absorption edge Comparison Table

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absorption edge comparison table

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Balmer jump hydrogen (H I) The sudden decrease in the intensity of the continuous spectrum at the limit of the Balmer series of hydrogen at 3646 Å, representing the energy absorbed when electrons originally in the second energy level are ionized. Balmer discontinuity 3646 Å

Helium discontinuity helium (He I)

K edge The absorption edge of the K shell (see absorption edges).

Subject	has specie	has definition	has synonym	has wavelength
Balmer jump	hydrogen (H I)	The sudden decrease in the intensity of the continuous spectrum at the limit of the Balmer series of hydrogen at 3646 Å, representing the energy absorbed when electrons originally in the second energy level are ionized.	Balmer discontinuity	3646 Å
Helium discontinuity	helium (He I)
K edge		The absorption edge of the K shell (see absorption edges).

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