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==Electronic sputtering== The term ''electronic sputtering'' can mean either sputtering induced by energetic electrons (for example in a transmission electron microscope), or sputtering due to very high-energy or highly charged heavy ions that lose energy to the solid, mostly by electronic [[Stopping power (particle radiation)|stopping power]], where the electronic excitations cause sputtering.<ref name=Schenkel1997>{{cite journal| author= T. Schenkel|journal= Physical Review Letters |volume=78 |year=1997| pages=2481| doi = 10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.2481|title=Electronic Sputtering of Thin Conductors by Neutralization of Slow Highly Charged Ions| bibcode=1997PhRvL..78.2481S| issue= 12|last2= Briere |first2= M. |last3= Schmidt-Böcking |first3= H. |last4= Bethge |first4= K. |last5= Schneider |first5= D. |s2cid= 56361399 |display-authors=etal}}</ref> Electronic sputtering produces high sputtering yields from [[Insulator (electrical)|insulators]], as the electronic excitations that cause sputtering are not immediately quenched, as they would be in a conductor. One example of this is Jupiter's ice-covered moon [[Europa (moon)|Europa]], where a MeV sulfur ion from Jupiter's magnetosphere can eject up to 10,000 H<sub>2</sub>O molecules.<ref>{{cite book|bibcode=2004jpsm.book..485J|title=Radiation effects on the surfaces of the Galilean satellites. In: Jupiter. The planet, satellites and magnetosphere|editor1=Fran Bagenal |editor2=Timothy E. Dowling |editor3=William B. McKinnon |volume= 1| location=Cambridge, UK|publisher= Cambridge University Press|isbn=0-521-81808-7|year= 2004|pages= 485–512|author1=Johnson, R. E. |author2=Carlson, R. W. |author3=Cooper, J. F. |author4=Paranicas, C. |author5=Moore, M. H. |author6=Wong, M. C. }}</ref>
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