Year: 1996
Type: article
Abstract: An approach to determining the spectral shape of x-ray tube emission is derived, relying on the measurement of the x-ray fluorescence intensities from pure elements under standard operating conditions of a spectrometer. A model is proposed for the spectral shape consisting of three parameters, their values being obtained from the solution of a system of non-linear equations. The methodology was applied to an energy-dispersive spectrometer but it can also be straightforwardly adapted to a wavelength-dispersive spectrometer. Computer simulations were carried out to check the range of application of the proposed method; the measurements made on the spectrometer were in excellent agreement with calculations.
Source: X-Ray Spectrometry
Authors: Raúl T. Mainardi, Raúl A. Barrea
Institution: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Language: English
Subfield: Radiation
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2047837025