There are four major attenuation mechanisms that occur when X-ray photons interact with matter.
In which of these mechanisms is an incoming X-ray photon completely absorbed by an inner-shell electron, causing the electron to be ejected from the atom?
simple scattering
Compton effect
pair production
photoelectric effect
26 exam-style questions on OCR A A Level Physics Quantum physics, covering Photons, The photoelectric effect, and Wave–particle duality. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.