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Title: THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE ATOMIC PHENOMENA OCCURRING ON AND NEAR THE SURFACES OF SOLIDS. Technical Report No. 6 on AN ULTRA-HIGH VACUUM MASS SPECTROMETER FOR THE STUDY OF THE SURFACES OF SOLIDS

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4298699

A new ultra-high vacuum mass spectrometer for the study of the surfaces of solids is described. Surface atoms are removed either by ion bombardment or by evaporation and are mass analyzed in a 60 d sector field mass spectrometer with a six-inch radius of curvature. The design, construction, and operation of the instrument and its associated apparatus sre discussed in some detail. The results of certain experiments on the surfaces of three refractory metals (molybdenum, tantalum, and platinum) are presented in order to indicate both the potentialities and the limitations of the instrument in its present form. (auth)

Research Organization:
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y.
DOE Contract Number:
AF18(600)-674
NSA Number:
NSA-12-013133
OSTI ID:
4298699
Report Number(s):
AFOSR-TN-58-97; AD-148146
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English