Determination of W Values and Backscatter Coefficients for Slow Electrons in Air
- 31 October 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Radiation Research
- Vol. 76 (2) , 241-249
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3574775
Abstract
Measurements are reported to determine the average energy W expended to form an ion pair in air for incident electrons in the energy range from 30-5 keV. For energies T .gtoreq. 60 eV the standard deviations are lower than 1%. Backscatter coefficients Ri with respect to the spatial ionization distribution have been determined. Ri is an important quantity describing the electron transport in matter and is needed to correct W values. The experimental data are compared with other results.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: