A general Monte Carlo simulation of energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometers - Part 6. Quantification through iterative simulations

作者：Schoonjans Tom^*; Sole Vicente Armando; Vincze Laszlo; del Rio Manuel Sanchez; Appel Karen; Ferrero Claudio

来源：Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy , 2013, 82: 36-41.

DOI：10.1016/j.sab.2012.12.011

• X-ray fluorescence
• Monte Carlo simulations
• Quantification
• Cascade effect
• Enhancement

A quantification tool for energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (ED-XRF) spectral data is presented, based on the application of Monte Carlo simulations in an iterative, inverse manner. Acting as an open-source plug-in to the widespread PyMca package, it provides users with a superior alternative to the fundamental parameter method based built-in quantification tool, taking into account higher order interactions, M-lines and cascade effects. Examples are shown demonstrating the usefulness of our implementation through data recorded at the synchrotron X-ray fluorescence microprobe installed at the HASYLAB Beamline L, Hamburg, Germany.

• 出版日期2013-4-1