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Sorry, in the Xray emission spectrum, in the continuous spectrum, the minimum wavelength of the emitted Xrays has energy equal to that of all the incident electron's kinetic energy. So, if the incident electron's kinetic energy is all transferred, then the electron has been completely stopped. I...

Yes i quite agree, the confusion stems from the minimum wavelength, at which ALL of the kinetic energy gets transferred into a photon... that surely suggests that no more kinetic energy remains. How does this happen?

Makes sense, I guess, something confusing though is the the minimum wavelength in the continuous spectrum equates to all of the energy of the incident electron, implying that it gets completely decelerated and not scattered at all as that would require a fraction of the kinetic energy being...

Ah yes i see what you mean Jame thanks for the response. Two more questions similar to the first: If, as you say, the kinetic energy of the electron doesn't match the required transition energy it merely gets decelated and contributed to the continuous spectrum, how does it decelerate...

Hi guys, I am new to this forum and decided to join when i stubled upon a similar thread to the one i am about to post. The question i am pondering is this: In the question, the three lowest energy levels of an atom of the target material in the xray tube are shown and the question is...