Index

EPMA Probe

 

Index

2

2d spacing 82, 88–89, 91, 104, 231, 232, 249, 305, 355

A

absorbed current 72–73, 100, 225, 248, 385, 391, 392

absorption correction 143, 145, 241–42, 349, 361–62, 379, 381

absorption edge 18, 23, 135, 171, 329, 349, 361, 403

accuracy 14, 16, 80, 87, 102, 106, 123, 136, 140, 196, 203, 207, 227, 264, 283, 298, 308, 323, 326, 338, 342, 375, 392, 398

acquisition order 192, 208, 223, 225–26, 246–47, 263, 267, 287, 309

aggregate intensities 340

alpha-factors 23, 142, 154, 241–42

alternating on and off peak 212, 226, 265, 339–41, 372

Always On Top 43

analysis output 238

analytical error 281, 345, 381–85, 392

analytical sensitivity 262, 280–81, 382–84, 382, 389, 382–84, 391

APF 23, 203, 241–43, 247, 251, 259, 264, 271, 322, 337–38, 352–56, 373, 399

Area Peak Factor 241–43, 322, 353, 355

ASCII output 315

assign MAN 346–47, 350

atomic number 12, 17, 80–81, 133, 142–43, 145, 148, 153, 158, 170, 181, 201, 241–43, 246–47, 265, 308, 326–27, 339–41, 343–44, 346–50, 352, 361, 364, 379, 381, 384, 405

atomic percent 275, 345, 383–85

atomic weight 80, 148, 153–54, 167, 238, 241, 243, 265, 274–75, 339–41, 343–44, 378, 380–81

auto focus 40, 59, 301–2, 310

automatic analysis 238, 252

automation 108, 307

automation options 35, 299, 308

average atomic number 148, 153, 201, 243, 265, 339–41, 343–44, 346–48, 405

average counts 260, 348

B

background correction 15, 195, 198, 201, 241, 260, 264, 268, 270, 320, 336, 346–49, 387, 388

backlash 54, 65, 84–85, 217, 225, 309

backscatter 17, 45, 140, 145, 173–81, 284, 362–63

baseline 40–41, 74, 92–93, 101–3, 202, 209, 226, 246, 405

beam current 33, 35, 39, 42, 44, 58, 59, 63, 100, 119, 121, 147, 172, 186–90, 192, 198, 206–12, 225, 243–45, 247–50, 261, 263, 265–66, 268, 298–300, 311, 316, 331, 335, 338–46, 367, 381–84, 388–92, 398

beam damage 212, 262

beam deflection 69, 187, 206, 227, 236, 247, 267, 294, 295, 309

beam drift 15, 99, 186, 207, 212, 242, 245, 273, 331, 388

Bence-Albee 15–16, 142, 242, 252, 343

beta lines 12, 397

beta-factors 241

bias 40–41, 75, 92–93, 101–3, 202, 209, 212, 226, 229, 246–48, 367–68, 369, 405

bias scan 93

blank correction 243, 246, 264–65, 342

BLN file 314

C

calibration curve 44, 63–64, 195, 252, 262, 263, 336, 343, 347–49, 358–60, 373

Cameca 12, 26, 33, 41, 52–53, 57, 59–62, 65, 83–84, 90, 100, 108, 111, 157, 186, 209, 212, 230, 233, 303, 306, 336

carbon contamination 212, 262, 399

cation 34, 124, 128–29, 139, 153, 158, 181, 188, 194–95, 237, 241, 265, 273, 276–79, 339–41, 344, 381

charge 14, 81, 181, 260, 274, 346, 399

chlorine 159, 344

clipboard 115, 123, 126, 127, 129, 131, 153, 158, 161, 162, 184, 209, 239, 245, 252, 325, 371, 375

cluster 288, 296

coating 22, 25, 78, 132, 240, 326, 399, 406

column conditions 44, 119, 121, 192, 207, 273, 288, 310, 367

column label 100, 313, 383

combined sample 246, 309

configuration file 25, 26, 27, 32, 116, 368

continuum 17, 45, 140, 176–81, 227, 241–42, 273, 282, 283, 336, 346–47, 348

copy protection 26

count data 14, 100, 102, 224, 232, 238–39, 245, 260–62, 304, 310, 332, 349

count time 34, 61–62, 73–74, 75, 90–91, 93, 100, 103, 147–48, 188, 209–12, 223–24, 226, 230, 232–34, 240, 242, 246, 249, 263, 281–82, 304–7, 316, 331, 346, 372, 384, 389, 405

crystal flip 42, 92, 216, 235

crystal name 80, 82

current sample 138, 187–93, 195, 202, 205

custom 35, 70, 116, 157, 277, 279, 378–92, 378–92

D

deadtime 24, 40, 75, 92–94, 100, 202, 209, 226, 242, 246, 268, 273, 316, 330, 365, 381–84, 388, 389, 398

debug 34, 63, 149, 180, 233, 239, 241, 305, 394

delay 40–43, 65, 75, 92, 217, 223–25, 261, 309–10

delete 76, 110, 160, 189, 204, 237, 239, 253–58, 271, 287, 297, 300, 348, 368, 404

detection limit 211, 280–83, 345, 381–82, 385, 391, 392

detector mode 62, 95

digitize 23, 33, 45, 77, 108, 110–11, 235, 287–90, 292–95, 309, 370

digitize cluster 288, 296

disable 68, 87, 100, 186, 194, 212, 217, 239, 253, 258, 268, 271, 334, 336, 337, 346, 348, 404

drift 15, 22, 26, 99, 186, 207, 212, 240, 242, 245, 262, 272–73, 281, 296, 331–34, 348, 388, 405

duplicate element 338, 341

dynamic offsets 53

E

EDS 12, 16–17, 49, 55–57, 79, 224, 226, 242, 247, 272, 404

electron range 141, 148, 284

element by difference 124, 128, 144, 241, 275

element by stoichiometry 124, 128, 241, 275–78

element setup 25, 39, 104, 188–93, 203, 267–68, 271–72

Elionix 62, 84, 95–96

E-mail 13, 22, 35

empirical APF 23, 259, 337, 353, 356

empirical MAC 252, 337, 350, 357

enable 48, 54, 55, 100, 108, 194, 217, 219, 239, 253, 272, 334, 336, 337, 350

energy loss 326

error bars 316

Excel 26, 88, 100, 115, 123, 127, 142, 150, 157, 252, 392–95, 380, 385

excess oxygen 153, 159, 241, 243, 254, 265, 338–46

exponential 195, 198, 242–43, 245–47, 262, 268–69, 320, 335, 338–41, 387

extended format 39, 42, 93, 149, 180, 394

F

faraday cup 22, 39, 43, 63, 119, 207–8, 212, 217, 331

Fe2O3 159, 278–79, 352, 354

ferric 159, 254

fiducial 22, 108, 218, 287, 297, 300–301, 369

filament standby 55, 309, 368

file information 34–35, 155, 157, 323–24

file setup 40, 109, 191, 226, 299, 301–2, 311, 326, 350, 380

first approximation 42, 146

fixed concentration 241–42

fluorescence 23, 136–38, 142, 145, 147, 181, 259, 347, 363, 379, 381, 398, 405

fluorine 159, 344, 398

forbidden 76, 312, 318–19

force size 207

formula 82, 128, 153–54, 157, 159–60, 163, 181, 191, 194, 238, 242, 272, 273–75, 316, 345, 355, 384

G

gain 40–41, 70, 75, 92–93, 101, 103, 202, 209, 226, 229, 246–48, 260–62, 369, 405

grid 23, 43, 123, 127, 129, 158–60, 194, 208, 218, 237, 245, 251–52, 271–73, 287, 290, 291–94, 296–97, 300, 314, 346, 387

H

halogen 19, 343–44

histogram 143, 146

homogeneity 239, 280, 282–83, 296, 366

I

image digitize 23

imaging 12, 16, 33, 68–70, 187, 206, 227, 231, 235–36, 243, 247, 250, 265, 267, 294, 295, 298, 304, 309, 338–41, 370

import 14, 25–26, 40, 107, 109, 111, 115, 152, 154, 155–57, 163, 286–87, 290, 298, 300, 302, 392

installation 13, 21–22, 25, 173–74, 187

integrated intensity 203, 242, 247, 273, 352, 373

interference 13–15, 17, 22, 80, 166–68, 187, 196, 202, 226, 237, 239–43, 257–59, 270–72, 281, 308, 326, 332, 334, 349, 369, 379, 381–83, 405

interval 32, 34, 39, 40, 58, 65, 73, 89, 91–93, 221–23, 228, 230, 232, 263, 280, 302–5, 310

iteration 15–16, 45, 58, 63, 129, 197, 201, 243, 258, 263–66, 277, 339–41, 346–48, 343, 353, 360

J

JEOL 23, 25, 32–34, 40–42, 52–53, 63–70, 52–53, 79, 85, 90, 102, 108, 117, 121, 157, 187, 206–7, 209, 212, 219, 230, 233, 236, 295, 298, 301–3, 306, 309, 336

K

KLM 76, 133, 169, 237, 312, 318–19, 327, 386

k-ratio 24, 123–25, 143–44, 240, 242–43, 251, 316, 343, 357, 360, 392, 381–85, 397, 405

L

license 13, 26

light element 19, 259, 352–53, 398–99

limit 15, 25, 42, 84, 87–91, 110, 203, 211, 224, 231, 232, 234, 249, 280–83, 305–7, 319, 345, 381–88, 387, 392

link to excel 123, 127, 150, 395

locate 22, 184, 208, 297, 300

M

magnification 32–33, 44–45, 59, 63, 69, 70, 187, 206, 207, 226, 236, 243, 247, 250, 265, 267, 294–95, 298, 309, 338–41, 404

MAN Background 15, 195, 201, 240–41, 336, 346–49, 388, 405

Mass Absorption Coefficient 25, 39, 136, 252, 343, 352–53, 364, 397

match 57, 77, 87, 109, 161–62, 164–66, 168, 184, 272, 289

matrix correction 13, 24, 44–45, 55, 59, 122, 128–29, 172, 181, 194, 242–43, 257, 263, 265, 268, 272–74, 276–78, 334, 338–42, 352, 357, 361

matrix transformation 300

mean atomic number 17, 159, 201, 241–42, 246–47, 308, 326, 346–50, 384

model background 196, 201, 270, 312, 320–22

model detection 147

model electron 148

modify standard 155

monte-carlo 16, 45, 172–73, 175–76

MQ 24, 172–75

multiple peak 44, 102–5, 194

multiple sample setup 193, 309

multipoint 387

multi-point 196–98, 202, 247, 268, 270, 321, 373

multi-point 387

N

new sample 47, 187, 192–94, 203, 226, 237, 240, 268, 271, 290, 299, 311, 320, 405

NIST 23–24, 78, 133, 137, 143, 156, 169, 173, 184, 237, 272, 312, 318, 327, 362, 364, 383

nominal 35, 84, 88, 167–68, 186–87, 192, 198, 200, 202, 210, 228, 232–33, 241–43, 245, 247, 249, 268–69, 271, 303–5, 331, 360, 379, 381

normalization 35, 99, 186, 337–38, 356

not analyzed 124, 128, 130, 241–42, 253, 273

O

off peak correction 195, 198, 243, 247, 268, 338–41

off-peak background 195, 198, 201, 227, 242, 247

off-peak interference 202, 270

offset 43, 60, 70, 88, 90, 92, 102, 104–5, 176, 195, 201, 221, 233, 237, 243, 245–48, 264–65, 268, 270, 291–92, 305, 320, 343

OLE 23, 43, 88, 150, 315, 395

one sigma 245, 247, 281, 316, 348, 380

operating voltage 33, 42

order 26, 35, 43, 58, 80, 81, 88, 100, 102, 105, 133, 155–56, 166, 168–69, 188, 192, 196, 200, 204, 208, 217, 223–30, 237–39, 246–49, 254, 263, 267, 269, 287, 294, 297, 302–3, 307–9, 315, 318–19, 322, 327, 335, 349, 350, 353, 358–61, 369, 399

oxide standard 160, 343

oxygen 17–19, 34, 123–24, 127–28, 145, 153, 156, 159–60, 167, 191, 194, 203, 238, 241–43, 254, 259, 265, 271, 273, 275–79, 338–46, 352–55, 393, 398–99, 406

P

PAP 361, 362

parabolic 32, 34, 50, 60–62, 73, 89–90, 91, 221, 228–33, 303–6, 322, 386

particle 24, 123, 140, 283–84, 336

peak element 227, 350

peak shift 259, 352–53, 398–99

peak to background 91, 201, 228, 234, 242–43, 271, 303, 307–8, 347

peaking 34–35, 42, 44, 62, 82, 85, 89–91, 102, 106, 189, 193, 210–11, 214, 218, 220, 224, 227–34, 257, 303–7, 386

Penelope 45

PHA 23, 40–41, 44, 74–75, 92–93, 99–100, 103, 118, 133, 166, 168–69, 189, 202, 209, 215, 217, 221, 226, 228–29, 231, 239, 246–48, 304, 327, 336, 364, 369, 405

PictureSnap 25, 374–76

plot 313

polygon 23, 288, 292–94, 296–97, 314, 317

polynomial background 200, 269, 320

position database 25, 76, 107, 110–11, 184, 218, 287–88, 294, 295–97, 300, 310

position sample 40, 45, 77, 108, 208, 218, 287, 289–90, 294, 295–97, 299–302, 308–9, 311, 376, 380

precision 18, 20, 40, 74, 88, 92, 211, 227, 241, 330, 337–38, 342, 356

primary 14, 123–24, 145, 201, 255–58, 239, 241, 242, 255–58, 259, 266, 271, 273, 308, 322, 334, 338, 346, 352–53, 355, 369, 393, 404–6

printer 43, 131, 157, 313–15, 317, 324, 371, 375

PROBEWIN.INI 21–22, 23, 25, 26–27, 32, 34, 35, 77, 82, 86–89, 93–94, 103, 108–9, 116, 126, 146, 149–50, 153, 175–81, 183–84, 186, 194, 202, 207–8, 211, 215–16, 219, 228, 231, 289, 294, 300, 303, 309–10, 312, 315, 318–19, 364, 367, 378, 386, 394–95

Q

quick scan 74, 211, 224

quick standard 226, 258, 309

R

random 111, 278, 288–90, 294, 295

ratemeter 367

replicates 298

reproducibility 99, 323

S

sample conditions 207, 266, 298–300, 311, 343

sample description 188, 290, 383

sample set 240, 287, 382

sample setup 14, 40, 104, 109, 128, 190–93, 202–5, 208, 224, 237, 246, 254–58, 267, 268, 270, 273, 275, 299–302, 308–11, 326

sample type 188, 195, 240, 289, 301, 382

scan data 61, 90, 230, 233, 234, 303, 306, 307, 369

scan rotation 62

secondary 14, 45, 138, 176, 214, 239, 241, 256, 259, 308, 322, 342, 352–53, 404

self calibration 223, 226, 245, 263, 372

sensitivity 18, 262, 280–83, 382–84, 382, 389, 382–84, 391, 398

setup database 188, 193, 203, 267, 271

slit position 62, 94

slit size 62, 94–97, 202, 209

specified element 42, 128, 135, 148, 161, 172, 239, 241, 254, 274, 276–78, 329

spectrometer 43, 82, 83, 88–89, 91–92, 97, 102, 104–5, 198, 202, 216, 218, 221, 227–28, 230, 246, 269, 303, 317, 364, 385

spectrometer backlash 54, 217, 225

spectrum 55, 140, 226, 272, 283, 342, 387

stage bit map 288, 367

standard database 22, 78, 128, 132, 145, 153–54, 155–59, 161, 163, 166, 172–74, 184, 241, 254, 259, 274, 325–26, 348–49, 364, 393

standard deviation 15, 59, 100, 144, 163, 166, 201, 221, 230, 232–33, 237, 241–42, 245, 247, 270, 281–82, 303, 305, 347–48, 381

standard drift 15, 240, 262, 273, 332–34, 348, 405

standard error 241–42, 245, 247, 282–83

start size 34, 62, 89–91, 221, 230, 232–34, 305–7

statistics 103, 203, 211, 212, 239, 242, 245–46, 252, 264, 281–83, 338, 345, 389

stoichiometric element 128, 275

stoichiometry 34, 124, 128, 130, 159, 191, 194, 241–42, 265, 267, 272, 273, 275–79, 315, 343, 338–41, 360, 404

stopping power 145, 181, 362

substrate 140, 283

Surfer 23–24, 43, 290, 292–94, 314, 371, 376

synchronous 223–25, 261

T

take off 145, 398

TDI 14, 19, 192, 213, 222–26, 237, 241–43, 245–46, 251, 255, 260–63, 334–35, 372–73, 381–83, 388, 398–99

thin film 140, 173, 251, 283–84, 288, 298–99, 336, 393

time dependent intensity 14, 19, 192, 213, 222–26, 237, 241–43, 245–46, 251, 255, 260–63, 334–35, 372–73, 381–83, 388, 398–99

trace 17, 45, 129, 147, 192, 196, 202, 211, 243, 246, 264, 276, 281, 300, 338, 342, 345, 372, 389

traverse 83, 290–91, 294, 296

U

undelete 239, 253, 272, 404

update fit 349

update selected 211

user database 22, 25, 35, 114–16

V

variable wavescan 203

virtual standard 257, 364

volatile element 260

W

wavescan sample 12, 45, 187–88, 201, 224, 236, 249, 268, 270, 300, 312, 318, 320, 385–86

X

xray database 23, 133, 169–70, 184, 237, 318–19, 327

x-ray range 25, 133, 169, 237, 327, 386

Z

ZAF 15–16, 23–24, 25, 44, 122–23, 125, 127, 129, 136–40, 142–44, 148, 153–54, 172, 181, 207, 241–43, 252, 258–60, 263, 266, 276–78, 280, 298, 316, 323, 329, 343, 346, 348–49, 353, 357, 360, 362, 380, 384, 398, 404

Z-bar 238, 241, 276–79, 348–49