Investigation of the thermo-stimulated surface segregation in the ternary Co-Cr-Mo alloy by means of Ionization Spectroscopy

Ionization Spectroscopy has been used to study thermo-induced surface segregation in the near-surface region of the ternary Co-Cr-Mo alloy. For the non-annealed alloy the Mo atoms preferred segregation in the outermost layers and Cr atoms segregation in the underlying layers of surface was observed at room temperature. Heating of the alloy promotes increasing of Co concentration and decreasing of Mo concentration in the near-surface region. For the annealed alloy the insignificant Mo atoms segregation on the outermost layers and enrichment with Co and Cr atoms in underlayers are displayed. The present results are compared with several theories of segregation.