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"Most often, the secondary electron would get around 10 eV, and the scattered primary electron all the rest, i.e. 3.99 keV 13.99 keV" What is the reason for this? I expect kicked out electron(secondary electron) can have range of 4KeV to 0 KeV. However why 10eV will be most often?

Let me describe my question with an example. Consider electron release from C by 10KeV e-beam and 20KeV e-beam If the electron in C has 6 KeV binding energy, I expect the electron will have 4 KeV energy when it kicked out 10KeV e-beam. From energy aspect, this seem to be NOT SE? If this same...

Thank you very much for your guide. Bit more details - From wiki "Secondary electrons are electrons generated as ionization products. They are called 'secondary' because they are generated by other radiation (the primary radiation). This radiation can be in the form of ions, electrons, or...

Pretty much everywhere secondary electron has energy of 50 eV or less. I would like to know bit detail definition of secondary electron in the SEM. Why there is no SE with higher energy even beam energy is quite high like 10KeV and more. What is the difference between secondary electron and...