Zhu,

We have been depositing Ni for years without a crucble liner.  It works
vey well.

Charles Ellis
Auburn University....

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Dear members,
   I am using E-beam to evaporate Ni. The crucible is
made of tungsten. But it seemed that fused Ni could
"eat" tungsten. I wonder whether they have formed some
kind of alloys. Should I replace the tungsten crucible
by other metals, such as molybdenum? Thank you very
much.