# secondary emission

> phenomenon where primary incident particles of sufficient energy, when hitting a surface or passing through some material, induce the emission of secondary particles

**Wikidata**: [Q905140](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q905140)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_emission)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/secondary-emission


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)