X-ray level

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An @ET07026@ occuring as the initial or final state of a process involving the absorption or emission of X-ray radiation. It represents a many-electron state which, in the purely atomic case, has total @A00353@ (\(J=L+S\)) as a well defined quantum number.
Source:
PAC, 1991, 63, 735. (Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis - VIII. Nomenclature system for X-ray spectroscopy (Recommendations 1991)) on page 737 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'X-ray level' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.X06715 RIS BibTex EndNote
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