Grazing exit electron probe microanalysis of submicrometer inclusions in metallic materials

T Awane, T Kimura, K Nishida, N Ishikawa… - Analytical …, 2003 - ACS Publications
Grazing exit electron probe microanalysis (GE-EPMA) is a new method of EPMA in which
characteristic X-rays emitted from only near-surface regions of a specimen are detected at …

Detection limits of grazing-exit EPMA for particle analysis

K Tsuji, Z Spolnik, K Wagatsuma, R Nullens… - Microchimica Acta, 2000 - Springer
In conventional electron probe microanalysis (EPMA), the electron-induced X-rays are
measured at large take-off angles of about 45°. In the grazing exit EPMA (GE-EPMA) …

Improvement of reproducibility in grazing‐exit EPMA (GE‐EPMA)

K Tetsuoka, T Nagamura, K Tsuji - X‐Ray Spectrometry: An …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
In grazing exit electron probe microanalysis (GE‐EPMA), characteristic x‐rays emitted from
only near surface regions of a specimen are detected at extremely low exit angles near 0° …

Grazing exit electron probe microanalysis for surface and particle analysis

K Tsuji, K Wagatsuma, R Nullens… - Analytical …, 1999 - ACS Publications
We developed a new method of grazing exit electron probe microanalysis (GE-EPMA) and
applied it to analyze both Si surfaces and Mg-salt particles. In conventional EPMA, X-rays …

Grazing-exit electron probe X-ray microanalysis of ultra-thin films and single particles with high-angle resolution

Z Spolnik, J Zhang, K Wagatsuma, K Tsuji - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2002 - Elsevier
Ultra-thin metallic films, artificial particles and aerosols were analyzed by grazing-exit
electron probe X-ray microanalysis (GE-EPMA). It is beneficial to measure the characteristic …

Surface studies by grazing‐exit electron probe microanalysis (GE‐EPMA)

K Tsuji, Y Murakami, K Wagatsuma… - X‐Ray Spectrometry …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Surface analysis was performed by a new analytical method, grazing‐exit electron probe
microanalysis (GE‐EPMA). At grazing‐exit (small x‐ray take‐off) angles, only characteristic x …

Grazing exit electron probe microanalysis of submicrometer precipitates in a copper base alloy

T Awane, T Kimura, K Nishida, N Ishikawa… - Spectrochimica Acta Part …, 2004 - Elsevier
We applied the grazing exit electron probe microanalysis (GE-EPMA) to analyses of a
submicrometer precipitate, which consisted of Si and Ni, in a copper base alloy. We …

Inclusion identification by means of electron probe microanalysis

H Yakowitz, KFJ Heinrich - Metallography, 1968 - Elsevier
Each stage in the analysis of inclusions by electron probe microanalysis is evaluated. These
stages include experimental design and instrument operation, specimen preparation …

Elemental X-ray images obtained by grazing-exit electron probe microanalysis (GE-EPMA)

K Tsuji, R Nullens, K Wagatsuma… - Journal of analytical …, 1999 - pubs.rsc.org
A new method, grazing-exit electron probe microanalysis (GE-EPMA), was studied. Only X-
rays emitted from the near-surface layer are measured at grazing-exit angles (eg< 0.5°) …

Grazing-exit electron probe X-ray microanalysis (GE-EPMA): Fundamental and applications

K Tsuji - Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 2005 - Elsevier
Electron probe microanalysis (or Scanning electron microscope-energy dispersive X-ray
spectrometry) has been studied under grazing-exit conditions. That is, characteristic X-rays …