TY - JOUR N2 - Modified Bohm’s formalism was applied to solve the problem of abstruse layer depth profiles measured by the Auger electron spectroscopy technique in real physical systems. The desorbed carbon/passive layer on an NiTi substrate and the adsorbed oxygen/ surface of an NiTi alloy were studied. It was shown that the abstruse layer profiles can be converted to real layer structures using the modified Bohm’s theory, where the quantum potential is due to the Auger electron effect. It is also pointed out that the stationary probability density predicts the multilayer structures of the abstruse depth profiles that are caused by the carbon desorption and oxygen adsorption processes. The criterion for a kind of break or “cut” between the physical and unphysical multilayer systems was found. We conclude with the statement that the physics can also be characterised by the abstruse measurement and modified Bohm’s formalism. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/110147/PDF/AMM-2019-1-25-Rowinski.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/110147 PY - 2019 IS - No 1 EP - 180 DO - 10.24425/amm.2019.126234 KW - carbon desorption KW - depth profile KW - layers KW - NiTi KW - oxygen adsorption A1 - Rówiński, E. A1 - Pietruszka, M. PB - Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee of Materials Engineering and Metallurgy of Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 64 DA - 2019.03.14 T1 - Modified Bohm’s theory for abstruse measurements: application to layer depth profiling using auger spectroscopy SP - 175 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/110147 T2 - Archives of Metallurgy and Materials ER -