Hi, I met similar problem when I evaporated Al by tungsten boat. When Al melted in tungsten boat, the evaporation rate suddenly reduced and after a while the boat was "ate" by the melted Al. So I can not obtain thick Al film. Does anyone know this and give some hint? Thank you very much. Zhu X. P. --- Tolga YELBOGA写道: > Hi; > You should use tungsten or molybdenium boat for > nickel or gold. Most > suitable materials are these because of their > thermal properties. Alimuna is > very strong material. But if suddenly temperature to > be different (hot or > cold), alimuna will be damaged. > > Solutions; > * You can use different type boat that i said that > * You can evaporate very very slowly (But it can be > caused of different > problems.) > >