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The interaction of thin (<1 nm) samarium films deposited on a textured iridium ribbon has been investigated by thermal desorption spectrometry. Samarium atoms deposited at T = 300 K desorb in three phases associated with the formation of a submonolayer samarium coverage on iridium, a compound of samarium with iridium, and a multilayer samarium film. The interaction with oxygen leads to the appearance of a new desorption phase, which is associated with the formation of samarium oxide. Oxidation of samarium is observed during exposure in oxygen already at room temperature. An increase in temperature of the iridium ribbon, at which exposure in oxygen occurs, to T = 1100 K leads to the formation of the compound of samarium with iridium. Further, the film of the compound decomposes in the course of interaction with oxygen, and samarium oxide grows on the Ir surface.
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Original Russian Text © E.Yu. Afanas’eva, 2014, published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 2014, Vol. 56, No. 8, pp. 1588–1592.
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Afanas’eva, E.Y. Initial stages of the interaction with oxygen of samarium thin films grown on the iridium surface. Phys. Solid State 56, 1639–1643 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783414080022
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