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. 2014 Nov 12;50(2):493–518. doi: 10.1007/s10853-014-8685-2

Table 17.

SDD-EDS limits of detection, CDL for NIST microanalysis glass K497 (conditions: 500 s at 11 % deadtime; spectrum integral 0.1–15 keV = 87 million counts; C s = as-synthesized concentration) precision estimated from combined uncertainties in peak and background

Element C s (mass fraction) C DL C DL (ppm)
Ca 0.00160 0.000041 ± 0.000003 41 ± 3
Ti 0.00210 0.000052 ± 0.000003 52 ± 3
Fe 0.00245 0.000072 ± 0.000004 72 ± 4
CeL 0.00619 0.000149 ± 0.000009 149 ± 9
TaL 0.00803 0.000329 ± 0.000030 329 ± 30
PbM 0.00919 0.000254 ± 0.000013 254 ± 13