Removal of mercury contamination on primary mass standards by hydrogen plasma and thermal desorption

Metrologia

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-82

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

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF METROLOGY METAS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDRIDES; GASEOUS MERCURY; GRAVIMETRIC MASS; HYDROGEN PLASMAS; INITIAL EQUILIBRIUM STATE; LOW PRESSURES; MERCURY ACCUMULATION; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; METAL SURFACES; PRIMARY MASS; SURFACE CONDITIONS; TWO-STEP MECHANISMS; X RAY PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; XPS DATA;

CONTAMINATION; MONOLAYERS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PLATINUM; THERMAL DESORPTION; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

MERCURY (METAL);

EID: 84873392903     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/50/1/73     Document Type: Article

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