VI/16 Line Spectra of the Elements (Reader+ 1980-1981)
Line Spectra of the Elements
Reader J., and Corliss Ch.H.
ADC_Keywords: Spectroscopy ; Atomic physics
Description:
This catalog contains wavelength information for 99 different atomic
species. The wavelengths for about 46,610 spectral lines of neutral
through quadruply ionized atoms are tabulated. The information is
presented in a general table of headers and references for each
element and for each element a table of relative intensities,
wavelengths ordered numerically, chemical elements, and stages of
ionization indicated for each line in the wavelength range 40 to
40,000 Angstroms. Listed in the 99 data files are lines that appear in
emission from the vacuum ultraviolet to the far infrared. For most
atoms these lines are chosen from much larger lists so as to include
the stronger observed lines in each spectral region. Below 2000
Angstroms the wavelengths are in vacuum; above 2000 Angstroms the
wavelengths are in air. Wavelengths given to three decimal places are
suitable for spectrograph calibration purpose such as Ne, Ar, Kr, Fe
in the air region and C, N, O, Si, and Cu in the vacuum region. The
intensity estimates are useful only as a rough indication of the
appearance of a spectrum. The literature references as they appear the
the the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics are given in a separate
file.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
catalog.dat 58 46663 the catalog data
refs.dat 205 488 references to the catalog (refz, ref)
hcp_refs.txt 80 481 Refs. of CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
notes.txt 89 430 notes & references to CRC Handbook Ch. & Ph. from
original table headers
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: catalog.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 2 I2 --- Z atomic number
4- 5 I2 --- ion ? ion
7-11 I5 --- Int *? spectral line intensity on arbitrary scale
13-16 A4 --- line notes on spectral line
18-27 F10.3 0.1nm wavel wavelength in Angstroms
29 A1 --- Air_Vac flag for wavelength in Air or Vacuum
31-32 A2 --- Element symbol for element
34-37 A4 --- Spectrum spectrum of element
39-43 A5 --- oxide spectral line belongs to oxide ???
45-49 I5 0.1nm bwavel ? truncated wavelength
51-53 A3 --- note no explanation for this field was given
55-56 I2 --- refZ reference section
57-58 I2 --- ref reference number in section
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Note on Int:
The spectral line intensities for each element are given as a guide
to the relative strengths of a line in the spectrum of that element.
From element to element and author to author different measures may
have been employed to derive these numbers.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: refs.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 2 I2 --- refZ Reference section by atomic number
3- 4 I2 --- ref ? reference number in section
5-205 A201 --- text * reference text
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Note on text:
In some cases the reference number is missing and the references are
ordered by the element and spectrum which then start the reference text
separating the identification and reference by a colon.
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The original data files contained embedded headers and references.
That information for each elemental data file was extracted and
used to create the file refs.dat. In the file notes.txt other
information from the table header of each element including
the references to the table in the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
are given. These references can be found in the hcp_refs.txt file
described above.
Byte-by-byte Description of file: notes.txt
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1 - 8 A8 --- element abbreviated element (alphabetical by element)
10 - 89 A80 --- text references to the table of references in file
hcp_refs.txt extracted from the original
file headers
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Remarks:
The brief description for the data was prepared by J. Lyu based on
documentation accompanying the catalog. Additional reformatting was
done by Paul Kuin (ADC). The original data and text were separated.
The data were reformatted and ion number was included. All elements
were combined in one data file. The header information was separated
to the file refs.dat and notes.txt. Additional notes were included as
required in the ReadMe documentation.
(End) Paul Kuin [NASA/ADC] 07-Oct-1996