Ns. Terebova et In. Shabanova, X-RAY ELECTRON INVESTIGATION OF TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE OF CHEMICAL-BOND ELEMENTS IN FE ALLOYS, Journal of electron spectroscopy and related phenomena, 68, 1994, pp. 647-651
The shape of the valence band electron spectra of the Fe-based alloys
with a different Si, C, Ni-content has been studied. This shape shows
the distribution of d-electron density of atoms and it is sensitive to
the change of the chemical bond type and of the nearest Fe-atoms envi
ronment. It is shown that on cooling to low-temperature the covalent c
omponent prevails in the chemical bond of the atoms with 3d-electrons
of Fe-participation and p-electrons of metalloids.