An energy-dispersive technique to measure x-ray coherent scattering form factors of amorphous materials

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 855-871

  King, B W ^a   Johns, P C ^a,b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; INCOHERENT SCATTERING; SINGLE CRYSTALS; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAY SCATTERING;

AMORPHOUS SUBSTANCES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE; ENERGY-SENSITIVE DETECTOR; POLYCHROMATIC X-RAYS; SCALING PARAMETER; SMALL SCATTERING ANGLES; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS; X-RAY COHERENT SCATTERING;

COHERENT SCATTERING;

POLYETHYLENE; WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNCERTAINTY; X RAY;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLYETHYLENE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY; WATER; X-RAYS;

EID: 76149092232     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/3/020     Document Type: Article

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