1i wonder ..can an e- actually hit the nucleus?....how much energy wud be needed...pretty huge i guess..
in the production of x-rays,what happens if the electron that is sent hits the nucleus of the heavy metal atom.
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49@ 2nd post: how can huge energy be needed?
it ll go to the nucleus as if in its love! just becoz of the electrostatic attraction...isn't it???
1Consider an atom of sodium having 11 electrons inside it.Those are arranged in differen orbits.Suppose an electron striking the metal atom.It will first come to the outermost shell.Then it may collide if it is having required kinetic energy as there is coulombic repulsion.And now suppose that it is having the reqired kinetic energy.After striking it can go deeper into the atom if it is having large energy.And also that it can strike the nucleus if is having enormous amount of energy.Ans it will stick to that.And something new may happen.That is out of our course.We need to do experiments in order to know results of such phenomena as we are not having that much part of the topic X-rays in our course.So it is possible.
39For those interested, google "Bremsstrahlung Radiation".
It was in my first sem physics syllabus..
