X-Ray Interactions With Matter

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.

X-ray Data Booklet
Other x-ray 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).