Secondary electron emission from solid HD and a solid H2-D2 mixture

Secondary electron emission from solid HD and a solid 0.6 H2 + 0.4 D2 mixture has been studied for electron and hydrogen ion bombardment at primary energies from 0.5 to 3 keV and 2 to 10 keV/amu, respectively. The yield for solid HD is well explained by a simple stoichiometric model of the low-energy stopping power for the internal secondaries. The secondary electron yield from the mixture is somewhat larger than the expected value, but lies between the values for pure solid H2 and D2. The secondary electron emission coefficient for solid tritium may be determined from a linear extrapolation of the present data.