Photoelectric effect in uranium

C. P. Opeil; R. C. Albers; K. B. Blagoev; M. Gulácsi; J. C. Lashley; P. B. Littlewood; M. E. Manley; B. Mihaila; P. S. Riseborough; R. K. Schulze; D. J. Thoma; H. M. Volz; J. L. Smith

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Photoelectric effect in uranium

C. P. Opeil, R. C. Albers, K. B. Blagoev, M. Gulácsi, J. C. Lashley, P. B. Littlewood, M. E. Manley, B. Mihaila, P. S. Riseborough, R. K. Schulze, D. J. Thoma, H. M. Volz, J. L. Smith

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We report the work function Φ for single and polycrytalline α-uranium over the temperature range 173≤T≥873K. Photoemission spectroscopy (PES) measurements were made at energies 21 eV and 40 eV. Surfaces were prepared in situ by sputter/annealing cycles under UHV conditions. Like most metals the polycrystalline specimens showed little temperature dependence, the change in the work function ΔΦ = 1 %. Conversely the single crystal changed by 5 % over the same temperature range. A sudden temperature arrest in ΔΦ centered at 500 K was detected in the single crystal. This arrest coincides with the ductile-to-brittle (dilation change) transformation temperature.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	56-57
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
Volume	75
Issue number	SUPPL.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1143/jpsjs.75s.56
Publication status	Published - 2006

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