Cleaning of mass standards: A comparison of new and old techniques

Metrologia

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Marti, K ^a   Fuchs, P ^a   Russi, S ^a  

^a Federal Office of Metrology METAS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PLASMAS; LOW-PRESSURE HYDROGEN; MASS STANDARD; OXIDIZED SURFACES; PLASMA TREATMENT; RE-OXIDATION; SURFACE CHEMICAL STATE; UV/OZONE;

HYDROCARBONS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CLEANING;

EID: 84865956881     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/49/6/628     Document Type: Article

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