Study of the Kα emission spectrum of copper

Abstract

A simple model of the x‐ray Kα emission spectrum of copper metal has been proved to fit the experimental distribution curve of diffracted intensity fairly well, after correcting for profile distortion due to the spectrometer geometry and the diffraction process. Each Kα line can be described by a doublet of overlapping dispersion curves of different height and width. Although the physical relevance of the model is not clear at present, the simple analytical expression of the spectrum may be useful for some problems in x‐ray diffractometry. Copyright © 1986 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.