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8.6 Exercise 20

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The maximum characteristic X-ray photon energy comes from the capture of a free electron into a K shell vacancy. What is this photon frequency for tungsten, assuming that the free electron has no initial kinetic energy?

OpenStax University Physics Volume 3, 8.6 Lasers, exercise 20

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