L. Peksa et al., AN ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE THE ACTIVATION-ENERGY OF DESORPTION FROM THE SHAPE OF THE PRESSURE PULSE IN AN UHV SYSTEM CAUSED BY LID, Vacuum, 45(8), 1994, pp. 849-851
The gas desorption from a small part of the surface of a metal body (s
ample) was performed by rubbing it with another body in an uhv system
and the total pressure in the chamber was recorded. These experiments
were repeated at 10 various temperatures for the rubbed sample. The ti
me-pressure curves were analysed according to a previously found theor
y. This analysis produced strings of points possibly corresponding to
the various activation energy of desorption.