Journal article
Measurement of the X-ray mass attenuation coefficients of silver in the 5-20 keV range
MT Islam, LJ Tantau, NA Rae, Z Barnea, CQ Tran, CT Chantler
Journal of Synchrotron Radiation | Published : 2014
Abstract
The X-ray mass attenuation coefficients of silver were measured in the energy range 5-20 keV with an accuracy of 0.01-0.2% on a relative scale down to 5.3 keV, and of 0.09-1.22% on an absolute scale to 5.0 keV. This analysis confirms that with careful choice of foil thickness and careful correction for systematics, especially including harmonic contents at lower energies, the X-ray attenuation of high-Z elements can be measured with high accuracy even at low X-ray energies (<6 keV). This is the first high-accuracy measurement of X-ray mass attenuation coefficients of silver in the low energy range, indicating the possibility of obtaining high-accuracy X-ray absorption fine structure down to ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The Australian Research Council (ARC) and the science faculty of the University of Melbourne are acknowledged for funding this work. The authors would like to thank the staff of the Australian National Beamline Facility (ANBF), Tsukuba, Japan, where the experiment was performed for their assistance in this work. As the ANBF is now closed, we dedicate this work to the efforts of the Australian and Japanese scientists who have worked together to make the beamline and collaboration such a success.