ION INDUCED RE-EMISSION OF NOBLE GAS ATOMS FROM POLYCRYSTALLINE TUNGSTEN .I.

A technique for measuring the rate of release of a primary trapped ion species from tungsten when subjected to a second ion species is described. Preliminary data show that gas release rates are generally much larger than would be anticipated from a mechanism based upon erosion of the tungsten with attendant gas emission and that the second ion species releases the primary gas by some form of efficient energy transfer process.