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accelerating voltage

voltage/electrical potential applied to the filament that accelerates the electrons emitted by the electron gun/filament.
Flegler

Committee
Ignitable Liquids, Explosives & Gunshot Residue
Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/ASTM E3391-24 Standard Terminology Relating to Gunshot Residue Analysis (GSR) . ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428 , 2024. Source link
Reprinted, with permission, from ASTM, copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. A copy of the complete standard may be purchased from ASTM International, https://www.astm.org