Decomposition of wavelength dispersive x-ray spectra

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 509-529

  Rémond, Guy ^a,b   Myklebust, Robert ^c   Fialin, Michel ^d   Nockolds, Clive ^a   Phillips, Matthew ^e   Roques Carmes, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UFR Sciences and Techniques   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Atomic lines; Distortions induced by absorption edges; Pseudo Voigt profiles; Satellites; Soft x ray bands; WDS instrumental distortions

Indexed keywords

IRON OXIDES; PROBES; SPECTROMETERS; WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY;

WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETERS (WDS);

X RAYS;

EID: 0036874501     PISSN: 1044677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6028/jres.107.044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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