Abstract
K fluorescence yields were measured for 16 elements Cu, Mo, Ag, Cd, Sn, Pr, Sm, Gd, Dy, Ho, Yb, Ta, W, Pb, Th and U using a HPGe low energy photon detector employing the reflection geometry set-up. The target atoms were excited using 59.5 keV and 279.2 keV gamma rays from Am-241 and Hg-203 radioactive sources of strengths 20 mCi and 40 mCi respectively. An effective shielding arrangement was used to minimize the background and multiple scattering. Elemental foils of uniform aerial density and purity better than 99.9% were used as targets. The data were recorded in a 4K multichannel analyser. Among the K fluorescence yields measured in this work nine cases constitute the first measurement. The results are compared with the literature experimental values for available cases and also with the semiempirical fits and theoretical predictions.
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