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IN our recent letter1 on the L-series of the lighter elements, we pointed out that the characteristic feature of the lines of silicon, aluminium and magnesium, showing very broad lines with a sharp limit at the side of the short wave-lengths, may be interpreted as due to the transition of electrons from the free electronic levels (the conduction electrons) to an empty L-level. Independently, analogous results and this explanation have been put forward by T. H. Osgood and by O'Bryan and Skinner2.
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NATURE, 132, 750, Nov. 11, 1933.
Phys. Rev., Oct. 1933.
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SIEGBAHN, M., MAGNUSSON, T. X-Ray K- and L-Spectra of Aluminium. Nature 132, 895 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132895a0
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