An excel utility for the rapid characterization of 'funny filters" in PIXE analysis.

Zdenek Nejedly (1) , John L. Campbell (1) , Sophie Gama (2)

1 Guelph-Waterloo Physics Institute
2 ISTO - Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans

"Funny filters", i.e. compound absorbers with an aperture in one layer, provide an effective means of recording both trace and major element X-ray lines in a single PIXE spectrum. However, the characterization of funny filters has some pitfalls. An Excel utility has been developed to characterize the physical parameters of the filter on the assumption of a constant H-value for the PIXE system. Its application is illustrated using data taken independently at two laboratories.

Keywords: PIXE analysis; Funny filter; Data evaluation; Calibration; Analytical software

Domains: Geophysics [physics.geo-ph]; Geophysics [physics.geo-ph]

Zdenek Nejedly, John L. Campbell, Sophie Gama. An excel utility for the rapid characterization of 'funny filters" in PIXE analysis.. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 2004, 219-220, pp.136-139. ⟨10.1016/j.nimb.2004.01.041⟩. ⟨hal-00069172⟩