Determination of adsorbate coverages by leed and XPS

Layers of carbon, oxygen, sulfur and potassium adsorbed on an Fe(100) surface were studied by LEED, AES and XPS. When examined quantitatively by XPS, saturated c(2 × 2)CO(β), c(2 × 2)C and p(1 × 1)O surface structures yielded the C/O ratios expected from surface coverages of 0.25, 0.5 and 1.0 monolayer, respectively. When these results were normalized to the equivalent coverages of 1.0 monolayer, the relative XPS cross-sections obtained for S, O, C and K were found to agree closely with the results of theoretical calculations. The results illustrate the use of these techniques for the quantitative determination of surface coverages.