Coster-Kronig transition Comparison Table

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Coster-Kronig transition comparison table

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Auger transition ionization A radiationless quantum jump that occurs in the X-ray region. When a K-electron is removed from an atom and an L-electron drops into the vacancy in the K-shell, the energy released in the latter transition goes not into radiation, but into the liberation of one of the remaining L-electrons.

Coster-Kronig transition Auger transition An Auger transition in which the vacancy is filled by an electron from a higher subshell of the same shell.

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Auger transition	ionization	A radiationless quantum jump that occurs in the X-ray region. When a K-electron is removed from an atom and an L-electron drops into the vacancy in the K-shell, the energy released in the latter transition goes not into radiation, but into the liberation of one of the remaining L-electrons.
Coster-Kronig transition	Auger transition	An Auger transition in which the vacancy is filled by an electron from a higher subshell of the same shell.

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