Handbook of X-Ray Data (eBook)

Preface 6
Contents 8
Atomic Structure, X-ray Physics and Radiation Detection 11
1 X-Ray Physics and Practice 12
1.1 Historical Development of X-Ray Physics 12
1.2 Significance of Atomic Data for Practice 14
2 Physical Fundamentals 17
2.1 Electronic Configurations and Atomic Ground States 17
2.2 Characteristic X-Rays 32
2.3 Fluorescence Yields 82
2.4 Ionization 87
2.5 X-Ray Spectra and the Auger-Effect 94
2.6 X-Ray Atomic Scattering Factors 96
2.7 X-Ray Absorption 96
2.8 Continuous X-Rays (Electron Bremsstrahlung) 99
3 Energy and Intensity Measurements 106
3.1 Calibration Normals for Electromagnetic Radiation 106
3.2 Energy and Intensity Calibration 110
3.3 X-Ray Detectors 113
4 Data Base 153
4.1 Electron Binding Energies 153
4.2 X-Ray Transition Energies 164
4.3 X-Ray Fluorescence Yields 169
4.4 Natural Atomic LevelWidths andWidths of X- Ray Transition Lines 174
4.5 X-Ray Emission Rates 176
4.6 Mass Attenuation Coefficients 179
X-Ray Reference Data 183
5 X-Ray Emission Lines and Atomic Level Characteristics 184
6 X-Ray Transition Energies: Ordered by Energy/Wavelength 615
7 K-Shell Intensity Ratios and K-Vacancy Decay Rates 695
8 Atomic Scattering Factors 699
9 Analytical approximation of Atomic Scattering Factors 727
10 Mass Attenuation Coefficients for Selected X-Ray Transitions of Elements up to Plutonium 738
11 Fit Parameters for the Calculation of Mass Attenuation Coefficients 891
12 AtomicWeights and Isotope Masses 910
13 Parameters of Stable Isotopes 917
14 Parameters of Long-Live Radioactive Isotopes 925
15 Mean X-Ray Transition Energies 943
References 953