The following page provides a number of useful downloads for general non-profit use by the Electron Microprobe Community
Probe For EPMA User's Guide and Reference Manual (download)
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See our technical reference manual which is only part of the detailed and complete documentation provided with Probe For EPMA.
- All our documentation is written by experts in the electron microprobe community with an emphasis on solving real world problems in EPMA
CalcZAF: Offline EPMA Calculation and Modeling Utility (download)
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CalcZAF is an excellent off-line EPMA calculation utility for both teaching and research.
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On-line data reference tables include: spectrometer position, emission lines, absorption edges, fluorescent yields, NIST x-ray tables and mass absorption coefficients. Quantitative modal phase analysis based on standard compositions.
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Full featured standard database utility with k-factor and x-ray intensity modeling. Additionally Standard.exe (which comes with CalcZAF) can be installed with the PENEPMA 2012 monte-carlo modeling software (download) to allow advanced operation with an easy to use Graphical User Interface (GUI).
- The PENEPMA12.ZIP file should be extracted to a folder named Penepma12 in the CalcZAF user data folder (usually C:\UserData\Penepma12) for secondary boundary fluorescence profile calculations using the PENEPMA Penfluor and Fanal applications. The PENEPMA path statements in the PROBEWIN.INI may need to be edited to specify the PENEPMA path properly.
- X-ray and electron range modeling. Support for thin film and particle quantitative analysis (based on Armstrong code).
- Calculate error distribution histograms from experimental k-ratios and Bence-Albee alpha factor compositional plotting.
- Calculate detection limits for given conditions or conditions for given detection limit.
- Complete selection of CITZAF absorption, atomic #, etc. corrections. Heinrich, Henke, FFAST and/or Empirical mass absorption coefficients. Compositional searching and matching from multiple standard composition databases. Import/Export raw K-ratios or count data.
- Standard composition reference databases (NIST, Deere, Howie and Zussman, Dana's Ore). Calculate any combination of elemental, oxide, element by specification, difference, relative to stoichiometric oxygen or any element. Formula, atomic percent, mineral end-member calculations.
To install CalcZAF simply download the above ZIP file, extract and run Setup.exe.
To install PENEPMA simply make a folder on your main hard drive called C:\UserData\Penepma08 and extract all the PENEPMA files in the ZIP file to that location. The PENEPMA location can be changed by editing the Penepma path parameters in the PROBEWIN.INI file if you prefer.
Casino Monte-Carlo Software (download)
Casino is a freeware program for quickly calculating and displaying electron-solid interactions for a variety of beam conditions and sample geometries. It was developed at the University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada by Raynald Gauvin.
To install Casino simply extract all files in the ZIP to a folder, e.g., C:\Casino, and run the Casinov242.exe file.