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Letter to the Editor: Accurate Element Identification is the Core Requirement for a Microanalysis System
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 July 2006
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We at Oxford Instruments were interested to read the article published in Microscopy and Microanalysis by Newbury (2005). Although our own views differ from those of Dr. Newbury in some respects, we do agree that this is an important matter. If this article generates an interest in the ability of a system and a user to accurately identify elements in a spectrum and encourages people to assess the quality of the qualitative analysis provided by a microanalysis system, then we believe this article has served a very useful purpose. After all, accurate element identification is the core requirement for a microanalysis system.
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