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Pileup

Term · Chemistry · MLC-T-CHM-008971

The phenomenon in spectroscopy where multiple incoming signals arrive at the detector within a very short time, causing them to be registered as a single, larger event. This leads to a distortion of the measured spectrum, particularly at high count rates. It can result in an apparent shift of peaks or the creation of spurious peaks.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CHM-008971
FieldChemistry
SubjectAnalytical Chemistry
ReferencesPAC, 2020, 92, 1781. 'Glossary of methods and terms used in surface chemical analysis (IUPAC Recommendations 2020)' on page 1834 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0404)
See alsoBackscattering spectrum
Record as JSON 
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  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The phenomenon in spectroscopy where multiple incoming signals arrive at the detector within a very short time, causing them to be registered as a single, larger event. This leads to a distortion of the measured spectrum, particularly at high count rates. It can result in an apparent shift of peaks or the creation of spurious peaks.",
  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "backscattering spectrum"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2020, 92, 1781. 'Glossary of methods and terms used in surface chemical analysis (IUPAC Recommendations 2020)' on page 1834 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0404)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/pileup/"
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