Using Contact Resistance to Measure Adsorption of Gases on Metals
- 29 July 1958
- journal article
- website
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Bell System Technical Journal
- Vol. 37 (4) , 925-949
- https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1538-7305.1958.tb01537.x
Abstract
The contact resistance between electrodes of molybdenum and tungsten is used to investigate the adsorption of nitrogen and oxygen. It is found that, on clean metals, the initial period of fast adsorption gives rise to a surface resistivity of about 4...Keywords
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