Charge neutralization in the ESEM for quantitative X-ray microanalysis

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 753-763

  Carlton, Robert A ^a,d   Lyman, Charles E ^b   Roberts, James E ^c  

^a SANOFI   (France)

^b Lehigh University   (United States)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge neutralization; Copper gold alloys; Energy dispersive X ray spectrometry; Environmental scanning electron microscopy; NIST SRM 482; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244337974     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927604040693     Document Type: Conference Paper

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