Relative abundances of differently charged ions were measured following the x irradiation of Xe, and, in separate experiments, of Hg. These studies were carried out for a variety of x-ray energies in order to obtain data as a function of the initial inner-shell vacancies. From the data we have derived charge spectra that result from producing an initial vacancy in each of the following shells: the K, L\, Xii,iu, M\, -M"II,III, Miv,v, and N shells of Xe; and the L, M, N, and 0 shells of Hg. These data are correlated with earlier measurements on He, Ne, Ar, and Kr; and empirical rules are set up whereby one may estimate the average charge resulting from the atomic readjustment to a vacancy in any shell of any atom.
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