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A mass spectrometer ion source for use in detecting negative ions emitted from a solid surface during low energy ion bombardment is described. With this source it is possible to distinguish unambiguously between negative ions originating at the target surface and those originating away from the target surface.
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Campbell et al. (1971) studied this question.
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