropper floated.

Unpackaging Extractor Foils

This video shows three types of extractor foils and how to handle them safely from the experts at ACF.

ACF-Metals: Packaging Option A

This video shows the convenience that results from the foils being packaged this way, and demonstrates how to cut and float these foils out of the jewel case.

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