Lecture Notes

The lecture notes for this course are available in a single file (PDF - 2.3 MB).  The lecture notes files in the table are the slides shown in class. 


LEC # TOPICS LECTURE NOTES
1 Introduction to the Electron Microprobe; Theory: Electron-specimen Interactions; Electron Detectors; Qualitative Analysis with EDS (PDF - 6.8 MB)
2 Theory: X-ray Production; Wavelength Dispersive Spectrometer; Compositional Imaging by WDS (PDF - 2.6 MB)
3 Quantitative Analysis with WDS; Matrix Corrections (PDF - 3.3 MB)
4 Special Topics: X-ray Depth-distribution; Φ(ρz); Light Element Analysis with WDS

Peak Overlap in WDS

Comparison of WDS and EDS
(PDF)