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In an atom, a centrally charged nucleus is surrounded by Z electrons. The electrons most tightly bound to the nucleus are called K-shell electrons, the next group the L-shell electrons, and so on. This is the picture of Bohr’s atom which was given around 1913.
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Agarwal, B.K. (1979). Characteristic X-Rays. In: X-Ray Spectroscopy. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 15. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-14469-5_2
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