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<p class="MsoNormal">There are carbon evaporation rods for resistive heating out there. I only heard about them in the context of microscopy sample coating, though
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<p class="MsoNormal">Given temperatures for C evaporation, I doubt you can do a boat process.
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<p class="MsoNormal">One upon a time I (unintentionally) evaporated a piece of graphite crucible with electron beam. So that may also work. I suspect carbon on chamber surface and associated moisture absorption would be the next one to address
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Does anyone know if you can
<i>Thermally</i> evaporate carbon (amorphous), and if so, how you do this (what boat type etc)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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