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Understanding Neutron Radiography Post Exam Reading VIII-Part 2a of 2A

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Photoelectric effect, or photoelectric absorption (PEA)<br />

is a form <strong>of</strong> interaction <strong>of</strong> X-ray or gamma photon with the matter. A low<br />

energy photon interacts with the electron in the atom and removes it from its<br />

shell.<br />

The probability <strong>of</strong> this effect is maximum when:<br />

• the energy <strong>of</strong> the incident photon is equal to or just greater than the<br />

binding energy <strong>of</strong> the electron in its shell ('absorption edge') and<br />

• the electron is tightly bound (as in K shell)<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang<br />

http://radiopaedia.org/articles/photoelectric-effect

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