MOLECULAR BEAM-SURFACE INTERACTIONS.

Abstract

The purpose of the work was to study the detailed behavior of gas molecules at a solid boundary in order to gain understanding of gas-solid collision phenomena. Experimentally, the scheme involves analysis of the velocity distribution of a beam of molecules incident on a solid surface and analysis of velocity and spatial distribution of the molecules after surface collision. The experimental work has thus far been directed towards the development of: (1) a molecular velocity spectrometer, (2) a vacuum apparatus, and (3) a signal detection and discrimination system. The report includes primarily a description of these components.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1944
Accession Number
AD0606078

Entities

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Collisions
  • Detection
  • Discrimination
  • Molecular Beams
  • Molecules
  • Signal Detection
  • Spatial Distribution
  • Spectrometers
  • Vacuum
  • Vacuum Apparatus

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Quantum Chemistry