Appendix G: Absorption Edge Energies
and Linewidths
Source: CXRO X-ray Data Booklet: http://cxro.lbl.gov/X-ray-data-booklet
Linewidths: linewidths from: Krause & Oliver, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 8,
329–338 (1979)
à Campbell and Papp, Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables, 77, 1–56 (2001)
Table G.1 K-Edge and L-Edge energies/linewidths
Z
Element
K (eV)
L 1 (eV)
L 2 (eV)
L 3 (eV)
1
H
13.6
2
He
24.6
3
Li
54.7/0.03
a
4
Be
111.5
5
B
188
6
C
284.2/~0.08
a
7
N
409.9/0.13
a
37.3
8
O
543.1/0.14
41.6
9
F
696.7
10
Ne
870.2/0.21
a
48.5
21.7
21.6
11
Na
1071/0.28
a
63.5
30.4
30.5
12
Mg
1303/0.36
88.6/0.41
49.6/0.001
49.2/0.001
13
Al
1559/0.42
117.8/0.73
72.9/0.004
72.5/0.004
14
Si
1839/0.48
149.7/1.03
99.8/0.015
99.2/0.014
15
P
2149/0.53
189/1.26
136/0.032
135/0.033
16
S
2472/0.59
230.9/1.49
163.6/0.054
162.5/0.054
17
Cl
2833/0.64
270/1.58
202/0.083
200/0.087
18
Ar
3206/0.68
326.3/1.63
250.6/0.126
248.4/0.128
19
K
3608/0.74
378.6/1.92
297.3/0.152
294.6/0.156
20
Ca
4038/0.81
438.4/2.07
349.7/0.17
346.2/0.17
21
Sc
4492/0.86
498.0/2.21
403.6/0.19
398.7/ 0.19
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