Standardization and Metrology for Efficiency and Reliability in Microbeam Analysis - No pain, no gain

1. BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Division 6.8 Surface Analysis and Interfacial Chemistry, 12200 Berlin, Germany. 2. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Materials Measurement Science Division, Microanalysis Research Group, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA. 3. 17 Circuit Lane, RG30 3HB Reading, Great Britain. 4. Institute of Chemistry, SAC, #2 Zhong Guan Cun Bei Yi Jie Beijing, 100190, China.