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X-Ray Techniques in the 1 to 400 Å Range

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Andrew A. Sterk
Andrew A. Sterk*
Affiliation:
American Machine & Foundry Company, Alexandria, Virginia
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Abstract

X-ray work in the 10 to 400 Å range usually requires, for maximum sensitivity, new methods of X-ray generation, analysis, and detection. A comparative survey includes X-ray generation by fluorescence, electron bombardment, and proton bombardment. Dispersive analysis with crystals and gratings is described. Finally, window less photoelectric multipliers are evaluated as X-ray detectors.

Results show that typical efficiences range from 10−4 to 10−2 photons/electron or photons/proton, with the latter value as a practical upper limit. An efficiency of 8.5% has been measured for a KAP crystal covering the wavelength range up to 25 Å, while an original gold-plated grating lias a maximum measured efficiency of 20%. Counter efficiency may range from 1 to 50%, depending on wavelength. Total efficiency for a grating-type spectrometer in the 20 to 400 Å range has been measured to 2 × 105 photons/cm2-count.

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Research Article
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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 9: Fourteenth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 25-27, 1965 , 1965 , pp. 410 - 419
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1965

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