Preferred Label : X-ray intensity;
IUPAC definition : Essentially all X-ray measurements are made by photon counting techniques but the
results are seldom converted to radiant flux or irradiance or radiant exposure. The
term photon flux would be appropriate if the measurements were corrected for detector
efficiency but this is seldom done for X-ray chemical analysis. Therefore the term
X-ray intensity, I, is commonly used and expressed as photons/unit time detected.
Likewise the term relative X-ray intensity, Ir, is used to mean the intensity for
the analyte in an unknown specimen divided by the intensity for a known concentration
of the analyte element.;
Origin ID : X06714;
See also
Essentially all X-ray measurements are made by photon counting techniques but the
results are seldom converted to radiant flux or irradiance or radiant exposure. The
term photon flux would be appropriate if the measurements were corrected for detector
efficiency but this is seldom done for X-ray chemical analysis. Therefore the term
X-ray intensity, I, is commonly used and expressed as photons/unit time detected.
Likewise the term relative X-ray intensity, Ir, is used to mean the intensity for
the analyte in an unknown specimen divided by the intensity for a known concentration
of the analyte element.
