Calculations of electron stopping powers for 41 elemental solids over the 50 eV to 30 keV range with the full Penn algorithm

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September 19, 2011

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Cedric J. Powell, David R. Penn, H Shinotsuka, Shigeo Tanuma

Abstract

We present collision electron stopping powers (SPs) for 41 elemental solids (Li, Be, graphite, diamond, glassy C, Na, Mg, Al, Si, K, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Ge, Y, Nb, Mo, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, In, Sn, Cs, Gd, Tb, Dy, Hf, Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, Pt, Au, and Bi) that were calculated from experimental energy-loss-function data with the full Penn algorithm for electron energies between 50 eV and 30 keV. Improved sets of energy-loss functions were used for 19 solids. Comparisons were made of these SPs with SPs calculated with the single-pole approximation, previous SP calculations, and experimental SPs. Generally satisfactory agreement was found with SPs from the single-pole approximation for energies above 100 eV, with other calculated SPs, and with measured SPs.

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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions With Materials and Atoms

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electron, elemental solids, Penn algorithm, stopping power

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Powell, C. , Penn, D. , Shinotsuka, H. and Tanuma, S. (2011), Calculations of electron stopping powers for 41 elemental solids over the 50 eV to 30 keV range with the full Penn algorithm, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions With Materials and Atoms, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=907763 (Accessed October 20, 2025)