Determination of the energy losses suffered by electrons on passage through thin films

Journal Article · Sat Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979 · Sov. Phys. - Solid State (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5575618

Pugachev, A T; Volkov, Y A

The energy losses ..delta..E, causing film heating, were determined for transmission of fast electrons. The losses were determined by microcalorimetric experiments based on the precision measurement of the electrical resistance of an irradiated film with known physical properties. Polycrystalline condensed Al, Ag, and Au films t=10/sup 2/--10/sup 3/ A thick were irradiated with E=40, 50, and 60 keV electrons. The dependences of ..delta..E on the electron energy, film thickness, and atomic number of the film material were determined. The experimental data on the energy losses were described qualitatively by the Bethe--Bloch equation for the deceleration of fast electrons in matter.

• Research Organization: V. I. Lenin Polytechnic Institute, Kharkov
• OSTI ID: 5575618
• Journal Information: Sov. Phys. - Solid State (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. Phys. - Solid State (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 21:9; ISSN SPSSA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ALUMINIUM
BEAMS
CHARGED-PARTICLE TRANSPORT
ELECTRON BEAMS
ELECTRONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY LOSSES
ENERGY RANGE
FERMIONS
FILMS
GOLD
KEV RANGE
KEV RANGE 10-100
LEPTON BEAMS
LEPTONS
LOSSES
METALS
PARTICLE BEAMS
RADIATION TRANSPORT
SILVER
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
TRANSMISSION