Issue 0, 1972

Field emission study of the formation and desorption of oxide layers on tungsten surfaces

Abstract

The interaction of oxygen with tungsten has been re-examined in the field emission microscope (FEM) as a sequel to a detailed temperature-programmed flash-desorption study of the kinetics of adsorption and desorption in the interaction of oxygen with polycrystalline tungsten. FEM patterns and Fowler-Nordheim average work functions which accompany the four identifiable stages in the formation and high-temperature evaporation of oxide layers on tungsten have been observed and distinguished from changes due to redistribution or rearrangement processes in the adlayer. Using distinctive FEM patterns as end-points for each of the stages of desorption of the adsorbate, activation energies Ed, and first-order rate-constant pre-exponentials ν1 were determined for the loss of each layer; the overall work function change accompanying the loss of each layer was also characterized: layer I (desorption product: O atoms, 1900–2500 K), Ed= 543 kJ/mol; log ν1= 13.5; Δϕ∼–0.2 eV. layer II (desorption product: W oxides, 1600–1800 K), Ed= 506 kJ/mol; log ν1= 16.5; Δϕ=–1.0 eV. layer III (desorption product: W oxides, 1300–1500 K), Ed= 458 kJ/mol; log ν1= 16.0; Δϕ=–0.9 eV.

Article information

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J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1, 1972,68, 280-289

Field emission study of the formation and desorption of oxide layers on tungsten surfaces

C. G. Goymour and D. A. King, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1, 1972, 68, 280 DOI: 10.1039/F19726800280

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