Newbury, D.
and Ritchie, N.
(2022),
Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrum Simulation with NIST DTSA-II: Comparing Simulated and Measured Electron-Excited Spectra, Microscopy and Microanalysis, [online], https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927622012272, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=933946
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Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrum Simulation with NIST DTSA-II: Comparing Simulated and Measured Electron-Excited Spectra
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NIST DTSA-II is an open-source, comprehensive software platform for the analysis and simulation of electron-excited energy dispersive X-ray spectra (EDS). EDS spectrum simulation uses an embedded Monte Carlo electron trajectory calculation with generation and propagation of characteristic and continuum X-rays through the target and EDS components. The resulting simulated spectrum is calculated on an absolute basis and can be directly compared to experimental measurements made with a known electron dose and EDS solid angle. Extensive studies of pure elements and binary stoichiometric compounds excited at a beam energy of 20 keV reveal that for the K-shell and L-shell X-rays in the energy range from 1 keV to 12 keV, the simulated and measured spectra generally agree within ±25%, whereas for M-shell X-rays, the simulated intensity exceeds the experimental intensity by 25% to 100%. For the X-ray bremsstrahlung in the 1 keV to 12 keV range, the agreement is generally within ±10%.Citation
Microscopy and Microanalysis
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28
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Keywords
energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry, electron excited X-rays, Monte Carlo electron trajectory simulation
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Created June 29, 2022, Updated March 8, 2023