Glossary of Terms From EPMA Xtreme Probe previous page next page Glossary of Terms ALPHA-FACTOR ANALYTICAL ERROR ANGSTROM APF (Area Peak Factor) ATOMIC PERCENT AVERAGE AVERAGE ATOMIC NUMBER BETA-FACTOR BRAGG'S LAW CATION CHARACTERISTIC X-RAY CONTINUUM CPS DEADTIME DETECTION LIMIT EDS EPMA ESCAPE PEAK FIDUCIAL FLUORESCENCE YIELD GRID HI PEAK COUNTS INTERFERENCE INTERFERENCE STANDARD ITERATION K-FACTOR K-RATIO LOW PEAK COUNTS MAC MAN MATRIX CORRECTION MULTI-SELECT NOMINAL OFF COUNTS ON COUNTS ON PEAK COUNTS ONE SIGMA OXIDE P/B PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT PHOTOELECTRONS POISSON PHA PHI-RHO-Z POLYGON POLYNOMIAL PPM PRIMARY STANDARD RAW K-RATIO RELATIONAL DATABASE SCANNING SPECTROMETER SECONDARY STANDARD SIGMA RATIO SPECIFIED CONCENTRATION SPECIFIED ELEMENT STANDARD DEVIATION STANDARD ERROR STOICHIOMETRY STUDENT'S T TIFF TUNABLE SPECTROMETER UNKNOWN K-RATIO WDS ZAF Z-BAR previous page start next page
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