Abstract
The theory of the evaporation of adsorbed atoms and ions of the alkali metals from a hot metal surface has been developed from somewhat different viewpoints by Langmuir and Kingdon and by Becker. These two treatments, which yield essentially the same results, are applicable only when equilibrium conditions obtain on the surface, so that the surface concentration is not changing. It is the purpose of the present note to extend Becker's treatment to take account of the rate of attainment of equilibrium on the surface, in order to lead to an interpretation of some experiments on the rate of evaporation of the alkali metals adsorbed on hot tungsten.

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