Talk:X-ray notation

etymology
Why "k", "l", "m"? This needs to be included?68.150.86.232 (talk) 09:36, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

I was going to ask that - why did they start with K?Feldercarb (talk) 01:54, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

convention
why are brackets used for the first two and not the rest? (note: view in edit mode to see the table)

Conversion[1][2] Quantum Numbers	Atomic Notation	X-ray Notation n	l	s	j 1	0	±1/2	1/2	1s(1/2)	K1 2	0	±1/2	1/2	2s(1/2)	L1 2	1	-1/2	1/2	2p1/2	L2 2	1	+1/2	3/2	2p3/2	L3 3	0	±1/2	1/2	3s	M1 3	1	-1/2	1/2	3p1/2	M2 3	1	+1/2	3/2	3p3/2	M3 3	2	-1/2	3/2	3d3/2	M4 3	2	+1/2	5/2	3d5/2	M5

notation?
article has example of Cu subscript Kα X-rays -- wondering where the alpha in the subscript comes fromFeldercarb (talk) 01:55, 8 October 2023 (UTC)