International
Tables for
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Volume C
Mathematical, physical and chemical tables
Edited by E. Prince

International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. C. ch. 2.3, p. 78

Table 2.3.5.2 

W. Parrisha and J. I. Langfordb

a IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA, USA, and bSchool of Physics & Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, England

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β filters for common target elements

Target element β filter [K \beta _1/K \alpha _1 = 1/100] % loss [K \beta _1/K \alpha _1 = 1/500] % loss
(mm) g cm −2 [K \alpha _1] (mm) g cm −2 [K \alpha _1]
Ag Pd 0.62 0.074 60 0.092 0.110 74
Rh 0.062 0.077 59 0.092 0.114 73
Mo Zr 0.081 0.053 57 0.120 0.078 71
Cu Ni 0.015 0.013 45 0.023 0.020 60
Ni Co 0.013 0.011 42 0.020 0.017 57
Co Fe 0.012 0.009 39 0.019 0.015 54
Fe Mn 0.011 0.008 38 0.018 0.013 53
Mn2O3 0.027 0.012 43 0.042 0.019 59
MnO2 0.026 0.013 45 0.042 0.021 61
Cr V 0.011 0.007 37 0.017 0.010 51
V2O5 0.036 0.012 48 0.056 0.019 64