Publication: Resonant X-ray Scattering From the Surface of a Dilute Liquid Hg-Au Alloy
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2000
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Materials Research Society
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DiMasi, E., H. Tostmann, B. M. Ocko, P. Huber, O. G. Shpyrko, Peter S. Pershan, M. Deutsch, and L. E. Berman. 2000. Resonant x-ray scattering from the surface of a dilute liquid Hg-Au alloy. In Applications of synchrotron radiation techniques to materials science V: Symposium: November 29, 1999 - December 3, 1999, Boston, Massachusetts, ed. S. H. Stock, S. M. Mini, and D. L. Perry. Warrendale, PA: Materials Research Society.
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We present the first resonant x-ray reflectivity measurements from a liquid surface. The surface structure of the liquid Hg-Au alloy system just beyond the solubility limit of 0.14at% Au in Hg had previously been shown to exhibit a unique surface phase characterized by a low-density surface region with a complicated temperature dependence. In this paper we present reflectivity measurements near the Au LII1 edge, for 0.2at% Au in Hg at room temperature. The data are consistent with a concentration of Au in the surface region that can be no larger than about 30at%. These results rule out previous suggestions that pure Au layers segregate at the alloy surface.
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