“…(2-1) has the value 0.52. Thus, if the oxide layer formed is lb.0 nm thick, a 4.8-nm (Muehlhoff et al 1986). Thereafter, at the lower temperature, the thickness of the oxide layer increases, if at all, only very slowly on the time scale of the initial oxide layer formation; at the higher temperature, the thickness of the oxide layer continues to increase but at a declining rate.…”