When a plot is made of x-ray intensity versus wavelength for a particular x-ray tube, two sharp

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When a plot is made of x-ray intensity versus wavelength for a particular x-ray tube, two sharp peaks are superimposed on the continuous x-ray spectrum. These sharp peaks are called "characteristic" x-rays. Explain the origin of this name. In other words, of what are these x-rays characteristic?
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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