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Development of the Detector Response Function Approach for the Library Least-Squares Analysis of Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

L. Wielopolski  and
R. P. Gardner
L. Wielopolski
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Engineering North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina 27650
R. P. Gardner
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Engineering North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina 27650
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Abstract

A procedure to obtain analytical models for the elemental X-ray pulse-height distribution libraries necessary in the library least-squares analysis of energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectra is outlined. This is accomplished by first obtaining the response function of Si(Li) detectors for incident photons in the energy range of interest. Subsequently this response function is used to generate the desired elemental library standards for use in the least-squares analysis of spectra, or it can be used directly within a least-squares computer program, thus eliminating the large amount of computer storage required for the standards.

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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 22: Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 1-4, 1978 , 1978 , pp. 317 - 323
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1978

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