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Phosphorus
Cl + n → 35S + p
35
decay of 99Mo.
Particle-induced X-ray emission(PIXE)
up of a material or sample.
When a material is exposed to an ion beam,
atomic interactions occur that give off EM
radiation of wavelengths in the x-ray part of the
electromagnetic spectrum specific to an
element.
PIXE is a powerful yet non-destructive elemental
PIXE experiment: