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A Vacuum Spectrometer for Studying the Chemical Effect on Soft X-Ray Spectra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

W. L. Baun
Affiliation:
AFML (MAYA) Materials Research Lab. WPAFB, 0. 45433
E. W. White
Affiliation:
The Pennsylvania State Univ. University Pk., Pa. 16802
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Abstract

Soft X-ray spectroscopy promises to be one of the most powerful techniques for solving a wide variety of materials characterization problems. Although chemical analysis of the light elements is commonly done by the electron microprobe and X-ray fluorescence, the “chemical effect on X-ray spectra” has been utilized in relatively few cases. This appears to result from a general lack of appreciation for the applicability of chemical effect measurements and perhaps to a greater extent it is due to the unavailability of appropriate soft X-ray spectrometers. Most studies have been carried out using instruments that were not particularly well suited to chemical effect studies. The purpose of this paper is to describe a versatile new soft X-ray spectrometer and auxiliary equipment for the study of the chemical effect. The spectrometer is housed in a versatile, high vacuum chamber 24 inches in diameter by 4 5/16 inch vertical clearance.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1969

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References

1. Baun, W. L., accepted for publication, Review of Scientific Instruments.Google Scholar