The combined effect of acceleration voltage and incident beam orientation on the characteristic X-ray production in thin crystals

Kannan M. Krishnan, Peter Rez, Gareth Thomas, Yasuhiro Yokota, H. Hashimoto

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Abstract

A systematic experimental study has been carried out to determine the combined effect of acceleration voltage and incident beam orientation on the characteristic X-ray production in thin crystals. For MgAl2O4it has been shown that the orientation dependence undergoes a reversal in character above a particular voltage, which is referred to now as the ‘inversion’ voltage. This inversion voltage has been experimentally determined to be -270kV for MgAl2O4compounds with a spinel structure and is in agreement with theoretical predictions based on a highly localized scattering model for characteristic X-ray production in thin crystals. Further, in combination with theoretical calculations, this ‘inversion voltage’ behaviour has been shown to be different from the conventional critical voltage effect. From the microanalysis point of view, it has been experimentally shown that in order to obtain an analysis independent of the incident beam orientation or the acceleration voltage, it is essential to systematically tilt the crystal to an orientation at which no lower-order Bragg reflections are excited.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)339-348
Number of pages10
JournalPhilosophical Magazine B: Physics of Condensed Matter; Statistical Mechanics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties
Volume53
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1986

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemical Engineering
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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