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The wavelength falls, the interaction may be sufficiently strong to induce an internal photoelectric effect in which electrons from an 46 Peter Hayfield inner band level are excited to an outer level. With the noble metals, the excitation of a d-band electron gives rise to a specific absorption and hence color. The absorption in copper begins near 4600 A and the metal therefore reflects the complimentary visible spectrum colors and is reddish in appearance. In gold, absorption begins at a lower wavelength, and hence more yellow can occur in the reflected light than with copper, giving gold its characteristic color.
Washington, D. C. (1919). 5. C. A. H. von Wolzogen Kiihr and L. S. van der Vlugt, De Grafituring von Gietizer als Electrobiochemich Process in Anaerobic Gronden, Water (The Hague) 18(16), 147-165 (1934) [Translation: Graphitization of Cast Iron As an Electrobiochemical Process in Anaerobic Soils, Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, U. S. Dept. of Commerce, Springfield, Virginia]. Biological Corrosion 37 6. J. R. Postgate, in Progress in Industrial Microbiology, Vol. 2, pp.
ELLIPSOMETRY IN CORROSION TECHNOLOGY Peter Hayfield Imperial Metals Industries, Ltd. Birmingham, England INTRODUCTION Ellipsometry is a technique for examining interfaces, in which use is made of the change in the polarization of light that occurs on reflection at an oblique angle of incidence. It may be used to determine either the optical parameters of one of the media involved, or, if an interfacial film is present, the thickness and optical properties of the layer. The attraction in applying the technique to corrosion studies is in measuring the thickness of corrosion films, and usually this can be done in situ with little or no interference to the reaction under investigation.