A mass spectrometric study of small aluminum clusters formed by a single-state free-jet expansion
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 63 (3) , 979-980
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.340049
Abstract
Small Aln clusters (n≤6) formed in a free-jet expansion were observed. Species of n>2 have never been observed above a Knudsen cell by mass spectrometry. Since the pressure of the Al vapor in the crucible was found to be subsaturated, a heterogeneous nucleation mechanism is proposed.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: