ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy
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ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy
[¦əl·trə′vī·lət ¦fōd·ō·i′mish·ən spek′träs·kə·pē] (spectroscopy)
A spectroscopic technique in which photons in the energy range 10-200 electronvolts bombard a surface and the energy spectrum of the emitted electrons gives information about the states of electrons in atoms and chemical bonding. Abbreviated UPS.
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