Thermal Desorption of Potassium from Clean and Sulfur Covered Nickel |
| R. Błaszczyszyn, M. Błaszczyszynowa and W. Gubernator Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Wrocław, Pl. Maxa Borna 9, 50-204 Wrocław, Poland |
| Received: May 31, 1995; revised version: July 18, 1995 |
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| Activation energy for thermal desorption of potassium from clean and sulfur covered surfaces of nickel was determined by means of the field emission method. For the low potassium coverage limit (ΘK ≈ 0.02) the desorption was detected from the whole emitter surface in the temperature range of 825-1000 K for the atoms and of 725-825 K for the species of atoms and ions of the potassium. The activation energies of neutral desorption were found to be EaNi = 3.8 eV for the clean nickel and EaS/Ni = 3.0 eV for the sulfur covered nickel, Θs ≈ 0.5. The activation energies for the desorption of the species of atoms and ions increased from Ea+iNi = 2.5 eV for the clean nickel to Ea+iS/Ni = 2.9 eV for the sulfur covered nickel Θs ≈ 0.5. Also, a value of Ea+iS'/Ni = 4.1 eV was found for a higher coverage of sulfur, Θs ≈ 1. The results are discussed in terms of Gurney model. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.88.1151 PACS numbers: 73.30.+y, 79.60.Dp, 79.90.+b |