IMAP (C) - A COMPLETE ION MICROANALYSIS PACKAGE FOR THE NUCLEAR MICROPROBE

Microprobe techniques using scanned, focused MeV ions are routinely us ed in Livermore for materials characterization. Comprehensive data ana lysis with these technique is accomplished with the computer software package IMAP, for Ion Micro-Analysis Package. IMAP consists of a set o f command language procedures for data processing and quantitative spe ctral analysis. Deconvolution of the data is achieved by spawing sub-p rocesses within IMAP which execute analysis codes for each specific mi croprobe technique. IMAP is structured to rapidly analyze individual s pectra or multi-dimensional data blocks which classify individual even ts by the two scanning dimensions, the energy of the detected radiatio n and, when necessary, one sample rotation dimension. Several examples are presented to demonstrate the utility of the package.