The anomalous heating of ions has been a major obstacle for quantum information processing (QIP) based on surface ion trap. Recent results indicated that the adatoms contamination on trap surface can generate contact potential, which gives rise to the fluctuating patch potential. By investigating the contamination from trap surface adatoms induced in loading process, we present the direct physical image of the contamination process and conclude the relationship between the capacitance change and contamination from surface adatoms through the theory and experiment. According to this relationship, the contamination from surface adatoms and the effect of in-situ treatment process can be monitored by the capacitance between electrodes in real time. This paper provides a research method of anomalous heating of ions, which has practicable value to QIP based on surface ion trap.
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