Electrons with energy 80keV are incident on the tungsten target of an X-ray tube. K shell electrons of tungsten have -72.5keV energy. X-rays emitted by the tube contain only
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Minimum wavelength of continuous X-ray spectrum is given by –

Here,
energy of incident electrons (in eV)





Also, the energy of the incident electrons
is more than the ionization energy of the K shell electrons (i.e. 72.5 keV). Therefore, characteristic X-ray spectrum will also be obtained because energy of incident electron is high enough to knock out the electron from
or
shells.
→ Question based on continuous and characteristic spectrum was also asked in screening 2001. Remember that source of continuous spectrums acceleration of electron, while source of characteristic spectrum is de-excitation of electron.
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