Radiation may be scattered by its
transmission through a medium containing particles. If the scatter results in no significant change in the
wavelength relative to the primary radiation it is called elastic
scattering. In cases where the
scattering centres are small compared to the
wavelength of the radiation the elastic
scattering is called
Rayleigh scattering and
Mie scattering if this condition is not fulfilled.
Source:
PAC, 1985, 57, 1453
(Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis - V: Radiation sources (Recommendations 1985))
on page 1464
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
doi:10.1351/goldbook.
