A series of very sharp bands at ca. 50 cm−1 have been observed in the low frequency surface Raman spectra of tungsten and nickel in air and in vacuum (10−5 torr) which probably originate in a surface layer of adsorbed molecules.
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Linnett et al. (1975) studied this question.
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