Chemical effects on the satellite lines of sulfur Kβ X-ray emission spectra

The presence of four lines, a principal one, Kβ1,3 and three satellites, Kβ′, Kβx, and Kβ″, in some compounds was determined. The relative intensity of the Kβ′ line in the sulfates and sulfites permits to show the difference of the covalent character of the S-O bond between both clusters. The energies of the Kβ1,3 principal line and of its satellites do not depend on the cation but their intensities vary when the latter is replaced by hydrogen. The experimental results found in this work show an agreement with the theoretical and empirical values obtained by other authors.