The performance of the modified Φ(ϱz) approach as compared to the love and scott, ruste and standard ZAF correction procedures in quantitative electron probe microanalysis

Abstract

AbstractThe recently introduced modified Gaussian φ(ϱz) approach is compared with three other correction procedures for quantitative electronprobe microanalysis. On the basis of results obtained for 441 published microanalysis data it is concluded that the modified Φ(ϱz) approach and the Love‐Scott correction model perform equally well and are both superior to the Ruste and ZAF correction models. Special attention has been paid to the new atomic number correction proposed by Love et al. It was found to be only marginally better than that of the Φ(ϱz) approach.