A general Monte Carlo simulation of energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometers - Part 6. Quantification through iterative simulations

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 82, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-41

  Schoonjans, Tom ^a   Solé, Vicente Armando ^b   Vincze, Laszlo ^a   Sanchez Del Rio, Manuel ^b   Appel, Karen ^c   Ferrero, Claudio ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cascade effect; Enhancement; Monte Carlo simulations; Quantification; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

CASCADE EFFECTS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETER METHOD; ITERATIVE SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; QUANTIFICATION; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY FLUORESCENCES; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ITERATIVE METHODS; X RAYS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84875250932     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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