When a beam of electrons strikes a target or specimen there are three ways in which
the electrons may lose energy (low energy collisions, X-ray production, and formation
of a spectral continuum). The average energy loss per unit distance travelled along
the electron path is called electron
stopping power,
.
Source:
PAC, 1980, 52, 2541
(Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis - IV X-ray
emission spectroscopy)
on page 2545
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
