Abstract
Chemisorption of oxygen on Al and Mg was found to cause photon emission with a probability of about per molecule. The photon intensity was continuously recorded for oxygen exposures - Torr sec. The intensity is closely related to the chemisorption rate and a rate monolayer/sec was easily detected. Spectral analysis revealed broad emission bands with maxima at 5100 and 5900 Å for Al + and at 4700 and 5600 Å for Mg + .
- Received 25 March 1974
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.32.1114
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