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Thickness Measurements of Thin Films

Nature volume 158, page 915 (1946)Cite this article

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I READ with interest the description by Gunn and Scott1 of their method of measuring the thickness of thin films. I have been using the same method for some time, but have found necessary a number of modifications and precautions which it may be helpful to record.

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  1. Gunn, A. F., and Scott, R. A., Nature, 158, 621 (1946).

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  1. Electrical Engineering Department, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London

    K. W. PLESSNER

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PLESSNER, K. Thickness Measurements of Thin Films. Nature 158, 915 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158915a0

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