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