Plasma and beam facility atomic oxygen erosion of a transition metal complex

Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 209-225

  Illingsworth, M L ^a   Banks, B A ^b   Smith, J W ^b   Jayne, D ^b   Garlick, R G ^b   Rutledge, S K ^b   De Groh, K K ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic beam facility; Atomic oxygen; Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy; Erosion; Optical photography; Plasma; Profilometry; Scanning electron microscopy; Total transmittance spectroscopy; Wavelength dispersive X ray spectroscopy; Weight loss; Zirconium complex

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039470245     PISSN: 02724324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01570179     Document Type: Article

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