Title: X-radiation
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - X-radiation
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.X06703
Status: current

Definition
Radiation resulting from the interaction of high energy particles or photons with matter.

Source
- PAC, 1991, 63, 735. 'Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis - VIII. Nomenclature system for X-ray spectroscopy (Recommendations 1991)' on page 737 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199163050735)

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Citation: Citation: 'X-radiation' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.X06703
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