👉 In physics, a sputtered electron is an electron that has been accelerated by an electric field and then scattered in a direction perpendicular to that field. The process of sputtering involves the electron being accelerated through a large amount of energy, which can cause it to scatter in multiple directions, resulting in electrons being scattered in all four directions. The term "sputtered" comes from the fact that the electrons are scattered in all four directions due to the high-energy acceleration provided by an electric field
