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Auger electron spectroscopy

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Hanford scientist uses an Auger electron spectrometer to determine the elemental composition of surfaces. Auger electron spectroscopy (AES; pronounced in French) is a common analytical technique used specifically in the study of surfaces and, more generally, in the area of materials science. [1]

49 relations: Americium, Arc mapping, Argon, Atom, Atomic number, Auger effect, Coster–Kronig transition, Electron, Electron magnetic moment, Electronvolt, European Physical Journal, Flood gun, Fluorescence, Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics), Helium, Hydrogen, Ion, John Wiley & Sons, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, Lise Meitner, List of materials analysis methods, Lithium, Materials science, Mean free path, Metallurgy, Microelectronics, Photoemission spectroscopy, Pierre Victor Auger, Plasmon, Prentice Hall, Proceedings of the Physical Society, Rydberg ionization spectroscopy, Scanning electron microscope, Secondary ion mass spectrometry, Soft Matter (journal), Springer Science+Business Media, Sputtering, Surface and Interface Analysis, Surface science, Taylor series, Taylor's theorem, Ultra-high vacuum, Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy, Uranium, Wave function, X-ray fluorescence, X-ray notation, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray spectroscopy.

Americium

Americium is a synthetic chemical element with symbol Am and atomic number 95.

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Arc mapping

Arc mapping, a technique used in fire investigation is usually performed by a forensic electrical engineer.

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Argon

Argon is a chemical element with symbol Ar and atomic number 18.

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Atom

An atom is the smallest constituent unit of ordinary matter that has the properties of a chemical element.

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Atomic number

The atomic number or proton number (symbol Z) of a chemical element is the number of protons found in the nucleus of an atom.

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Auger effect

The Auger effect is a physical phenomenon in which the filling of an inner-shell vacancy of an atom is accompanied by the emission of an electron from the same atom.

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Coster–Kronig transition

The Coster–Kronig transition is a special case of the Auger process in which the vacancy is filled by an electron from a higher subshell of the same shell.

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Electron

The electron is a subatomic particle, symbol or, whose electric charge is negative one elementary charge.

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Electron magnetic moment

In atomic physics, the electron magnetic moment, or more specifically the electron magnetic dipole moment, is the magnetic moment of an electron caused by its intrinsic properties of spin and electric charge.

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Electronvolt

In physics, the electronvolt (symbol eV, also written electron-volt and electron volt) is a unit of energy equal to approximately joules (symbol J).

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European Physical Journal

The European Physical Journal (or EPJ) is a joint publication of EDP Sciences, Springer Science+Business Media, and the Società Italiana di Fisica.

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Flood gun

A flood gun is an electromechanical device that provides a steady flow of low-energy electrons to a desired target or "flood area." Typically, the target is an area on an insulator or semiconductor where another "writing gun" has just left a net positive charge.

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Fluorescence

Fluorescence is the emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light or other electromagnetic radiation.

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Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics)

In quantum mechanics, a Hamiltonian is an operator corresponding to the total energy of the system in most of the cases.

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Helium

Helium (from lit) is a chemical element with symbol He and atomic number 2.

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Hydrogen

Hydrogen is a chemical element with symbol H and atomic number 1.

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Ion

An ion is an atom or molecule that has a non-zero net electrical charge (its total number of electrons is not equal to its total number of protons).

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John Wiley & Sons

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., also referred to as Wiley, is a global publishing company that specializes in academic publishing.

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Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology

The Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published in two parts, A and B, by the American Institute of Physics on behalf of the American Vacuum Society.

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Lise Meitner

Lise Meitner (7 November 1878 – 27 October 1968) was an Austrian-Swedish physicist who worked on radioactivity and nuclear physics.

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List of materials analysis methods

List of materials analysis methods.

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Lithium

Lithium (from lit) is a chemical element with symbol Li and atomic number 3.

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Materials science

The interdisciplinary field of materials science, also commonly termed materials science and engineering is the design and discovery of new materials, particularly solids.

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Mean free path

In physics, the mean free path is the average distance traveled by a moving particle (such as an atom, a molecule, a photon) between successive impacts (collisions), which modify its direction or energy or other particle properties.

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Metallurgy

Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are called alloys.

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Microelectronics

Microelectronics is a subfield of electronics.

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Photoemission spectroscopy

Photoemission spectroscopy (PES), also known as photoelectron spectroscopy, refers to energy measurement of electrons emitted from solids, gases or liquids by the photoelectric effect, in order to determine the binding energies of electrons in a substance.

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Pierre Victor Auger

Pierre Victor Auger (14 May 1899 – 25 December 1993) was a French physicist, born in Paris.

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Plasmon

In physics, a plasmon is a quantum of plasma oscillation.

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Prentice Hall

Prentice Hall is a major educational publisher owned by Pearson plc.

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Proceedings of the Physical Society

The Proceedings of the Physical Society was a journal on the subject of physics, originally associated with the Physical Society of London, England.

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Rydberg ionization spectroscopy

Rydberg ionization spectroscopy is a spectroscopy technique in which multiple photons are absorbed by an atom causing the removal of an electron to form an ion.

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Scanning electron microscope

A scanning electron microscope (SEM) is a type of electron microscope that produces images of a sample by scanning the surface with a focused beam of electrons.

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Secondary ion mass spectrometry

Secondary-ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) is a technique used to analyze the composition of solid surfaces and thin films by sputtering the surface of the specimen with a focused primary ion beam and collecting and analyzing ejected secondary ions.

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Soft Matter (journal)

Soft Matter is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the fundamental science underpinning the behaviour of soft matter.

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Springer Science+Business Media

Springer Science+Business Media or Springer, part of Springer Nature since 2015, is a global publishing company that publishes books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.

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Sputtering

Sputtering is a process whereby particles are ejected from a solid target material due to bombardment of the target by energetic particles, particularly gas ions in a laboratory.

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Surface and Interface Analysis

Surface and Interface Analysis is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by John Wiley & Sons since 1979.

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Surface science

Surface science is the study of physical and chemical phenomena that occur at the interface of two phases, including solid–liquid interfaces, solid–gas interfaces, solid–vacuum interfaces, and liquid–gas interfaces.

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Taylor series

In mathematics, a Taylor series is a representation of a function as an infinite sum of terms that are calculated from the values of the function's derivatives at a single point.

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Taylor's theorem

In calculus, Taylor's theorem gives an approximation of a k-times differentiable function around a given point by a k-th order Taylor polynomial.

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Ultra-high vacuum

Ultra-high vacuum (UHV) is the vacuum regime characterised by pressures lower than about 10−7 pascal or 100 nanopascals (10−9 mbar, ~10−9 torr).

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Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy

Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) refers to the measurement of kinetic energy spectra of photoelectrons emitted by molecules which have absorbed ultraviolet photons, in order to determine molecular orbital energies in the valence region.

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Uranium

Uranium is a chemical element with symbol U and atomic number 92.

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Wave function

A wave function in quantum physics is a mathematical description of the quantum state of an isolated quantum system.

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X-ray fluorescence

X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is the emission of characteristic "secondary" (or fluorescent) X-rays from a material that has been excited by bombarding with high-energy X-rays or gamma rays.

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X-ray notation

X-ray notation is a method of labeling atomic orbitals that grew out of X-ray science.

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X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is a surface-sensitive quantitative spectroscopic technique that measures the elemental composition at the parts per thousand range, empirical formula, chemical state and electronic state of the elements that exist within a material.

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X-ray spectroscopy

X-ray spectroscopy is a gathering name for several spectroscopic techniques for characterization of materials by using x-ray excitation.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auger_electron_spectroscopy

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