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Mechanical Procedures

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In some cases, the provision of wrinkle-free metal foil for windows may be needed. A very simple method, related to the differential thermal expansion of metal and Pyrex glass, may be employed to achieve this objective (Holt and Blackmon in Review of Scientific Instruments 51, 671, [1]).

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  1. W.H. Holt, C.M. Blackmon, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 51, 671 (1980)

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  2. Obtained from Miller-Stephenson Chemical Co., Inc., George Washington Highway, Danbury, CT 06810

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  3. Obtained from Varian Vacuum Products, 121 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, MA 02173

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  4. Obtained from Hamilton Technology, Inc., 101 N. Queen Street, P.O. Box 4787, Lancaster, PA 17604

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  5. Professor Thomas Engel, Department of Chemistry, Box 351700, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1700 (private communication). The ideas are not original from the Engel group and are believed to originate from Dr. Adi Scheidemann, from Peter Toennies’ group, Göttingen University, Göttingen, Germany

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  6. From Steve Moskovits, T. Engel group, University of Washington

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  7. From B. Holm, machinist, University of Washington

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  8. G.L. Fowler, 6816 Kelly Ave., N.E., Albuquerque, NM 87109 (private communication)

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Correspondence to John T. Yates Jr. .

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Yates, J.T. (2015). Mechanical Procedures. In: Experimental Innovations in Surface Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17668-0_19

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