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Performance and application of the scienta ESCA300 spectrometer
Author(s) -
Beamson G.,
Briggs D.,
Davies S. F.,
Fletcher I. W.,
Clark D. T.,
Howard J.,
Gelius U.,
Wannberg B.,
Balzer P.
Publication year - 1990
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.740150908
Subject(s) - spectrometer , bremsstrahlung , anode , detector , optics , electron , physics , materials science , x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , electron spectrometer , compensation (psychology) , nuclear physics , photon , cathode ray , electrode , nuclear magnetic resonance , quantum mechanics , psychology , psychoanalysis
The Scienta ESCA300 is a state‐of‐the‐art x‐ray photoelectron spectrometer with high intensity, and high energy and spatial resolution. This unique combination of features is made possible by the use of a high‐power rotating anode x‐ray source with monochromatization, high transmission and imaging electron optics and a multichannel detector. The first ESCA300 has been installed recently at ICI Wilton. We report on the performance of this instrument for conducting samples and as a microanalytical device. Also described are its performance for insulating samples (polymer films) and studies of charge compensation using the Bremsstrahlung‐induced electrons from an unmonochromated dual anode x‐ray source.