Summaries of BEs in NIST Database
- This collection of BE tables was compiled by M. Biesinger (UWO) by summarizing the BEs listed in the NIST XPS Database of BEs.
- Please review and evaluate the Standard Deviation (Std. Dev.) value when you are using any of these BEs to make any chemical state assignment.
- Large “Std. Dev.” values having only a few # of Reference citings are risky to use and may lead to wrong assignments, decisions and errors. Be careful please. Many researchers depend on your chemical state assignments to be accurate!
- Because the original researcher used C (1s) BEs that could be 284.6 eV, 284.8 eV, or 285.0 eV, the BEs for insulators might vary by as much as 0.4 eV.
- Older publications used different calibration energies for the Cu 2p3/2 BE: 932.2 eV, 932.47 eV, or 932.8 eV. This means that BEs above 500 eV can vary by as much as 0.6 eV for both insulators and conductors.
- The accuracy, precision, and reproducibility of these BEs depends on the efforts used by the original researchers. To learn more, please visit the NIST link in the main menu.
Aluminum, (Al)
Al (2p3/2) BEs
Antimony, (Sb)
Sb (3d5/2) BEs
Argon, (Ar)
Arsenic, (As)
As (3d5/2) BEs
Barium, (Ba)
Ba (3d5/2) BEs
Beryllium, (Be)
Be (1s) BEs
Bismuth, (Bi)
Bi (4f7/2) BEs
Boron, (B)
B (1s) BEs
Bromine, (Br)
Br (3d5/2) BEs
Cadmium, (Cd)
Cd (3d5/2) BEs
Calcium, (Ca)
Ca (2p3/2) BEs
Carbon, (C), in Polymers
C (1s) BEs
Cerium, (Ce)
Cesium, (Cs)
Chlorine, (Cl)
Cl (2p3/2) BEs
Chromium, (Cr)
Cobalt, (Co)
Copper, (Cu)
Cu (2p3/2) BEs
Copper, (Cu)
Cu (2p3/2) BEs
Dysprosium, (Dy)
Erbium, (Er)
Europium, (Eu)
Fluorine, (F)
F (1s) BEs
Gadolinium, (Gd)
Gallium, (Ga)
Ga (3p3/2) BEs
Ga (3d5/2) BEs
Ga (2p3/2) BEs
Germanium, (Ge)
Ge (3p3/2) BEs
Ge (3d5/2) BEs
Hafnium, (Hf)
Hf (4f7/2) BEs
Holmium, (Ho)
Indium, (In)
In (3d5/2) BEs
Iodine, (I)
I (3d5/2) BEs
Iridium, (Ir)
Ir (4f7/2) BEs
Lanthanum, (La)
Lead, (Pb)
Pb (4f7/2) BEs
Lithium, (Li)
Li (1s) BEs
Lutetium, (Lu)
Magnesium, (Mg)
Mg (1s) BEs
Manganese, (Mn)
Mercury, (Hg)
Hg (4f7/2) BEs
Molybdenum, (Mo)
Mo (3d5/2) BEs
Neodymium, (Nd)
Neon, (Ne)
Nitrogen, (N)
N (1s) BEs
Neodymium
Niobium, (Nb)
Nb (3d5/2) BEs
Nickel, (Ni)
Oxygen, (O), in Polymers
O (1s) BEs
Oxygen, (O)
O (1s) BEs
Osmium, (Os)
Palladium, (Pd)
Pd (3d5/2) BEs
Phosphorus, (P)
P (2p3/2) BEs
Platinum, (Pt)
Pt (4f7/2) BEs
Praseodymium
Rhenium, (Re)
Rhodium, (Rh)
Rh (3d5/2) BEs
Ruthenium, (Ru)
Ru (3d5/2) BEs
Samarium, (Sm)
Scandium, (Sc)
Sc (2p3/2) BEs
Selenium, (Se)
Se (3d5/2) BEs
Silicon, (Si)
Si (2p3/2) BEs
Silver, (Ag)
Ag (3d5/2) BEs
Sodium, (Na)
Na (1s) BEs
Strontium, (Sr)
Sr (3d5/2) BEs
Sulfur, (S), in Organics
S (2p3/2) BEs
Sulfur, (S), in Inorganics
S (2p3/2) BEs
Tantalum, (Ta)
Tellurium, (Te)
Te (3d5/2) BEs
Technitium, (Tc)
Terbium, (Tb)
Thallium, (Tl)
Thorium, (Th)
Thulmium, (Tm)
Tin, (Sn)
Sn (3d5/2) BEs
Titanium, (Ti)
Ti (2p3/2) BEs
Tungsten, (W)
W (4f7/2) BEs
Uranium, (U)
Vanadium, (V)
Xenon, (Xe)
Ytterbium, (Yb)
Yttrium, (Y)
Y (3d5/2) BEs
Zinc, (Zn)
Zn (2p3/2) BEs
Zirconium, (Zr)
Zr (3d5/2) BEs
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