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The effect of electrons with an energy E p = 1400, 1600, and 1800 eV on the condition of an Sn (99.999 at %) surface under a residual pressure P = 10−6 Pa obtained using oilless pumps have been studied by the Auger electron spectroscopy. It has been demonstrated that the electron irradiation of tin stimulates processes of adsorption of carbon-containing particles from the residual gas, which dissociate prior to the precipitation onto the surface. The adsorption layer of about 2 nm thick consists mainly of elementary carbon, through which oxygen atoms diffuse and form an oxide layer at the C-Sn interface during the final stage of the formation of the adsorption layer upon the bombardment by electrons with an energy E = 1800 eV.
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Original Russian Text © O.G. Ashkhotov, I.B. Ashkhotova, D.A. Krymshokalova, 2010, published in Fizika Metallov i Metallovedenie, 2010, Vol. 110, No. 6, pp. 579–582.
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Ashkhotov, O.G., Ashkhotova, I.B. & Krymshokalova, D.A. On the mechanism of electron-stimulated formation of a nanosize C-Sn coating on a tin surface. Phys. Metals Metallogr. 110, 553–556 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031918X10120057
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