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X-ray escape peak
In a gamma or X-ray spectrum, the peak due to the photoelectric effect in the detector and escape, from the sensitive part of the detector, of the X-ray photon emitted as a result of the photoelectric effect.
Source:
PAC, 1982, 54, 1533 (Glossary of terms used in nuclear analytical chemistry (Provisional)) on page 1541
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Cite as: IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, Electronic version, http://goldbook.iupac.org/X06709.html.
Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/X06709.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic
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