Abstract
Fracto-emission is the emission of particles (e.g., electrons, ions, ground state and excited neutrals, and photons) during and following fracture. We have found that during fracture in vacuum of adhesive bonds and crystalline materials involving large amounts of charge separation on the surface the emission of charged particles, excited neutrals, light, and radio waves occurs with unique and revealing time dependencies. In this paper we report simultaneous fracto-emission measurements on several systems. We interpret the results in terms of a conceptual model involving the following steps: (1) charge separation due to fracture, (2) desorption of gases from the material into the crack tip, (3) a gas discharge in the crack, (4) energetic bombardment of the freshly created crack walls, and (5) thermally stimulated electron emission, accompanied by electron stimulated desorption of ions and excited neutrals. In addition to evidence from fracture experiments, we present results from studies of electron bombardment of a polymer surface.
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