Abstract
It is shown that in the evaluation of Auger spectra, as measured on cathode surfaces, the elemental sensitivities have to be corrected for differences in elemental number density. The substrate and the surface covering material have to be treated differently in the analysis. The result for normal M-type cathodes is that — besides the BaO cover — there is an excess oxygen concentration on the surface of about two times the BaO concentration. This in spite of the fact that the oxygen to barium peak-to-peak height ratio in the measured spectra is about equal to 2. For a degraded M-cathode the excess oxygen level is found to be much higher than for the normal cathodes. A new type of scandate cathode is described and discussed. Its analysis shows more Ba and, relatively, much less excess oxygen than for the M-type cathodes. This may account for the substantially higher emission.
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