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Determination of the X‐ray mass absorption coefficient by measurement of the intensity of Ag Kα compton scattered radiation
Author(s) -
Franzini M.,
Leoni L.,
Saitta M.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
x‐ray spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.447
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1097-4539
pISSN - 0049-8246
DOI - 10.1002/xrs.1300050207
Subject(s) - compton scattering , spectrometer , intensity (physics) , reflection (computer programming) , absorption (acoustics) , mass attenuation coefficient , optics , radiation , physics , attenuation coefficient , x ray , mass spectrometry , atomic physics , scattering , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language
By utilizing a reflection geometry, an accurate mass absorption coefficient of a sample can be determined by measuring the Ag Kα Compton intensity. Intensities of Ag Kα Compton scattered radiation have been collected by using either the usual reflection geometry of a Philips PW 1450 automatic X‐ray spectrometer or a more refined reflection geometry, achieved on a Philips PW 1540/10A manual X‐ray spectrometer. The experimental results have shown that the relationship between the Ag Kα Compton intensity and the mass absorption is a logarithmic function. Our experimental results are not in agreement with those reported in literature, but a theoretical explanation to account for this fact has not been achieved as yet.