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THE element sulphur offers a very interesting case for the effect of chemical combination on X-ray spectra. Lindh has already established remarkable changes in the K-absorption edges of this element with varying valency (see Siegbahn: “Spectroscopy of X-rays”, pp. 146–147). The Kβ lines of this element also show peculiar changes, especially regarding relative intensity and structure of β1 and βx lines in various chemical compounds of sulphur. In the course of a study of the X-ray spectrum of sulphur and its compounds, I have made the surprising observation that one line, with the wave-length 5043 X.U. (apparently identical with the Kβ3 line listed by Hjalmar), is emitted by certain sulphur compounds, but not by pure sulphur or by certain other chemical compounds of this element.
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DEODHAR, G. X-Ray Spectra and Chemical Combination. Nature 126, 205 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/126205a0
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