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Mass stopping power
The total mass stopping power consists of two components:
Mass electronic
1
or collision stopping power
resulting from
electron-orbital electron interactions
(atomic ionizations and atomic excitations)
Mass radiation stopping power
resulting mainly from
electron-nucleus interactions
(bremsstrahlung production)
April 2017
12
1)
ICRU 85
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