• Title of article

    A general Monte Carlo simulation of energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometers — Part 5: Polarized radiation, stratified samples, cascade effects, M-lines

  • Author/Authors

    Schoonjans، نويسنده , , Tom and Vincze، نويسنده , , Laszlo and Solé، نويسنده , , Vicente Armando and Sanchez del Rio، نويسنده , , Manuel and Brondeel، نويسنده , , Philip and Silversmit، نويسنده , , Geert and Appel، نويسنده , , Karen and Ferrero، نويسنده , , Claudio، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2012
  • Pages
    14
  • From page
    10
  • To page
    23
  • Abstract
    A general Monte Carlo code for the simulation of energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (ED-XRF) spectrometers is presented. As a significant extension to existing Monte Carlo codes, dedicated to ED-XRF spectrometers, the new code includes several unique features such as the simulation of M-lines and cascade effects. The detector response function was extended with fluorescence and Compton escape peaks, as well as with pulse pile-up. A full description of the underlying algorithms is given. The software was validated by means of comparison with experimental spectra of standard reference materials collected at the synchrotron XRF-microprobe installed at HASYLAB Beamline L, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Keywords
    X-ray fluorescence , Monte Carlo simulation , Cascade effect , Pulse pile-up , M-line
  • Journal title
    Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy
  • Serial Year
    2012
  • Journal title
    Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy
  • Record number

    1688419