Introduction

Access the atomic scattering factor files.

Look up x-ray properties of the elements.

The index of refraction for a compound material.

The x-ray attenuation length of a solid.

X-ray transmission

• Of a solid.
• Of a gas.

X-ray reflectivity

• Of a thick mirror.
• Of a single layer.
• Of a bilayer.
• Of a multilayer.

The diffraction efficiency of a transmission grating.

Related calculations:

• Synchrotron bend magnet radiation.

Other x-ray web resources.

Reference

B.L. Henke, E.M. Gullikson, and J.C. Davis. X-ray interactions: photoabsorption, scattering, transmission, and reflection at E=50-30000 eV, Z=1-92, Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables Vol. 54 (no.2), 181-342 (July 1993).