Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Calculation of Integrated Intensities in Spectrographic Microanalysis

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

The change in integrated intensity occurring when a spark traverse is made across a region in which a very high concentration gradient exists has been calculated. The theory which was developed accounted for the effect of sparked-volume size, spectrograph and microphotometer slit-lengths, and the ratio of the camera speed to the sample speed. Three separate assumptions regarding the shape of the sparked volume were made, viz., a circular disk of uniform thickness, a cap of a sphere, and a paraboloid of revolution. The disk gave good agreement only if the sample speed was sufficiently high: at lower speeds this was not true since the spark discharge remained upon any one point long enough to etch out a crater of microscopically observable size. The latter two shapes were satisfactory for all practical conditions. It is suggested that this theory may be extended to the analysis of segregates in metals and alloys even though the segregate may be considerably smaller than the sparked volume.

© 1954 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
An Analysis of the Factors in Spectrochemical Microanalysis*

J. K. Hurwitz
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 42(7) 484-489 (1952)

Simple Device for Reducing Microphotometer Traces to Curves of Intensity

J. D. Purcell
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 44(9) 679-684 (1954)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Figures (4)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Tables (2)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Article tables are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Equations (19)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Equations are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All rights reserved, including rights for text and data mining and training of artificial technologies or similar technologies.