gov.nist.microanalysis.EPQLibrary
Class XRayWindow

java.lang.Object
  gov.nist.microanalysis.EPQLibrary.XRayWindow

All Implemented Interfaces:

IXRayWindowProperties

public class XRayWindow
extends java.lang.Object
implements IXRayWindowProperties

A class for modeling the transmission properties of an x-ray window.

Copyright: Pursuant to title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code this software is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain

Company: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Version:

1.0

Author:

Nicholas W. M. Ritchie

Constructor Summary

XRayWindow(double openAreaFrac)
XRayWindow - Creates an x-ray window with the specified open area fraction.

Method Summary

double	absorption(double energy) absorption - Computest the fraction of incident photons of the specified energy that will be absorbed by the window.
void	addIce(double thickness) addIce - Add a layer of ice of the specified thickness to the window.
void	addLayer(Material mat, double thickness) addLayer - Add a new material layer to the window.
double	transmission(double energy) transmission - Computest the fraction of incident photons of the specified energy that will be transmitted through the window.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

XRayWindow

public XRayWindow(double openAreaFrac)

XRayWindow - Creates an x-ray window with the specified open area fraction.

Parameters:

openAreaFrac - double - The open area fraction (0,1.0]

Method Detail

addLayer

public void addLayer(Material mat,
                     double thickness)

addLayer - Add a new material layer to the window.

Parameters:

mat - Material

thickness - double

addIce

public void addIce(double thickness)
            throws EPQException

addIce - Add a layer of ice of the specified thickness to the window.

Parameters:

thickness - double

Throws:

EPQException

transmission

public final double transmission(double energy)

transmission - Computest the fraction of incident photons of the specified energy that will be transmitted through the window.

Specified by:

transmission in interface IXRayWindowProperties

Parameters:

energy - double - In Joules

Returns:

double

absorption

public final double absorption(double energy)

absorption - Computest the fraction of incident photons of the specified energy that will be absorbed by the window.

Parameters:

energy - double - In Joules

Returns:

double