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Use of oxygen Auger line relative intensities for characterization of surface oxides on oxidized metals and alloys
Author(s) -
Laudet A.,
JardinierOffergeld M.,
Bouillon F.
Publication year - 1986
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.740080208
Subject(s) - auger , oxygen , aluminium , copper , characterization (materials science) , chemistry , selectivity , analytical chemistry (journal) , line (geometry) , materials science , auger electron spectroscopy , metallurgy , inorganic chemistry , nanotechnology , atomic physics , catalysis , environmental chemistry , biochemistry , geometry , mathematics , nuclear physics , physics , organic chemistry
Exemplifying results from AES study of high temperature oxidation of dilute copper‐aluminium alloys, under low pressures of oxygen, are presented to demonstrate the feasibility of using changes in relative intensities of oxygen Auger lines as a diagnostic test for oxidation selectivity, at the very early stages of the reaction.