X-ray materials analysis equipment. Close up of an X-ray photoelectron spectrometer (XPS). This machine is used to analyse the surface chemistry of a

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X-ray materials analysis equipment. Close up of an X-ray photoelectron spectrometer (XPS). This machine is used to analyse the surface chemistry of a material. It measures the composition, empirical formula, chemical state and electronic state of elements found within the material. Photographed at the National Physical Laboratory, in Teddington, UK.

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