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The contribution of bremsstrahlung to radiation damage by ESCA
Author(s) -
Wagner C. D.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
surface and interface analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1096-9918
pISSN - 0142-2421
DOI - 10.1002/sia.740060210
Subject(s) - bremsstrahlung , radiation , photon , electron , aluminium , atomic physics , irradiation , physics , magnesium , component (thermodynamics) , radiation damage , nuclear physics , radiochemistry , materials science , chemistry , optics , metallurgy , thermodynamics
There has been a widely‐held belief that the radiation damage occasionally observed in analysis by ESCA is largeldue to the bremsstrahlung component of the radiation from electron impact on the aluminum or magnesium X‐ray anodes. Analysis of the distribution of photons detected from 15kV electrons on aluminum shows that no more than 3% of the radiation damage can come from the bremsstrahlung component.