Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
Experiments show that small changes in ambient temperature cause significant shifts in apparent positions of peaks in x-ray spectra during quantitative analyses by use of electron microprobes operating in conjunction with automated wavelength-dispersive x-ray spectrometers; and one corrects for such shifts by using computer subroutine to recalibrate x-ray peak positions. Correction technique obviates frequent manual recalibration of standard peak locations and x-ray intensities of individual chemical elements, enabling operation of unattended instruments, as in overnight collection of data, and freeing analysts to spend more time interpreting data.
Keywords:
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Type:
MSC-22127
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NASA Tech Briefs (ISSN 0145-319X); 18; 8; P. 47
Format:
text
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