Carbon Area-Peak Factors

EPMA Xtreme Probe

Carbon Area-Peak Factors

Relative to Fe3C using W/Si LDE (2d = 59.8):

Carbide

Area-Peak-Factor (APF)

B4C

1.010

SiC

0.933

TiC

0.868

V2C

0.873

VC

0.873

ZrC

0.880