Bruker QUANTAX EDS User Manual

User Manual 5 Step-by-Step Guides
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5.16
Quantitative Line Scan (QLine)
This section describes how to quantify a line scan.
Step
Example/hints
1
Select the workspace.
2
a line scan or
L
oad a stored line scan file (.rtl) from the
workspace
menu, or
retrieve it from the Project folder.
See section 5.15.
3
Click on the button and
a) Load… an optimized quantification
method
Use the Scan spectrum of the Line scan to
optimize a quantification method. Save this
method to disk or add to project and drag and
drop from
the project into the Profiles tab.
See section
5.12.1 for details. For electron
transparent samples u
se a suitable Cliff-
Lorimer or Zeta method.
b) Set Quant range.
To enhance spectra statistics, use values 3, 5,
7, 9, 11, 13 to bin neighboring point spectra.
4
Click
to start the
quantification of the line scan database.
5
Use the
icon in the Profiles tab to
change profile display options
.
Select from: Counts, Net sum, Mass
percent
, Mass percent (norm.) and Atomic
percent (norm.)
6
Use the workspace
icon to
When adding the data into the project, or
saving the line scan
.rtl file format, the point
spectra for each point
in the line scan can be
added
to the Project by confirming the pop-
up
window Do you want to save point
spectra too?
a)
Save
the line scan
Use .rtl file format to save quantified line scan
data including scan image and point spectra.
b) Add data to project
Image(s), composite element profiles and
scan image will be transferred.
Confirm the pop
-up window
Do you want to
save point spe
ctra too? by clicking
to transfer spectral data.
c) Add data to report.
7
Use the Profiles tab icon to
a) Save data
Save as .bmp, .jpg, .png, .tif file format
including
Composite element profile, Scan
image or both.
b) Add data to project
Alternatively, right click into the profile and
use the local
Line scan menu. Confirm the
pop
-up window Do you want to save point
spectra too?
by clicking to transfer
spectral data.
c) Add data to report.

Bruker QUANTAX EDS Specifications

General

Brand	Bruker
Model	QUANTAX EDS
Category	Laboratory Equipment
Language	English