The lecture notes for this course are available in a single file (PDF - 2.3 MB). The lecture notes files in the table are the slides shown in class.
Lecture notes files.
| LEC # |
TOPICS |
LECTURE NOTES |
| 1 |
Introduction to the Electron Microprobe; Theory: Electron-specimen Interactions; Electron Detectors; Qualitative Analysis with EDS |
(PDF - 6.8 MB) |
| 2 |
Theory: X-ray Production; Wavelength Dispersive Spectrometer; Compositional Imaging by WDS |
(PDF - 2.6 MB) |
| 3 |
Quantitative Analysis with WDS; Matrix Corrections |
(PDF - 3.3 MB) |
| 4 |
Special Topics: X-ray Depth-distribution; Φ(ρz); Light Element Analysis with WDS
Peak Overlap in WDS
Comparison of WDS and EDS |
(PDF) |