| Wavelengths of Prominent K-Shell Line Transitions | |||||||||||||||||||
| (in Angstroms) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Element | Lya1 | Lya2 | Lyb | Lyg | Lyd | Lye | Lyz | Lyh | Hea1 | Hea2 | Heb | Heg | Hed | Hee | Hez | Heh | Heq | Hei | Element |
| He | 303.786 | 303.780 | 256.317 | 243.027 | 237.331 | 234.347 | 232.584 | 231.454 | 591.412 | 584.340 | 537.030 | 522.213 | 515.617 | 512.098 | 509.998 | 508.643 | 507.718 | 507.058 | He |
| Li | 135.001 | 134.996 | 113.905 | 107.999 | 105.468 | 104.142 | 103.359 | 102.856 | 202.322 | 199.282 | 178.015 | 171.582 | 168.740 | 167.270 | 166.390 | 166.600 | 166.200 | 165.900 | Li |
| Be | 75.931 | 75.926 | 64.064 | 60.743 | 59.320 | 58.574 | 58.133 | 57.851 | 101.693 | 100.255 | 88.309 | 84.754 | 83.200 | 82.378 | 81.890 | 81.820 | 81.600 | 81.450 | Be |
| B | 48.591 | 48.586 | 40.996 | 38.871 | 37.960 | 37.483 | 37.201 | 37.020 | 61.088 | 60.314 | 52.685 | 50.435 | 49.455 | 48.939 | 48.730 | 48.530 | 48.400 | 48.300 | B |
| C | 33.740 | 33.734 | 28.466 | 26.990 | 26.357 | 26.026 | 25.830 | 25.705 | 40.731 | 40.269 | 34.973 | 33.426 | 32.754 | 32.400 | 32.188 | 32.064 | 32.010 | 31.950 | C |
| N | 24.779 | 20.910 | 19.826 | 19.361 | 19.118 | 18.974 | 18.882 | 18.819 | 29.084 | 28.787 | 24.898 | 23.771 | 23.277 | 23.024 | 22.870 | 22.765 | 22.740 | 22.690 | N |
| O | 18.972 | 18.967 | 16.006 | 15.176 | 14.821 | 14.634 | 14.524 | 14.454 | 21.804 | 21.602 | 18.627 | 17.768 | 17.396 | 17.200 | 17.086 | 17.030 | 16.980 | 16.940 | O |
| F | 14.988 | 14.982 | 12.643 | 11.988 | 11.707 | 11.560 | 11.473 | 11.418 | 16.947 | 16.807 | 14.458 | 13.781 | 13.488 | 13.334 | 13.244 | 13.185 | 13.143 | 13.130 | F |
| Ne | 12.138 | 12.132 | 10.238 | 9.708 | 9.481 | 9.362 | 9.291 | 9.246 | 13.553 | 13.447 | 11.544 | 11.001 | 10.765 | 10.640 | 10.646 | 10.565 | 10.513 | 10.480 | Ne |
| Na | 10.026 | 10.026 | 8.461 | 8.021 | 7.833 | 7.735 | 7.677 | 7.639 | 11.088 | 11.004 | 9.427 | 8.983 | 8.788 | 8.686 | 8.639 | 8.600 | 8.574 | 8.555 | Na |
| Mg | 8.425 | 8.419 | 7.106 | 6.736 | 6.576 | 6.503 | 6.448 | 6.417 | 9.228 | 9.168 | 7.850 | 7.473 | 7.309 | 7.225 | 7.177 | 7.156 | 7.128 | 7.116 | Mg |
| Al | 7.176 | 7.170 | 6.052 | 5.739 | 5.604 | 5.534 | 5.491 | 5.463 | 7.805 | 7.757 | 6.635 | 6.314 | 6.175 | 6.101 | 6.059 | 6.029 | 6.010 | 5.992 | Al |
| Si | 6.186 | 6.180 | 5.217 | 4.947 | 4.831 | 4.770 | 4.735 | 4.712 | 6.687 | 6.649 | 5.681 | 5.405 | 5.285 | 5.233 | 5.198 | 5.174 | 5.158 | 5.146 | Si |
| P | 5.386 | 5.380 | 4.543 | 4.308 | 4.207 | 4.154 | 4.123 | 4.103 | 5.792 | 5.759 | 4.918 | 4.680 | 4.576 | 4.520 | 4.485 | 4.467 | 4.453 | 4.443 | P |
| S | 4.733 | 4.727 | 3.991 | 3.784 | 3.696 | 3.649 | 3.622 | 3.604 | 5.065 | 5.037 | 4.300 | 4.089 | 3.998 | 3.949 | 3.922 | 3.904 | 3.892 | 3.883 | S |
| Cl | 4.191 | 4.185 | 3.534 | 3.351 | 3.272 | 3.231 | 3.207 | 3.192 | 4.467 | 4.444 | 3.788 | 3.603 | 3.523 | 3.481 | Cl | ||||
| Ar | 3.737 | 3.731 | 3.150 | 2.987 | 2.917 | 2.881 | 2.859 | 2.845 | 3.969 | 3.949 | 3.365 | 3.200 | 3.128 | 3.095 | 3.080 | 3.066 | 3.056 | 3.049 | Ar |
| K | 3.352 | 3.347 | 2.826 | 2.680 | 2.617 | 2.584 | 2.565 | 2.553 | 3.548 | 3.531 | 3.008 | 2.860 | 2.796 | K | |||||
| Ca | 3.024 | 3.018 | 2.549 | 2.417 | 2.361 | 2.331 | 2.314 | 2.303 | 3.193 | 3.177 | 2.705 | 2.571 | 2.514 | 2.484 | 2.477 | 2.465 | 2.457 | 2.452 | Ca |
| Sc | 2.742 | 2.736 | 2.311 | 2.191 | 2.140 | 2.113 | 2.098 | 2.087 | 2.885 | 2.872 | 2.445 | 2.324 | 2.272 | 2.245 | Sc | ||||
| Ti | 2.497 | 2.491 | 2.104 | 1.995 | 1.949 | 1.924 | 1.910 | 1.901 | 2.623 | 2.610 | 2.221 | 2.111 | 2.063 | Ti | |||||
| V | 2.283 | 3.378 | 1.924 | 1.825 | 1.782 | 1.760 | 1.747 | 1.738 | 2.394 | 2.382 | 2.026 | 1.925 | 1.882 | V | |||||