  Peripheral and semi-peripheral collisions have been studied in the system
93Nb+93Nb at 38 AMeV. The evaporative and midvelocity components of the light
charged particle and intermediate mass fragment emissions have been carefully
disentangled. In this way it was possible to obtain the average amount not only
of charge and mass, but also of energy, pertaining to the midvelocity emission,
as a function of an impact parameter estimator. This emission has a very
important role in the overall balance of the reaction, as it accounts for a
large fraction of the emitted mass and for more than half of the dissipated
energy. As such, it may give precious clues on the microscopic mechanism of
energy transport from the interaction zone toward the target and projectile
remnants.
