Gaseous Electronics

7

POTASSIUM

CONTENTS

7.1 Selected References for Data

7.2 Total Cross Section

7.3 Ionization Cross Section

References

 

Potassium (K) atom has 19 electrons with configuration 3p⁶4s ²S_1/2. The electronic polarizability is 48.29 × 10⁻⁴⁰ F m² and the ionization potential is 4.341 eV.

7.1 SELECTED REFERENCES FOR DATA

See Table 7.1.

7.2 TOTAL CROSS SECTION

See Table 7.2.

TABLE 7.1Selected References for Data

Quantity	Range: eV, (Td)	Reference
Total cross section	4.4–101.9	Kwan et al. (1991)
Ionization cross section	3.5–1000	Lennon et al. (1988)
Total cross section	7–100	Vušković and Srivastava (1980)
Total cross section	0.5–500	Kasdan and Miller (1973)
Total cross section	0.3–9.0	Visconti et al. (1971)
Ionization ...