Patent Number: 060524316
Section: claims

1. An X-ray converging mirror that can be positioned adjacent an X-ray source for reflecting X-ray beams from the X-ray source, comprising: an X-ray converging mirror having a reflecting surface of a cross-sectional profile expressed by a curve of the following equation: EQU x=y tan .theta.[1-ln(y/b)]  a source of X-rays;  a sample stage for supporting a sample;  an optical microscope for observing the sample;  a fluorescent X-ray detector operatively positioned to the sample stage;  a scintillation X-ray detector operatively positioned to the sample stage;  an X-ray converging mirror having a reflecting surface of a cross-sectional profile expressed by a curve of the following equation: EQU x=y tan .theta.[1-ln(y/b)]  an X-ray converging mirror having a reflecting surface of a cross-sectional profile expressed by a curve of the following equation: EQU x=y tan .theta.[1-ln(y/b)] 2. The X-ray converging mirror of claim 1, wherein the mirror is formed of silica glass with zinc. 3. An improved X-ray analytical microscope system comprising: 4. An improved X-ray system having a source of X-rays, a sample stage for supporting a sample, an X-ray detector operatively positioned to the sample stage, the improvement comprising: