GENESIS SPECTRUM USER MANUAL

Chapter 6 Peak Identification and Qualitative Analysis6.3 The EPIC TableThe layout of the EPIC table (EDAX Peak Identification Chart) is based on the periodictable and contains the positions and energies of the peaks for all series of an element. Theenergy data in this table could be edited if needed to fine tune the Peak Identification for aspecific detector.The EPIC table can be accessed from the expanded Peak ID section by clicking on theEPIC button.The periodic table of the elements is displayed as shown below. Clicking on any elementwill display the major peak positions for K, L and M alpha lines for that element in thecenter portion of the table.To examine the complete energy table for an element click on the element in the periodictable and then click the “EDS Energy Table” button to display the energy and relativeintensities of all of the lines. The energies can be edited in this table so that the EPIC tablecan be customized for each detector, if desired. To edit the values, highlight the old value,type in the new value and then hit “change”. If the original values need to be restored,click on the “Reset” in the EPIC table menu.42 GENESIS Spectrum - User’s Manual