is automatic peak id infallible: major constituents (c > 0.1 mass fraction or 10%)? minor (0.01...
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Is automatic Peak ID infallible:
• Major constituents (C > 0.1 mass fraction or 10%)?
• Minor (0.01 < C < 0.1 mass fraction, 1-10%)?• Trace (C < 0.01 mass fraction or 1%)?
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What is actually being done in automatic qualitative analysis?
• First level approach– Peak finding algorithm locates peak channels for peaks
above a minimum peak/noise threshold (usually user-selected, e.g., peak counts > 3 B1/2)
– Peak channels are compared to a database, and closest match within + DE (usually a user-selected parameter, e.g., 30 eV)
• Study has shown that this method fails to identify major peaks about 5% of the time! BLUNDERS!– Learn how to do peak ID manually to
groundtruth the automatic peak ID!
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Avoiding Automatic Peak ID Blunders• What is the analyst supposed to do?
– Groundtruth every automatic peak ID solution
• Use all available software aids, e.g., KLM markers, “interference tables”, to inspect peak IDs• Pay attention to the physics:
– Label all family members (Ka-Kb, Ll, La, Lb Lg, Lh; Ma-Mb-Mg-Mz-M2N4, etc.)
– Label K-L and L-M pairs– Label escape peaks and sum peaks
• Practice manual Peak ID solution; e.g., SEMXM, 3rd ed., Goldstein et al., pp 357-382
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Personal Quality Assurance Plan for EDS X-ray Microanalysis
• Operational: Qualitative analysis– 1. EDS system calibration:• (1) ALWAYS check calibration at the beginning of a
measurement campaign; e.g., record a Cu spectrum at E0 = 20 keV and save with session spectra.• (2) Learn how to perform calibration
– 2. Learn how to choose automatic qualitative analysis parameters• (1) Peak level discriminator, P/B: how small a peak will be
examined?• (2) Energy search range, DE, around peak
– 3. Testing automatic qualitative analysis• (1) Challenge autoqual software with a range of pure
elements, simple compounds, and multiple element mixtures.• (2) Examine identification of sum and escape peaks of major
elements• (3) Test qualitative analysis as a function of beam energy,
especially in the low voltage range (E0 < 5 keV) if important.• (4) Examine reliability as a function of major (>0.1), minor
(0.01 to 0.1), and trace (< 0.01) levels• (5) Look for false positives (incorrect identifications) and false
negatives (e.g., missed peaks).