3. Comparison with other excitation modes
X-ray emission can be induced by various exciting probes: heavy charged particles such as protons or alpha particles (PIXE), electrons (EPMA, EDX), X-ray photons and gamma photons from radioactive sources. Each of the resulting analytical techniques has its own specific advantages, such as analytical sensitivity, wide accessibility to a broad scientific community, or the fact that it can be applied on a microscopic scale. On this last point, techniques based on the use of gamma photons or X-ray photons from conventional X-ray tubes (XRF) cannot compete with synchrotron radiation sources (SXRF) with much brighter beams.
3.1 Using X-ray photons (XRF and SXRF)
Chronologically, X-ray photons were the first probe to be used, from conventional X-ray tubes. Today,...
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Processing software
There are around ten PIXE spectrum processing software packages, most of them developed by research laboratories. They are either based on deconvolution with calculation of peak areas, or on fitting a simulated spectrum to the experimental spectrum. They all enable concentrations to be calculated. Seven programs, Geopixe
Conferences
International Conference on Nuclear Microprobe Technology and Applications (ICNMTA), whose proceedings are published every two years.
International Conference on PIXE and its analytical applications, held every 3 years and devoted entirely to the PIXE technique.
International Conference on Ion Beam Analysis, held every 2 years.
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