Appendix I: Fluorescence Energies, Yields,
and Linewidths
Sources:
• Energies from: CXRO X-ray Data Booklet: http://cxro.lbl.gov/x-ray-data-booklet
• Originally: J. A. Bearden, “X-ray Wavelengths,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 39, 78 (1967)
• Yields from: Krause & Oliver, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 8, 307-328 (1979)
• Linewidths from: Krause & Oliver, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 8, 329-338 (1979)
• Another online source: http://ftp.esrf.fr/pub/scisoft/xraylib/xraylib_tables_v2.3.
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Table I.1 Representative K & L fluorescence energies, yields, and linewidths
Z
Element
Kα 1 energy
(keV)
Total
K yield
Kα 1
Linewidth
(eV)
Lα 1 energy
(keV)
Lα yield
L 3
linewidth
(eV)
3
Li
0.0543
9.0EÀ05
4
Be
0.1085
3.3EÀ04
5
B
0.1833
7.0EÀ04
6
C
0.277
1.4EÀ03
7
N
0.3924
3.1EÀ03
8
O
0.5249
5.8EÀ03
9
F
0.6768
9.2EÀ03
10 Ne
0.8486
0.018
0.24
11 Na
1.0410
0.023
0.30
12 Mg
1.2536
0.030
0.36
13 Al
1.4867
0.039
0.43
14 Si
1.7400
0.050
0.49
15 P
2.0137
0.063
0.57
16 S
2.3078
0.078
0.65
17 Cl
2.6224
0.097
0.72
18 Ar
2.9577
0.118
0.81
0.128
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