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High‐energy monochromated Cu Kα 1 x‐ray source for electron spectroscopy of materials: initial results
Author(s) -
Beamson G.,
Haines S. R.,
Moslemzadeh N.,
Tsakiropoulos P.,
Weightman P.,
Watts J. F.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
surface and interface analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1096-9918
pISSN - 0142-2421
DOI - 10.1002/sia.1744
Subject(s) - x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , auger electron spectroscopy , chromium , spectrometer , x ray , electron , x ray spectroscopy , analytical chemistry (journal) , atomic physics , auger , binding energy , electron spectroscopy , spectroscopy , chemistry , materials science , physics , metallurgy , nuclear physics , nuclear magnetic resonance , optics , quantum mechanics , chromatography
The construction of an x‐ray source for high‐energy XPS studies, based on Cu Kα 1 radiation ( h ν = 8047.8 eV), is described. This source has been fitted to a Scienta ESCA300 electron spectrometer and initial results for pure iron, chromium and stainless steel are presented. The Fe 1 s and Cr 1 s core levels (at ∼7112 and 5989 eV binding energy, respectively) are readily observed at good resolution along with their KLL Auger series. It is concluded that the new source shows much promise for investigation of the electronic structure of ferrous and other alloys of scientific and technological importance. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.