Measuring performance of energy-dispersive X-ray systems

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 605-615

  Statham, Peter J ^a  

^a OXFORD INSTRUMENTS PLASMA TECHNOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy dispersive X ray; Microanalysis; Resolution performance; Spectrometry; X ray

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032252170     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927698980588     Document Type: Article

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