primary knocked-on atom

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primary knocked-on atom [′prī‚mer·ē ¦näkt ‚ȯn ′ad·əm]

(physics)

An atom in a solid that recoils from a collision with an energetic particle coming from outside the solid, rather than with another knocked-on atom. Abbreviated PKA.

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