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I'm having a hard time finding data about an experiment that I know has been done a bunch of times:

I have a sheet of rutile TiO2 (110) that I want to reduce to various TiO(2-x) forms where the x is what I want to vary. To do this reduction, I have a high temp oven that I can fill with H2 or simply fill with a vacuum. I need a chart that will tell me what temp, partial pressure of H2, and duration I need to convert my sheets surface to a desired reduced value (i.e. I want a specific x).

I then want to reoxidize the surface by using lower temperatures in a furnace that I can fill with oxygen at different pressures. I need a chart that will tell me what temp, partial pressure of O2, and duration I need to re-Oxidize the surface.

The goal here is not to simply get the surface, but to test other properties. I was hoping this step (finding the proper charts) would have been fairly straightforward, but my literature searches haven't turned up quite what I need. I was hoping someone here can point me to a resource that has this data so I can get on with my getalong.

Thanks, Sam

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Chemists/material scientists might be better prepared to answer this – Chris White Nov 20 '12 at 23:05
Maybe chemistry.stackexchange.com is a better place for such question... – Piotr Migdal Nov 21 '12 at 12:58
It's been cross-posted to chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/2589/…. – Manishearth♦ Nov 21 '12 at 16:20

closed as off topic by Qmechanic♦, Manishearth♦, dmckee♦ Nov 21 '12 at 16:27

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