Electron distribution in water by high-energy electron scattering

The differential cross-sections for high-energy electrons scattered from water have been measured over a wide range of momentum transfers. The effect of chemical binding was seen from the comparison between the experiment and the calculation for an independent-atom model. The ab initio calculation using SCF MO was carried out with respect to the elastic scattering. It was in a good agreement with the experiment and thus a reliable electron distribution in water was obtained.