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Universal Mean Atomic Number curves for EPMA calculated by Monte Carlo simulations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2021

Aurélien Moy ,
Anette von der Handt ,
John Fournelle ,
William Nachlas  and
John Donovan
Aurélien Moy
Affiliation:
Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
Anette von der Handt
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
John Fournelle
Affiliation:
Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
William Nachlas
Affiliation:
Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
John Donovan
Affiliation:
CAMCOR, University of Oregon, United States

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Type
Unresolved Challenges in Quantitative X-ray Microanalysis
Information
Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 27 , Supplement S1 , August 2021 , pp. 1098 - 1101
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Microscopy Society of America

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Support for this research came from the National Science Foundation: EAR-1337156 (JHF), EAR-1554269 (JHF), EAR-1849386 (JHF) and EAR-1849465 (AVDH).Google Scholar