Electron microprobe techniques

Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 5: Mineralogical Methods

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages 335-365

  Guillemette, Renald N ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron detectors; Electron optics system; Electron probe microanalyzer; Qualitative analysis; Quantitative analysis; Sample requirements; Soil materials; Vacuum system; Wavelength dispersive spectrometry; X ray spectrometers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102875063     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssabookser5.5.c12     Document Type: Chapter

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