hyperspy.misc.material module¶

hyperspy.misc.material.atomic_to_weight(atomic_percent, elements='auto')¶

Convert atomic percent to weight percent.

Parameters

atomic_percent (list of float or list of signals) – The atomic fractions (composition) of the sample.
elements (list of str) – A list of element abbreviations, e.g. [‘Al’,’Zn’]. If elements is ‘auto’, take the elements in en each signal metadata of the atomic_percent list.

Returns

weight_percent – composition in weight percent.

Return type

as atomic_percent

Examples

Calculate the weight percent of modern bronze given its atomic percent: >>> hs.material.atomic_to_weight([93.2, 6.8], (“Cu”, “Sn”)) array([ 88.00501989, 11.99498011])

hyperspy.misc.material.density_of_mixture(weight_percent, elements='auto', mean='harmonic')¶

Calculate the density of a mixture of elements.

The density of the elements is retrieved from an internal database. The calculation is only valid if there is no interaction between the components.

Parameters

weight_percent (list of float or list of signals) – A list of weight percent for the different elements. If the total is not equal to 100, each weight percent is divided by the sum of the list (normalization).
elements (list of str) – A list of element symbols, e.g. [‘Al’, ‘Zn’]. If elements is ‘auto’, take the elements in en each signal metadata of the weight_percent list.
mean ('harmonic' or 'weighted') – The type of mean use to estimate the density

Returns

density

Return type

The density in g/cm3.

Examples

Calculate the density of modern bronze given its weight percent: >>> hs.material.density_of_mixture([88, 12],[‘Cu’, ‘Sn’]) 8.6903187973131466

hyperspy.misc.material.mass_absorption_coefficient(element, energies)¶

Mass absorption coefficient (mu/rho) of a X-ray absorbed in a pure material.

The mass absorption is retrieved from the database of Chantler2005

Parameters

element (str) – The element symbol of the absorber, e.g. ‘Al’.
energies (float or list of float or str or list of str) – The energy or energies of the X-ray in keV, or the name of the X-rays, e.g. ‘Al_Ka’.

Returns

Return type

mass absorption coefficient(s) in cm^2/g

Examples

>>> hs.material.mass_absorption_coefficient(
>>>     element='Al', energies=['C_Ka','Al_Ka'])
array([ 26330.38933818,    372.02616732])

See also

hs.material.mass_absorption_mixture()

Note

See http://physics.nist.gov/ffast Chantler, C.T., Olsen, K., Dragoset, R.A., Kishore, A.R., Kotochigova, S.A., and Zucker, D.S. (2005), X-Ray Form Factor, Attenuation and Scattering Tables (version 2.1).

hyperspy.misc.material.mass_absorption_mixture(weight_percent, elements='auto', energies='auto')¶

Calculate the mass absorption coefficient for X-ray absorbed in a mixture of elements.

The mass absorption coefficient is calculated as a weighted mean of the weight percent and is retrieved from the database of Chantler2005.

Parameters

weight_percent (list of float or list of signals) – The composition of the absorber(s) in weight percent. The first dimension of the matrix corresponds to the elements.
elements (list of str or 'auto') – The list of element symbol of the absorber, e.g. [‘Al’,’Zn’]. If elements is ‘auto’, take the elements in each signal metadata of the weight_percent list.
energies (list of float or list of str or 'auto') – The energy or energies of the X-ray in keV, or the name of the X-rays, e.g. ‘Al_Ka’. If ‘auto’, take the lines in each signal metadata of the weight_percent list.

Examples

>>> hs.material.mass_absorption_mixture(
>>>     elements=['Al','Zn'], weight_percent=[50,50], energies='Al_Ka')
2587.41616439

Returns

float or array of float
mass absorption coefficient(s) in cm^2/g