Readings

Readings are assigned in the Lecture Notes for this course.

LEC # TOPICS READINGS
1 Introduction to the Electron Microprobe; Theory: Electron-specimen Interactions; Electron Detectors; Qualitative Analysis with EDS Course notes, pp. 3-7, 22-25.
2 Theory: X-ray Production; Wavelength Dispersive Spectrometer; Compositional Imaging by WDS Course notes, pp. 7-10, 25-35.
3 Quantitative Analysis with WDS; Matrix Corrections Course notes, pp. 12-20, 36-37.
4 Special Topics: X-ray depth-distribution; Φ(ρz); Light Element Analysis with WDS

Peak Overlap in WDS

Comparison of WDS and EDS
Course notes, pp. 10-11, 20-21, 37-43.