Calibration of energy dispersive x-ray spectrometers (EDS-CRM)

Project Information

EDS-CRM

Grant agreement ID: G6RD-CT-2002-00851

Project closed

Start date 1 February 2003

End date 31 January 2005

Funded under

• Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002"

Total cost € 877 186,00

EU contribution € 566 268,00

Coordinated by

FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIAL RESEARCH AND TESTING
Germany

Objective

The development of a CRM is proposed for the calibration of the detection efficiency of energy dispersive X-ray spectrometers (EDS) used in combination with scanning electron microscopy in hundreds of testing laboratories EU wide for easy standardless quantitative analysis of microscopic specimens. The criterion for the CRM composition is a characteristic X-ray spectrum very sensitive to spectrometer efficiency. The CRM shall be certificated by its composition and its X-ray spectrum recorded by means of an efficiency calibrated EDS spectrometer using synchrotron radiation. Measurement of the CRM spectrum and comparison with the specified spectrum enables a rapid spectrometer efficiency calibration in every other testing laboratory. The proposal comprises the development of a methodology that can be implemented in spectrometer software to enable the calibration with a minimum of operator assistance.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.

• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › software
• natural sciences › physical sciences › optics › microscopy › electron microscopy

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Programme(s)

• FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.3.-6. - RTD Activities of a Generic Nature : Measurements and Testing

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIAL RESEARCH AND TESTING

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Unter der Eichen 87 ; 12205 BERLIN ; Germany
• Total cost: No data

Participants (5)

BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Abbestrasse 2-12 ; 10587 BERLIN
• Total cost: No data

HDZ HERZOGENRATHER DIENSTLEISTUNGSZENTRUM FUER SCHICHT UND OBERFLAECHENTECHNIK GBR

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Kaiserstrasse 100 ; 52134 HERZOGENRATH
• Total cost: No data

OXFORD INSTRUMENTS ANALYTICAL LIMITED

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Old Station Way, Eynsham, Witney ; OX8 1TL WITHEYS / EYNSHAM
• Total cost: No data

ROENTEC GESELLSCHAFT FUER ROENTGENANALYSEN-TECHNIK MBH

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Schwarzschildstrasse 12 ; 12489 BERLIN
• Total cost: No data

SUPPORT FOR APPLICATION IN MICROANALYSIS

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 4,Zone Industrielle de la Valliere, batiment 4 ; 06730 SAINT ANDRE
• Total cost: No data