Kβ/Kα X-ray intensity ratios in elements with 20 ⩽ Z ⩽ 50

✍ Scribed by N. Venkateswara Rao; S. Bhuloka Reddy; G. Satyanarayana; D.L. Sastry

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1986
• Weight: 267 KB
• Volume: 138
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0378-4363
• DOI: 10.1016/0378-4363(86)90511-5

✦ Synopsis

An accurate measurement of the Ka/K, ratios of X-ray intensities in elements with Z lying between 20 and 50 is undertaken using X-ray and radioactive source excitation methods. A high resolution Si(Li) detector spectrometer is used for the intensity measurements. The results show that the experimental values of Ka/K~ for elements with Z above 40 are not consistent with the theoretical predictions due to Scofield. The experimental values are fitted to a polynomial and the K~/K~ values of elements not studied are interpolated using the polynomial fit.