The Approaching Revolution in X-Ray Microanalysis: The Microcalorimeter Energy Dispersive Spectrometer
Newbury, D. E. ; Wollman, D. A. ; Hilton, G. C. ; Irwin, K. D. ; Bergren, N. F. ; Rudman, D. A. ; Martinis, J. M.
Springer
Published 2000
Springer
Published 2000
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1588-2780
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Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
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Abstract A high-resolution energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDS) based on cryogenic microcalorimeter X-ray detectors has been developed for use in X-ray microanalysis. With an energy resolution of 3 eV at 1.5 keV, count rate of ∼500 s−1, and an effective collection area of ∼5 mm2 (using polycapillary X-ray optics), the microcalorimeter EDS combines many of the favorable qualities of commercially-available wavelength dispersive spectrometers (WDS) and semiconductor EDS. After describing the spectrometer system, we present several applications of microcalorimeter EDS to important microanalysis problems.
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Electronic Resource
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