What are K L M shells in atom?

Answer 1

according to charles barkles x-rays emitted from an element are of two types k radiation and l radiation he named them as A B initially but later on renamed them as K L and left rooms for undiscovered radiations from A to j. modern age it has been discovered that when electron knock out from n=1 then k radiation are produced and l radiation are produced when electron knock out from n=2.

Answer 2

Why do the electron shells begin being named with K, L, M, N, and not with A, B, C?

The names of the electron shells come from a fellow named Charles G. Barkla, a spectroscopist who studied the X-rays that are emitted by atoms when they are hit with high energy electrons. He noticed that atoms appeared to emit two types of X-rays. The two types of X-rays differed in energy and Barkla originally called the higher energy X-ray type A and the lower energy X-ray type B. He later renamed these two types K and L since he realized that the highest energy X-rays produced in his experiments might not be the highest energy X-ray possible. He wanted to make certain that there was room to add more discoveries without ending up with an alphabetical list of X-rays whose energies were mixed up.

As it turns out, the K type X-ray is the highest energy X-ray an atom can emit. It is produced when an electron in the innermost shell is knocked free and then recaptured. This innermost shell is now called the K-shell, after the label used for the X-ray. Barkla won the 1917 Nobel Prize for Physics for this work.

Answer 3

K, L, M correspond to n = 1, 2, 3 respectively.

Answer 4

the names of the shells in an atom started with k because Neil Bohr does not like a to j letters and he started with k.

Answer 5

what is the full name of shells of atom KLMN