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3-D Graphing of XRF Matrix Correction Equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Anthony J. Klimasara*
Affiliation:
Osram Sylvania Inc. Technical Assistance Laboratory Danvers, MA 01923
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Abstract

The Lachance-Traill, and Lucas-Tooth-Price matrix correction equations/functions for XRF determined concentrations can be graphically interpreted with the help of three dimensional graphics. Statistically derived Lachance-Traill and Lucas-Tooth-Price matrix correction equations can be represented as follows:

1

where:

Ci -elemental concentration of element “i”

Ij -X-Ray intensity representing element “i”

Ai0 -regression intercept for element “i”

Ai -regression coefficient

Zj -correction term defined below

2

Ai0, Aj , and Zi together represent the results of a multi-dimensional contribution.

li, Ci, and Zi can be represented in three dimensional Cartesian space by X, Y and Z. These three variables are connected by a matrix correction equation that can be graphed as the function Y = F(X, Z), which represents a plane in three dimensional space. It can be seen that each chemical element will deliver a different set of coefficients in the equation of a plane that is called here a calibration plane. The commonly known and used two dimensional calibration plot is a “shadow” of the three dimensional real calibration points. These real (not shadow) points reside on a regression calibration plane in this three dimensional space. Lachance-Traill and Lucas-Tooth-Price matrix correction equations introduce the additional dimension(s) to the two dimensional flat image of uncorrected data. Illustrative examples generated by three dimensional graphics will be presented.

Type
IX. XRS Mathematical Methods, Trace Analysis and Other Applications
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1994

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