Note: Contamination-free loading of lithium metal into a nozzle source
Abstract
This note describes a system for transferring a load of high purity lithium metal into a molecular or cluster beam source. A hot loading vessel is thoroughly baked out while empty and overpressured with argon. A clean Li rod is then dropped in through a long narrow tube. The thoroughly degassed interior of the vessel and the rapid melting of the inserted rod facilitate contamination-free transfer of the highly reactive liquid metal into the source oven.
- Publication:
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Review of Scientific Instruments
- Pub Date:
- June 2016
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2016RScI...87f6105H