mass absorption coefficient

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mass absorption coefficient

[′mas əb′sȯrp·shən ‚kō·i‚fish·ənt]

(physics)

The linear absorption coefficient divided by the density of the medium.

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At bulk density, a value typical in this experiment for the mass absorption coefficient 1000 [cm.

Mass absorption coefficient of tungsten and tantalum, 1450 eV to 2350 eV: experiment, theory and application

The uncertainty in the quantitative data also results from the choice of the mass absorption coefficients to be used for the calculation of the f([chi]) absorption correction factor.

Decomposition of wavelength dispersive X-Ray spectra

He has published more than 100 archival papers concerned with developments of EPMA instrumentation, improvements in microanalysis techniques, metallurgical and geological applications (including lunar samples and asbestos), characterization of microanalysis standards, uncertainties in quantitative EPMA and correction procedures, bibliographies of EPMA publications, tables of mass absorption coefficients and x-ray lines, development of matrix correction procedures, the early use of color in wavelength dispersive x-ray dot mapping, energy dispe rsive qualitative and quantitative analysis, and the use of Monte Carlo techniques in quantitative EPMA.

Kurt Francis Joseph Heinrich

Uncertainties in physical parameters used in the correction procedure, such as mass absorption coefficients.