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Definition of Auger electron spectroscopy
: an instrumental method for determining the chemical composition of a material's surface by means of analysis of the energies of Auger electrons emitted from the surface
— called also Auger spectroscopy
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The first known use of Auger electron spectroscopy was in 1970
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