New Level of Development of Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy for Materials Science

The article shows the possibilities of the method of time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy for solving a wide range of materials science problems on the examples of studying the oxidation of a multilayer wear-resistant coating based on TiAlCrSiYN/TiAlCrN, chemical inhomogeneity in rolled high-strength steel, free-machining steel, and multilayer planar plasmon coatings for solar cells, as well as for more precise attribution of historical art ceramic items.