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How are the "K(%)" and "K-raw(%)" values calculated in the
JEOL Quantitative Analysis program?

 
 
 
  K(%) = (cts unk / cts std) * (beam current std / beam current unk) * wt.% std

This is the estimate of the element's weight percent based on the ratio of the counts, uncorrected by the matrix correction routines.

 
 

K-raw(%) = (cts unk / cts std) * (beam current std / beam current unk) * 100

This is a measure of how similar the standard's counts are to that of the unknown's. If "K-raw(%)" is around 100%, then that element has about the same abundance in both the standard and the unknown.

 
 
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