A threestage, differentially pumped ion accelerator is used to produce low energy argon ions, which in turn, are used to bombard the surfaces of plane nickel single crystals. Nickel atoms ejected from the crystals are counted using the radioac tive tracing method. From the analysis of the angular distri butions...
An investigation was made of the photoelectric emission from
sodium and the alteration in the emission produced by sulfur deposited
onto a sodium surface. Measurements were made at the temperature
of liquid nitrogen for photon energies between 2.0 ev and 4.5 ev. The
sodium was investigated in the form of...
The behavior of all of the observed molecular band
emission as well as the prominent atomic line emission
from a pulsed microwave helium plasma is given. Extensive
efforts to purify the helium include the use of a
uranium getter, a quartz diffusion tube, and a cataphoretic
discharge. The plasma is...
This investigation represents a previously unreported method
of measurement of internal friction in single crystals of silicon. The
method consists of exciting a rectangular reed of silicon of uniform
cross section into forced vibration at its resonant frequency. The end
of the reed is silver plated and eddy currents induced...
Using a low-energy, three stage, differentially pumped ion
accelerator, similar to that used by Hagstrom for Auger electron
ejection studies, permits, with the application of radiotracer methods,
a new approach to the study of low energy sputtering.
The experimental approach consisted of pumping down the
experimental tube to 10⁻⁹ torr,...
Temporal variations in individual spectrum lines
emitted by a microwave discharge in pure helium are
investigated: The discharge is produced in a quartz tube
located inside of a section of waveguide which carries
pulsed 3 centimeter microwaves. The helium used is purified by a three-fold process consisting of treatment with...