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Letter to the Editor: Accurate Element Identification is the Core Requirement for a Microanalysis System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2006

Simon Burgess
Simon Burgess
Affiliation:
Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis, Halifax Road, High Wycombe HP12 3SE, UK E-mail: simon.burgess@oxinst.co.uk
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We at Oxford Instruments were interested to read the article published in Microscopy and Microanalysis by Newbury (2005). Although our own views differ from those of Dr. Newbury in some respects, we do agree that this is an important matter. If this article generates an interest in the ability of a system and a user to accurately identify elements in a spectrum and encourages people to assess the quality of the qualitative analysis provided by a microanalysis system, then we believe this article has served a very useful purpose. After all, accurate element identification is the core requirement for a microanalysis system.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , August 2006 , pp. 281 - 282
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© 2006 Microscopy Society of America

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