secondary emission coefficient

physics

Also known as: secondary emission ratio

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In electricity: Secondary electron emission
…electrons is known as the secondary emission coefficient. For low-incident energies (below about one electron volt), the primary electrons tend to be reflected and the secondary emission coefficient is near unity. With increasing energy, the coefficient at first falls and then at about 10 electron volts begins to rise again,…
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In electron tube: Secondary emission
The amount of secondary emission depends on the properties of the material and the energy and angle of incidence of the primary electrons. Material properties are characterized by the secondary-emission ratio, defined as the number of secondary electrons emitted per primary electron. Typically, the maximum secondary-emission ratio lies…
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