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QuantitativeX-rayAnalysis

CHAPTERPREVIEW

Nowyou’vegotanideaofhowtoacquireXEDSspectraandimagesfromthinfoils.You

understandwhatfactorslimittheusefulinformationtheymaycontainandwhatfalseand

misleadingeffectsmayarise.Alsoyouknowhowtobeverysurethatacertaincharacteristic

peakisduetothepresenceofacertainelementandtheoccasionswhenyoumaynotbeso

confident.Havingobtainedaspectrumorimagethatisqualitativelyinterpretable,itturns

outtobearemarkablysimpleproceduretoconvertthatinformationintoquantitativedata

aboutthedistributionofelementsinyourspecimen;thisiswhatwedescribeinthischapter.

Thischapterisalittlelongerthantheaverage.Youmayfindthatyoucanskippartsofit

asyouworkthroughitthefirsttime.Wehavedecidedtokeepthematerialtogethersoasto

beamoreusefulreferencewhenyouareactuallydoingyouranalysesonyourmicroscope.

ThisaspectofXEDSispoisedtochangesignificantlyinthefutureandtheprospectsfor

muchimprovedquantificationarehintedatandcoveredindetailinthecompaniontext.

35.1HISTORICALPERSPECTIVEconcentrationCiofanelementiinthespecimengener-

atesacertainintensityofcharacteristicX-rays.How-

QuantitativeX-rayanalysisintheAEMisastraightfor-ever,itisverydifficultinpracticetomeasurethis

wardtechnique.Whatissurprisingisthat,givenitsgeneratedintensitysoCastaingsuggestedthata

simplicity,