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CONVENTIONAL electron probe microanalysis is limited to the analysis of elements of atomic number greater than sodium because of the difficulty of obtaining spectrometer crystals. Dolby1 has succeeded in analyzing the light elements by a non-dispressive technique in which the output pulses from a proportional counter are processed by a series of pulse height analyzers and an analogue computer.
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Dolby, R. M., J. Sci. Instrum., 40, 345 (1963).
Franks, A., X-ray Optics and X-ray Microanalysis, 199 (Academic Press, New York, 1964).
Sayce, L. A., and Franks, A. (in preparation).
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FRANKS, A. Electron Probe Microanalysis of the Light Elements. Nature 201, 913 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201913a0
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