Monitoring preparation and phase transitions of carburized W(1Â 1Â 0) by reflectance difference spectroscopy

► Real-time in situ monitoring of W(1 1 0) surface cleaning. ► Real-time in situ monitoring of carburazation kinetics on W(1 1 0) by RDS. ► Phase transformation R(15 × 3)-C/W(1 1 0)-R(15 × 12)-C/W(1 1 0) studied by RDS, AES and LEED.