Talk:X-ray notation
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etymology
[edit]Why "k", "l", "m"? This needs to be included?68.150.86.232 (talk) 09:36, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
I was going to ask that - why did they start with K?Feldercarb (talk) 01:54, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
convention
[edit]why are brackets used for the first two and not the rest? (note: view in edit mode to see the table)
Conversion[1][2]
Quantum Numbers Atomic Notation X-ray Notation
n l s j
1 0 ±1/2 1/2 1s(1/2) K1
2 0 ±1/2 1/2 2s(1/2) L1
2 1 -1/2 1/2 2p1/2 L2
2 1 +1/2 3/2 2p3/2 L3
3 0 ±1/2 1/2 3s M1
3 1 -1/2 1/2 3p1/2 M2
3 1 +1/2 3/2 3p3/2 M3
3 2 -1/2 3/2 3d3/2 M4
3 2 +1/2 5/2 3d5/2 M5
notation?
[edit]article has example of Cu subscript Kα X-rays -- wondering where the alpha in the subscript comes fromFeldercarb (talk) 01:55, 8 October 2023 (UTC)