50kV, 40, 30 seem ok but
20 have very few counts and 15 has no counts same with all. You are getting no
signal below 30
The data are very noisy as
I think is due to the skimming and the collimator.
Rerun these using the
standard 45 degree shot and use a beam current around 40 or 50 and no narrow
collimator. Try for a spot size of about 6mm or larger
Theory says Fe and Ca should XRF with quite low energy excitement =
"just above the K-edge".
. Fortunately the test was left as-is last night, so it was easy to redo and
save example .mca's. so here's a fresh set of .mca that show the reality of
this skimming arrangement.?
Note the Ca, Fe and Ba peaks as exemplars. Also remember the possibility of
stray "W" L-lines due to the Si-PIN collimator..?
The .mca marked as "ALLkVp" should contain the others too, if not
I've included each individual .mca's.
Once I'm able to strike this test, I'll take a repeat this test wiht the
standard 45 degree arrangement of exciter and detector angle.
Then a direct Gamma Scan of the beam itself to see how the internal tungsten
target characteristic L lines look. If they are being filtered internally that
would explain a lot.