Spider Module

Based on XMapTools 4.5 embedded documentation – Help file version 03.12.2021

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This page describes the Spider Module which can be used to generate spider plots for LA-ICP-MS data.

How to Generate Spider Plots

Step 1: Select the normalisation data from the Normalisation drop-down menu

Step 2 (optional): Use the Auto Contrast button to automatically adjust the colour range.

Step 3: Select pixels to plot using one of the ROI types:

• Circle
• ROI
• Path

Step 4 (optional): Activate the Hold on mode to select multiple regions of interest. Simply repeat Step 3 to add more selections (circle or ROI). It is possible to edit and move any selection and the plot will be updated.

TIP

Uncertainties are plotted on the graph. It is possible to choose to display '1se' (1sd/√N) or '1sd' .