Open AccessThe influence of the constituents of the crystal on the form of the spectrum in the X-ray spectrometer
Publication year - 1914
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1914.0011
Subject(s) - spectrometer , crystal (programming language) , classification of discontinuities , quality (philosophy) , x ray , spectrum (functional analysis) , chemistry , materials science , physics , optics , computer science , mathematics , quantum mechanics , mathematical analysis , programming language
The construction and use of the X-ray spectrometer have been described in previous papers. It is found that the relative intensities of the various parts of a spectrum may be greatly altered by changing the crystal which is used in the spectrometer. The present paper contains an account of experiments made to determine the origin of this effect. It is shown that it may be ascribed to well known discontinuities in the relations between the atomic weight of an absorbing screen and its power of absorbing X-rays of given quality. This cause operates through the absorbing action of the atoms of which the crystal is composed.