Field-Ion Emission from Liquid Tin
- 30 March 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 46 (13) , 865-868
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.46.865
Abstract
The ion emission from a field-produced Taylor cone on a molten tin surface is found to consist of many atomic and molecular species, the abundance of which is analyzed by mass spectroscopy. The energy spectra for these different ions have been measured for several emission currents, providing information about the mechanism of ion production. The behavior of the energy spread is discussed in terms of Coulomb interactions in the beam.Keywords
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