Technical Documents

A collection of lab documents which are used for documentation and teaching purposes. All documents are for download as pdf-files.

TD1 Counting Statistics
This document describes some principles of counting statistics: test for homogeneity of samples, calculate optimal counting times, how to calculate the detection limit. (Document language: ger)

TD2 ZAF Correction
This document describes how ZAF correction works and explains the most important equations. (Document language: ger)

TD4 CombError - Calculation of Errors for U-Th-Pb
Explains the calculation of the error from counting statisics. Most of the information in this document is from the README-file of the CombError program. (Document language: eng)

TD5 Concentration/Age Map
This document describes the AgeMapTools, a collection of simple utilities for HP/UX (ANSI C, written by myself), which can be used to calculate age maps of monazite from epma intensity maps. (Document language: eng)

Script for Microprobe/XRF Course (password is required)

See also this page for download of the related software.