Studies of Singly and Multiply Charged Secondary Ion Emission And The Effects Of Oxygen On Ionization And Sputter Erosion

abstract: Mass spectrometric analysis requires that atoms from the sample be ionized in the gas phase. Secondary ion mass spectrometry achieves this by sputtering samples with an energetic primary ion beam. Several investigations of the sputtering and ionization process have been conducted. Oxygen i...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sobers Jr., Richard Carlisle (Author)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.15214