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We present results from an experimental study of segregation at the CuAu (100) surface. It is shown that Au enrichment in the top surface layer persists up to temperatures far beyond the bulk order–disorder transition temperature. From the gradual desegregation at higher temperatures a segregation energy of −0.30eV was determined. Our results are in quantitative agreement with calculations by Tersoff predicting oscillatory concentration depth profiles with decreasing amplitudes at higher temperatures. For the layer selective surface analysis we used low-energy He+ and Na+ scattering. Data interpretation and quantification were supported by numerical simulations with the MARLOWE code to which we had added the special features of trajectory resolved analysis and anisotropic thermal vibrations of surface atoms.