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Title: Review of the highlights of X-ray studies of liquid metal surfaces

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4902958· OSTI ID:22402747
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  1. Department of Physics and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 (United States)

X-ray studies of the interface between liquid metals and their coexisting vapor are reviewed. After a brief discussion of the few elemental liquid metals for which the surface Debye-Waller effect is sufficiently weak to allow measurement, this paper will go on to discuss the various types of surface phenomena that have been observed for liquid metal alloys. These include surface adsorption, surface freezing, surface aggregation of nm size atomic clusters, and surface chemistry that leads to new 3D crystalline phases.

OSTI ID:
22402747
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 116, Issue 22; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English