Volume 67, 1971
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Transactions of the Faraday Society

Work functions of gold and silver films. Surface potentials of mercury and xenon

R. R. Ford  and  J. Pritchard  

Abstract

Mercury adsorption on annealed films of gold and silver deposited on glass in a mercury-pumped system gives surface potentials rising smoothly with increasing coverage to maximum values of +0.80 and –0.16 V respectively. The final surface is believed to be mercury-like and this leads to work functions of 5.3 and 4.4 eV for the bare gold and silver films. Pre-adsorption of mercury at room temperature changes the surface potential of xenon from 0.46 to 0.22 V on gold and from 0.47 to 0.25 V on silver. It is considered that mercury contamination of the original films is negligible.

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https://doi.org/10.1039/TF9716700216
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Trans. Faraday Soc., 1971,67, 216-221

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Work functions of gold and silver films. Surface potentials of mercury and xenon

R. R. Ford and J. Pritchard, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1971, 67, 216 DOI: 10.1039/TF9716700216

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