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Wt. % Apparent Conc/Intensity Correction: 1) Weight %

The document summarizes how EDS spectroscopy software extracts the weight percentage and atomic percentage of elements in a sample. It calculates weight percentage by taking the apparent concentration and dividing by an intensity correction factor. Atomic percentage is calculated by taking the weight percentage and dividing by the atomic weight of each element. The sample being analyzed is a (CuO+CeO2) nanocomposite, and the document shows the calculations to convert the measured weight percentages to atomic percentages for oxygen, copper, cerium, and gold in the sample.

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Wt. % Apparent Conc/Intensity Correction: 1) Weight %

The document summarizes how EDS spectroscopy software extracts the weight percentage and atomic percentage of elements in a sample. It calculates weight percentage by taking the apparent concentration and dividing by an intensity correction factor. Atomic percentage is calculated by taking the weight percentage and dividing by the atomic weight of each element. The sample being analyzed is a (CuO+CeO2) nanocomposite, and the document shows the calculations to convert the measured weight percentages to atomic percentages for oxygen, copper, cerium, and gold in the sample.

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EDS spectroscopy Software actually extracts:

1) Weight %

Wt. % = Apparent Conc/Intensity Correction

This is called element % of the element.

2) Atomic %

This is calculated from the measured Wt. % values for each element.

Atomic % = Wt. %/ Atomic weight

Let us first look how the Wt. % gets converted to atomic %

The sample of which this data collected is (CuO+CeO2) nanocomposite

Eleme Line App. k ratio Intensity Weight Weight% Atomic% Standard


nt Conc corrn. % sigma
O K_SER 37.93 0.13614 1.1941 16.23 0.22 46.12 SiO2 13-Dec-
IES 2019 12:00 AM
Cu K_SER 128.93 1.28925 0.9580 68.77 0.29 49.20 Cu 13-Dec-
IES 2019 12:00 AM
Ce L_SER 24.54 0.2277 0.9632 13.02 0.19 4.22 CeO2 13-Dec-
IES 2019 12:00 AM
Au M_SE 2.37 0.02369 0.6131 1.97 0.20 0.46 Au 13-Dec-
RIES 2019 12:00 AM

Totals 100.00

Processing option : All elements analyzed (Normalised)


Number of iterations : 3
Sample is unpolished X-ray corrections may be approximate.
Sample is uncoated
Detector efficiency : Calculation
Table-2 Wt. % to atomic % conversion …..

Element Atomic Wt Weight% Weight% /Atomic Wt Atomic%

O 15.999 16.23 1.014438402=A (A/E)*100=


46.11982462

Cu 63.546 68.77 1.082208164=B (B/E)*100=


49.2008688

Ce 140.116 13.02 0.09292300665=C (C/E)*100=


4.224596349

Au 196.967 1.97 0.01000167541=D (D/E)*100=


0.454710227

Total 416.628 100.00 2.199571248=E 100

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Santanu

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