Which of the following pair of scattering is important for diagnostic purposes?

Which of the following pair of scattering is important for diagnostic purposes? Correct Answer Compton and Photoelectric

In Compton effect, an incoming photon transfers a part of the energy to the outermost electron and then scatters off. The electron may get ejected from its shell and come out and is called the Compton electron. In the photoelectric effect, the incoming photon comes and removes the electron and ceases to exist. This photoelectron interacts with the various atoms and atomic particles by ionizing, energizing etc. The energies given off in these processes is recorded and used for diagnostic purposes.

Related Questions

If $$\sigma $$ is the total cross-section and f(θ), θ being the angle of scattering, is the scattering amplitude for a quantum mechanical elastic scattering by a spherically symmetric potential, then which of the following is true? Note that k is the magnitude of the wave vector along the $${{\bf{\hat z}}}$$ direction.
Which of the following pair of scattering is important for therapeutic purposes?
Rayleigh scattering and Mie scattering are the types of –