Abstract
Certain refractory metal carbides are shown to produce satisfactory feld ion microscope images. In the case of tantalum carbide it is shown that even extensive non-stoichiometry does not significantly degrade image quality. The influence of bond character on field evaporation behaviour is qualitatively explored in an attempt to explain the marked difference in behaviour between TaC and TiC.

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