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Quality Assurance of Energy Dispersive Spectrometry Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2020

E. B. Steel  and
R. B. Marinenko
E. B. Steel
Affiliation:
Surface and Microanalysis Science Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899
R. B. Marinenko
Affiliation:
Surface and Microanalysis Science Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899
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Monitoring the performance and capabilities of energy dispersive X-ray spectrometers (EDS) and related x-ray analysis electronics and software is important for maintaining and improving the reliability, sensitivity, and accuracy of the x-ray analysis system. There is growing demand for quality systems through laboratory accreditation, ISO 9000, ISO Guide 25 and related programs that require set quality control procedures for analytical instrumentation. In such cases it is frequently more useful to have one national/international standard. This approach is not only more efficient than having each analyst devise their own system, but the use of the same standard procedures among labs would allow direct intercomparison of results. This intercomparison can help labs and manufacturers determine what are normal versus abnormal results and lead to higher quality instruments and analyses.

We are designing a standard procedure to maximize the efficiency of each quality control (QC) measurement so that we spend as little time monitoring the analysis system as is possible.

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30 Years of Energy Dispersive Spectrometry in Microanalysis
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 4 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis '98, Microscopy Society of America 56th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 32nd Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia July 12-16, 1998 , July 1998 , pp. 214 - 215
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America

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