average beam current

symbol: Iav
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.09227
Electric charge of specified polarity in a beam passing in time interval t, divided by t.
Note: For beams in which the instantaneous current varies periodically with time, the time interval t is an integral number of periods.
Source:
PAC, 2020, 92, 1781. (Glossary of methods and terms used in surface chemical analysis (IUPAC Recommendations 2020)) on page 1799 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'average beam current' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.09227 RIS BibTex EndNote
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