Examination of Gunshot Residue

Firearms Tutorial, The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education

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Oxford Instruments X-ray Microanalysis Site

The site includes tutorials on Energy dispersive spectrometry hardware, Wavelength dispersive X-ray microanalysis and Energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis for the TEM and the on-line microanalysis encyclopaedia.

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Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDS)

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Publications, Presentations & Articles from EDAX

Online access to publications.

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SDD Explained PDF download

Written by Oxford Instruments' team of detector experts, this 28 page booklet covers the principles of SDD in detail. Information is presented is an easy to understand format with drawings and graphs that will benefit students as well as experts. Topics include electron beam and specimen interactions, generation of X-rays from the sample, detextion of x-rays by the SDD, processing of the raw data, and how artefacts such as ballistic deficit and pulse pile are managed.

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