Effects of the carbon coating and the surface oxide layer in electron probe microanalysis

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 583-593

  Limandri, Silvina P ^a,b   Carreras, Alejo C ^a,b   Trincavelli, Jorge C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Fsica Enrique Gaviola   (Argentina)

Author keywords

carbon coating; electron probe microanalysis; modeling of X ray spectra; surface oxidation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79451476074     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927610093761     Document Type: Article

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