Monte Carlo simulation of Nb Kα secondary fluorescence in EPMA: Comparison of PENELOPE simulations with experimental results

Surface and Interface Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1012-1016

  Fournelle, John H ^a   Kim, Sungtae ^b   Perepezko, John H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

EDS; EPMA; Fluorescence; Monte Carlo; PENELOPE; Secondary fluorescence; WDS

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY;

EPMA; PENELOPE; SECONDARY FLUORESCENCE;

NIOBIUM;

EID: 28744442399     PISSN: 01422421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sia.2114     Document Type: Conference Paper

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