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X-Ray Tube Improvements for Better Performance in an Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometer System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Ronald Vane  and
Brian Skillicorn
Ronald Vane
Affiliation:
Kevex X-ray Tube Division, P.O. Box 66860, Scotts Valley, CA 95066
Brian Skillicorn
Affiliation:
Kevex X-ray Tube Division, P.O. Box 66860, Scotts Valley, CA 95066
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Abstract

Improvements in x-ray tube technology for the low-power tubes used in energy-dispersive XRF systems can provide better performance. These improvements are occurring in six areas: thin-window tubes, lower kV capability, higher kV and mA capability, pulsed tubes, smaller focal spots, and miniaturization. These improvements will lead to better excitation of the light elements, analysis of low-mass samples, higher count rates, small spot analysis, and smaller systems.

Type
VI. J. Gilfrich Honorary Session on Trends in XRF Instrumentation
Information
Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 27: Thirty-Second Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 1-5, 1983 , 1983 , pp. 415 - 422
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1983

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