Scattering of X rays from low-Z materials
Abstract
X rays incident on thin beryllium, boron, carbon, and other low-Z materials undergo both elastic and inelastic scattering as well as diffraction from the crystalline or crystalline-like structure of the material. Unpolarized monoenergetic X rays in the 1.5 to 8.0 KeV energy range were used to determine the absolute scattering efficiency of thin beryllium, carbon, and boron foils. These measurements are compared to calculated scattering efficiencies predicted by single-atom theories. In addition, the relative scattering efficiency versus X-ray energy was measured for other low-Z foils using unpolarized bremsstrahlung X rays. In all the low-Z foils examined, we observed Bragg-like X-ray diffraction due to the ordered structure of the materials.
- Publication:
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Unknown
- Pub Date:
- August 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980sxlz.rept.....G
- Keywords:
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- Beryllium;
- Boron;
- Bragg Angle;
- Carbon;
- X Ray Scattering;
- Bremsstrahlung;
- Diffraction;
- Wave Scattering;
- X Rays;
- Solid-State Physics