Instructions of FpThick Software 20200610

Instructions of FpThick
Software for Skyray X-ray

fluorescence Spectrometer
Jiangsu skyray Instruments Co., Ltd.
Version：2.1.1
Instructions of FpThick Software for Skyray X-ray fluorescence Spectrometer
CATALOGUE
Instructions of FpThick Software for Skyray X-ray fluorescence Spectrometer ................................ 1
CATALOGUE ........................................................................................................................................... 2
Chapter 0 Preface ................................................................................................................... 3
0.1 Document purpose...................................................................................................... 3
0.2 Document scope ......................................................................................................... 3
0.3 Reader object .............................................................................................................. 3
0.4 State ............................................................................................................................ 3
0.4 Explanation of terms and abbreviations ..................................................................... 3
Chapter 1 Software application scope ................................................................................... 4
1.1 Applicable area ............................................................................................................ 4
1.2 Applicable type of instrument ..................................................................................... 4
1.3 Analyzable sample type............................................................................................... 4
1.4 Brief operation of software for Thick 600 ................................................................... 4
Chapter 2 Operating process.................................................................................................. 5
2.1 Login ............................................................................................................................ 5
2.2 Main interface ............................................................................................................. 6
2.3 Select the correct configuration .................................................................................. 8
2.4 Establishment of measuring conditions .................................................................... 12
2.5 Initialization ............................................................................................................... 16
2.6 Scan spectrum ........................................................................................................... 17
2.7 Energy calibration...................................................................................................... 20
2.8 Working curve ........................................................................................................... 22
2.9 Measurement and Calculation .................................................................................. 32
2.10 Print and Save.......................................................................................................... 33
2.11 Instrument information ........................................................................................... 40
2.12 Qualitative analysis ................................................................................................. 41
2.13 Camera .................................................................................................................... 42
2.14 Option ..................................................................................................................... 43
2.15 Help ......................................................................................................................... 46
2.16 Exit........................................................................................................................... 46
Chapter 0 Preface
0.1 Document purpose
FpThick is a software for coating thickness and composition analysis. This document provides
instructions and guidance for users of the software.
0.2 Document scope
This document contains only routine procedures and considerations for software, advanced
calibration techniques and special case handling are not included
0.3 Reader object
People who use FpThick for analysis.
0.4 State
All images used in this document are captured at a resolution of 1280*1024 on a 17 "LED display.
0.4 Explanation of terms and abbreviations
Base material The coating samples are strictly layered and the thickness of each layer is
uniform. The infinite thickness material located in the lowest layer or the
innermost layer is called Base material
coating A finite thickness material coated uniformly on the substrate is called the
coating of the sample. The coating on the substrate surface is called the first
layer, and the coating on the surface of the first layer is called the second layer.
and so on FpThick can be used to measure the thickness of 5 coatings at the
same time.
Single element If a coating contains only one major component, the proportion of which is
coating generally more than 99.9%, and the rest is a few negligible impurities, then the
coating is called single element coating.
Alloy coating The coating contains many main components, such as Cu plating SnPb alloy.
composition When analyzing the content of the whole sample, the "composition" generally
refers to the material distribution of the whole sample, and when analyzing
the coating layer, the "composition" refers to the material distribution of the
coating.
Composition Different coatings have the same material distribution, which leads to the
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conflict of the thickness of the coating and its composition ratio can not be calculated, this
inter-layer situation is known as the composition conflict of the inter-layer
Chapter 1 Software application scope
1.1 Applicable area
The software is suitable for quantitative analysis of coating thickness and

composition content.
1.2 Applicable type of instrument
At present,Thick 600 produced by Jiangsu Skyray Instruments Co., Ltd. (hereinafter

referred to as Skyray) is supported, and compatible with the model Thick 800A
EDX1800B and so on.
1.3 Analyzable sample type
Under normal conditions, the software has the following requirements for the
samples to be analyzed: 1, the coating of the sample is evenly measurable 2, there is
no infinite layer; 3, the species of the sample is known, and there is no conflict
between each coating, and base material ; 4, the number of coating layer is not more
than 5.
For special samples, such as the unknown base material composition, the calibration
process can be used to make up for the lack of sample information.
1.4 Brief operation of software for Thick 600
The Thick 600 provides two data lines and one power line. The instrument is
connected to the correct power supply through the power supply line and to the
upper computer through the data line.
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Chapter 2 Operating process
2.1 Login
Connect the instrument, double-click the desktop software icon, the following login interface will
appear
The software is only accessible when the instrument is on,or the software will report the
following tip:
Select the correct user name in the "user" column, enter the correct password in the
"password" column, and then click the "login" button or press enter to login to the system.
If the password error,then pops up the following

tip
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2.2 Main interface
The following is the appearance of the main interface.
The main menu contains all the commonly used functions, such as changing configuration,
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establishing measurement conditions and working curves, changing qualitative parameters, etc
A row of buttons on the toolbar are used for preheating, initialization, testing and calculation, etc.
The device information bar displays the current instrument type, working curve, and real-time
information of the instrument, such as current, voltage, etc.
The spectrum is used to display the spectral form and to add the peak mark when the energy
scale is calibrated.
Analysis line Ka,Kb,. Shows the possible element lines of the current channel .
The coating thickness and composition content show the results of the current measurement
process.
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History record is used to keep measurements of the current work curve, which can be deleted or
saved.
Camera screen display
The time bar at the bottom shows the time spent and the time remaining
2.3 Select the correct configuration
Because the FP method is used for matrix correction, the parameters in the configuration should
be as close as possible to the actual parameters of the instrument, otherwise, there will be a
large discrepancy in the measurement results.
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Select "Device"-> "Advamce Prameter" from the main menu and the following dialog box
appears:
There are three marked buttons on the right：Modify、Add、delete

Click "Modify" to switch the interface to "Modify" mode
The current configuration drop-down menu and the three buttons marked above are unavailable,
the configuration name remains unavailable, and the other input boxes become available, as
shown below. You can change the configuration parameters
here.
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Normally
The "port type" Usb (Ptl is reserved for compatible parallel port instruments and is generally not
required);
"Discard time" means that in order to increase the number of seconds to be discarded before
scanning, generally set to 2-5 seconds;
"Initialization time" means the sweep period of instrument initialization
The "type" drop-down menu in the "detector" section shows that Xe represents a detector with
poor resolution, such as a proportional counter, while a Si represents a detector with better
resolution, such as a semiconductor detector.
"Energy" and "resolution". Generally speaking, Xe corresponds to energy Fe6.4, resolution 660,Si
corresponding to energy Mn5.895,resolution 160.
The three selection boxes in the "switch" section are used to check the machines available in the
instrument. The Thick 800a has a XYZ shaft motor that needs to be fully selected, while the
Thick600 does not have these motors and needs to cancel the selection altogether;
In the "target" part of the "tube", the atomic number of the target material is filled with atomic
number. The Thick 600 instrument uses tungsten target, so fill 74, if rhodium target, 45, offset
angle if tungsten target 19;
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"window" section, thickness generally filled 0.2, if detector is proportional counter, material
select Xe; or detector is Si, material select SiO2;
In the "angle" section, the incidence angle is 45 degrees, the Thick 800a is 90 degrees, if the
detector is the Xe, exit angle, 36.6, and the detector is the Si, angle, 52.
When the change is complete, click OK to save the change and click cancel to cancel all changes.
Instead of using modify mode, clicking the Add button, the interface switches to Add mode, as
shown below, and device name column becomes available.
At this point, the device name will allow the user to change to the new name, the user clicks the
"OK" button.
As shown below, we successfully created a new configuration called EDX1800.
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The system configuration will also be updated when the current configuration switches.
2.4 Establishment of measuring conditions
Each device configuration corresponds to a set of measurement conditions. When measuring or

creating a new working curve, you need to select the correct measurement conditions from it.
Select "Codition"-> "Open" from the main menu, and the following form will display:
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From the diagram, there is nothing in the existing conditions list. The following shows how to
create a new measurement condition.
Let's say we want to create a new condition called "test", so first fill in the name of the condition,
then fill in the conditions, such as time, valtage current, etc.
Then, click the Add button to add the conditions you just filled . If the added condition name
conflicts with an existing condition in the list, the add fails and a prompt pops up.
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You cannot add a condition with the same name,If the added condition name conflicts with an
existing condition in the list, the add fails and a prompt pops up.
Conditional names cannot be empty
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Here's what the parameters mean:
Measurement component:
The condition name-the name of the measuring condition, when make the work curve, it is
necessary to specify the measuring environment through the condition name as the curve, so the
condition name should be unique;
Preset time-the initial preset time when the measurement condition is used, can be temporarily
modified in the actual measurement;
Voltage-the voltage used to measure the sample;
Current-the current used to measure samples;
Minimum counting rate-the minimum count rate allowed in the measurement process,
Maximum counting rate-the maximum count rate allowed in the measurement process, thickness
measurement
Automatic regulation-if automatic regulation is selected, the current will be automatically
adjusted during the measurement to ensure that the counting rate is between maximum and
minimum.
Initialization section:
Elements-pure elements for initialization, typically is Ag;
Channel-initializes the channel, the specific setting is determined by the technician;
Error-the allowable error between the final peak channel and the initialization channel;
voltage-the voltage used for initialization;
current-the current used to initialize it;
Coarse tuning-initializes the preset coarse tuning multiple;
Fine tuning-initializes the preset tweaking multiple.
Note that when you select Initialize-> element, click the text box to select the correct element
from the pop-up periodic table. Select Ag here as the initialization
element
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2.5 Initialization
The first button in the toolbar at the bottom of the main menu is used for initialization, as
follows:
Clicking on the button will pop up the following prompt box to remind the user to put in the
calibration sample, here is Ag .
We assume that the user has placed the calibration sample in the correct position and has been
covered the Instrumen. Then click OK, the initialization condition set in this measurement
condition is initialized, the successful initialization will give a successful prompt.
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Otherwise the user is prompted for initialization failure.
2.6 Scan spectrum
Here are the buttons in the toolbar that are related to the scan spectrum
If the initialization has been completed, do not arbitrarily change the current measurement
condition.
First button used to change the preset measurement time, the current measurement will be
made at the new time
After the measurement time is set, please press the second button and the following dialog
box will pop up, fill in "sample name", "supplier", "measure times", and click "Save path" text box,
select the correct path in the pop-up path tree, click "OK" button to start scanning
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When the number of measurements is 1, the sample spectrum is scanned with the sample name
and the suffix of. Spe as the spectral name. For example, the spectral name of the sample
spectrum just scanned should be Sample A. spe. When the number of measurements is greater
than 1, if you sweep 5 times, you will automatically enter the continuous test mode. In this mode,
the sample spectrum is named "sample name" underscore such as Sample A_1.spe、Sample
A_2.spe、Sample A_3.spe,etc.
If a correct working curve is currently open, click The button calculates the current
spectrum
The following five buttons are used to resize the spectrum, from left to right for horizontal,
vertical, and spectral reduction.
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The following buttons are used to print the current measurement results
Select Spectral Files-> Open from the main menu to open a working spectrum. Select Spectral
File-> Save as to save the current spectrum to another spectral file.
主菜单中选择“谱文件”->“谱信息”，可以查看当前谱和虚谱的信息。
Select "Spectral Files"-> "Spectrum" in the main menu to add virtual spectrum to the spectrum.
As follows
Ni5.08Cu spectrum is added as virtual spectrum, and compared with Ni2.32Cu, the effect is as
follows:
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2.7 Energy calibration
After initialization, a pure element peak, such as Cu-Ka, should be scaned to re-establish the
energy scale. If the energy scale is not established, the sweep spectrum will not be possible, and
if the correct energy scale is not established, the calculated results will be inaccurate.
On the main menu, select qualitative Analysis-> display Peak Identification. First determine that
the Ag-Ka line is on the initialization channel, then scan the Cu sample to get the channel location
of the Ka peak of Cu, right-click on the channel, and select "add peak label" in the pop-up menu,
as shown in the following figure
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A prompt box that pops up the add Peak ID
在元素名称文本框中单击鼠标左键，在弹出的元素周期表中选择正确的元素。这里选择 Cu，
并确定添加。Click the element name text box and select the correct element in the pop-up
periodic table. Select Cu, here and click OK .
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The added peak identification is as follows
2.8 Working curve
The required spectrum is scanned and the curve can be made.
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Select work Curve-> Open on the main screen and the following form will pop up.所需要的
Fill in the curve name Ni-Fe and click the "Add" button.
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A window pops up with the following new curve
For Ni-Fe samples, the base material is Fe, coating is Ni, so double-click on the first row of the
sample structure table (or right-click select edit element), select Fe in the pop-up periodic table
to add Fe to the position of base material.
Similarly, the Ni, sample structure is established by adding the first layer. If the sample is 2 layers,
you can add a new layer from the right-click menu, or you can clear a layer of elements and add
again.
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You can clear a layer of elements as follows
After the structure is established, click confirm, as shown below.
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First set the appropriate parameters and units
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Unit of content and thickness to be selected according to actual situation 方法
There are two correction modes, "linear" and "interpolation"which should be selected according
to the actual situation when calibrating.
After selecting the "Reference as infinite point" shown in the green circle, the "infinite point" is
automatically added to the curve, which has used FP method without a standard sample.
Note that if the background, escape peak, and sum peak interference are small, you do not
have to choose the three options of "remove background", "remove escape ", and "remove
sum".
Then look at the reference spetrum section. Indicates "must add reference spectrum," you
need to fill in the correct reference spectrum.
Right-click to open or double-click the spectrum to add the corresponding pure element, such as
the Ni line, and the dialog box that opens the spectral file pops up. Enter the first letter of the file
name in the "filename" section shown in the blue circle. Here is "N", which will pop up all
matching results, select the appropriate spectrum in the results list, and then click the "open"
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button to add the spectrum file.
When all of them have been added, as shown in the following figure, the path of the spectrum
will be displayed on the interface . After the curve has been established, the reference spectrum
will automatically be added to the reference spectrum workspace of the curve to facilitate the
calculation.
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If "Reference as infinite point" is checked, it can be calculated by using Fp method without adding
a standard sample. If you need to add a standard sample, you do not need to tick the line, and
right-click to insert the standard sample spectrum, such as Ni5.08Fe.spe, in the area below.
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The interface, as shown in the figure below, requires manual input for thickness and content
All data added, options set correctly, click OK to complete the calibration of the work curve. Go
back to the first curve management interface, as follows:
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Add an Ni-Fe curve to the list of existing curves

Click the "Edit" button shown above to view and edit the curve data in edit mode
In addition to "Add" and "Edit", the curve management interface can also delete the curve the
current list of curves. Finally, when the selected curve is correct, click the Open button to open
the curve.
The name of the current work curve is displayed in the device information on the main interface.
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2.9 Measurement and Calculation
The work curve needs to be opened before the sample is measured, and the measurement
process is basically consistent with the scan spectrum. After the measurement is completed, the
results are reported on the right side of the main interface, as shown in the following figure:
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The history records at the bottom of the spectrum will also have corresponding results.
2.10 Print and Save
If you want to print the current measurement results as a report, click on the toolbar .
The report template can be edited, as shown in the following figure, select“Options”--
“Report Setting”--“New Report Template”.then click Save Selected
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Click Save Selected and the report template editing interface appears, as shown in the following
figure:
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In the File directory, you can open templates, save templates, and so on
The options on the left can be dragged to the middle template, and you can edit the template
according to your own needs. After editing, as shown in the following figure:
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In the File select Save template, such as sample3.template
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Then exit, go to the main menu, select "Options"-"Report Setting"-"Old Report Template", and
select the template sample3.template you just created
To enter the main menu, select "Options"-"Report Setting"-"Report Output Path", select the save
pathas shown below, click "Scan", select path D:\ Report
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Finally, in the history, select the data you want to save, click "Save selected" to save the report.
After saving, the software prompts:
Under the path D:\ Report, the corresponding report appears
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View the report by double-clicking, as shown in the following figure:
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2.11 Instrument information
Instrument information is displayed at the time of measurement or initialization in the device

information area of the main interface, as shown in the following
figure:
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2.12 Qualitative analysis
Select qualitative Analysis-> qualitative parameters from the main menu and the following dialog
box pops up
Fill in the correct data in each text box and click OK to save the qualitative parameters
Select "qualitative "-> "show interest elements", then "qualitative "-> "interest elements", and
select elements to be qualitatively analyzed in the pop-up periodic table.Ni,Fe. is chosen here
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Results are obtained on the spectrum, as shown below
2.13 Camera
The camera menu on the main menu has submenus: open, close, parameters etc.
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Turn on and off to switch the camera on and off.

Select the video parameter to change the parameters
If the camera is not turned on, there are the following tips
2.14 Option
The main menu options are the following submenu.
The thickness display unit is used to select before measuring. After selecting micro inches, the
thickness measurement results will be shown in micro inches.
Compute precise are the number which reserved after the decimal point, with layer precise and
component precise, as shown in the figure below
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Element color is used to change the color of each component on the spectrum, select the
corresponding color, double-click to change the color as needed.
Elements can be searched, click on the element name column, and the periodic table pops up,
such as select Cu
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When you click OK, the element name changes to Cu, click Search, and you can find the location
of Cu in the list of elements on the left,
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Finally, click save, open the spectrum again, the spectrum changes to the color after the change
2.15 Help
The main "help" menu has only one submenu "about", click on the menu item, will pop up the
system version information interface. As follows
You can click copy information and copy version information to notepad
2.16 Exit
You can exit the system by clicking on the exit from the main menu, or by clicking the red fork in
the upper right corner.
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If you confirm your exit, click "Yes" .
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Instructions of FpThick

Software for Skyray X-ray

Jiangsu skyray Instruments Co., Ltd.

0.1 Document purpose

0.2 Document scope

0.3 Reader object

People who use FpThick for analysis.

0.4 Explanation of terms and abbreviations

Chapter 1 Software application scope

1.1 Applicable area

The software is suitable for quantitative analysis of coating thickness and

1.2 Applicable type of instrument

At present,Thick 600 produced by Jiangsu Skyray Instruments Co., Ltd. (hereinafter

1.3 Analyzable sample type

1.4 Brief operation of software for Thick 600

Chapter 2 Operating process

If the password error,then pops up the following

2.2 Main interface

The following is the appearance of the main interface.

Camera screen display

2.3 Select the correct configuration

There are three marked buttons on the right：Modify、Add、delete

"Initialization time" means the sweep period of instrument initialization

As shown below, we successfully created a new configuration called EDX1800.

2.4 Establishment of measuring conditions

Each device configuration corresponds to a set of measurement conditions. When measuring or

Conditional names cannot be empty

Here's what the parameters mean:

Otherwise the user is prompted for initialization failure.

2.6 Scan spectrum

2.7 Energy calibration

A prompt box that pops up the add Peak ID

The added peak identification is as follows

2.8 Working curve

The required spectrum is scanned and the curve can be made.

A window pops up with the following new curve

You can clear a layer of elements as follows

After the structure is established, click confirm, as shown below.

First set the appropriate parameters and units

Unit of content and thickness to be selected according to actual situation 方法

button to add the spectrum file.

Add an Ni-Fe curve to the list of existing curves

2.9 Measurement and Calculation

2.10 Print and Save

In the File select Save template, such as sample3.template

After saving, the software prompts:

Under the path D:\ Report, the corresponding report appears

View the report by double-clicking, as shown in the following figure:

2.11 Instrument information

Instrument information is displayed at the time of measurement or initialization in the device

2.12 Qualitative analysis

Results are obtained on the spectrum, as shown below

Turn on and off to switch the camera on and off.

The main menu options are the following submenu.

If you confirm your exit, click "Yes" .

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