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