A recent paper in this journal [B. V. Crist, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. (in press)] describes current and historical calibration problems with core-electron binding energies (BEs) measured by X-ray photoelectron spectrometers and how these problems affect BE data in databases. Although Crist provides useful information about the variability of reported BE values, his article is incomplete or incorrect in some historical and other details. The present article corrects and extends information in the Crist paper and provides additional information on how calibrations and checks of the BE scale should be made.

该期刊最近发表的一篇论文 [BV Crist, J. Electron Spectrosc. 关系。现象。（出版中）] 描述了当前和历史校准问题与通过 X 射线光电子能谱仪测量的核心电子结合​​能 (BE) 以及这些问题如何影响数据库中的 BE 数据。尽管 Crist 提供了有关报告的 BE 值可变性的有用信息，但他的文章在某些历史和其他细节方面不完整或不正确。本文更正和扩展了 Crist 论文中的信息，并提供了有关如何校准和检查 BE 量表的更多信息。