Abstract
Nickel sheets approximately 5× cm in thickness were bombarded with 70 kv electrons and the intensity of the resulting radiation was measured by a special air-filled ionization chamber connected to a calibrated quadrant electrometer. Isolation of the line was effected by Ross filters of cobalt and iron, supplemented by additional filters for evaluation of a correction for the continuous background radiation. After due consideration of the effects of electron scattering in the target and all relevant x-ray absorptions, it was concluded from the observed intensities that the cross section of the nickel atom for ionization by 70 kv electrons is (3.38±0.2) × . From this result and Williams' equation for electron energy loss it is deduced that the efficiency of production of nickel -radiation by electrons of 70 kev energy is 0.35 percent.
- Received 10 December 1944
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.67.153
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