Fracture Surfaces of Metals and Alloys

Auger spectroscopy (q.v.) is usually employed in the study of cleavage surfaces, but an advantage of XPS in such studies is that the chemical nature of elements segregating on the surface can be investigated. 

(1990) In Applications of electron spectroscopy to Heterogeneous Catalysis in Briggs, D. and Seah, M.P. (eds.) Practical Surface Analysis, 2nd edn., John Wiley Sons, Chichester, England. 

(1994) Modern ESCA - The Principles and Practice of X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Boca Raton, Florida, CRC Press. 

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