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Modelling Intensity and Concentration in Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

R.B. Shen
Affiliation:
EDAX International, Inc. P.O. Box 135, Prairie View, IL 60090
J.C. Russ
Affiliation:
EDAX International, Inc. P.O. Box 135, Prairie View, IL 60090
W. Stroeve
Affiliation:
EDAX International, Inc. P.O. Box 135, Prairie View, IL 60090
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It might seem at first glance that quantitative models relating intensity to concentration should be identical for energy - or wavelength - dispersive fluorescence analysis. In both cases the interelement effects that complicate the use of simple linear calibration curves occur in the specimen, at which time the X-rays are not yet aware of which kind of detector will be used to count them. This can be true in some cases, but not in general.

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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1978

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