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Authors' Response

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2006

Dale E. Newbury
Affiliation:
NIST, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
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I am pleased to respond to the letter from Simon Burgess commenting on my article, “Misidentification of Major Constituents by Automatic Qualitative Energy Dispersive X-ray Microanalysis: A Problem That Threatens the Credibility of the Analytical Community” (Newbury, 2005). First, I am grateful for the words of support for my article, even if inevitably qualified, expressed in Mr. Burgess's letter. In response to his specific comments (in boldface), I offer the following:

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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© 2006 Microscopy Society of America

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Newbury, Dale E. (2005). Misidentification of major constituents by automatic qualitative energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis: A problem that threatens the credibility of the analytical community. Microsc Microanal 11, 545561.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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