AN ATOMIC VIEW OF ADSORPTION,

Abstract

Modern experimental techniques, particularly flash desorption, field emission, and field ion microscopy, coupled with advances in ultrahigh vacuum technology, have made it possible to attain a detailed description of adsorption phenomena from routine measurements. Recent advances in the understanding of elementary atomic processes at the gas-solid interface, gained by these methods, are reviewed with particular emphasis on two topics: (1) the relation between surface structure and atom binding in physical adsorption as well as the chemisorption; (2) the kinetics of atomic condensation and equilibration. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0435185

Entities

People

  • Gert Ehrlich

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adsorption
  • Chemisorption
  • Condensation
  • Desorption
  • Emission
  • Field Emission
  • Field Ion Microscopy
  • Kinetics
  • Measurement
  • Microscopy
  • Sorption
  • Ultrahigh Vacuum
  • Vacuum

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Systems Analysis and Design