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Automatic Time Sequence Filter Sampling of Aerosols for Rapid Multi-Element Analysis by Proton-Induced X-Ray Emission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

J.W. Nelson ,
B. Jensen ,
G.G. Desaedeleer ,
K.R. Akselsson  and
J.W. Winchester
J.W. Nelson
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306
B. Jensen
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306
G.G. Desaedeleer
Affiliation:
Dept. of Oceanography Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306
K.R. Akselsson*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Oceanography Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306
J.W. Winchester
Affiliation:
Dept. of Oceanography Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306
*
3Present address: Department of Physics University of Lund, Lund, Sweden
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Abstract

An automatic time sequence filter sampler has been developed for atmospheric aerosol particle sampling of ambient air and subsequent analysis for elemental composition using the proton, beam of a Van de Graaff accelerator. Some features of the operation of the sampler are given, the retention of particles by the filter material are discussed, examples of the type of data obtained are presented, and some approaches to the numerical analysis of data for environmental interpretation are considered. Lines for further development and improvement in this type of sampler are indicated.

Type
X-Ray Spectrometry in Environmental Analysis
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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 19: Twenty-Fourth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 6-8, 1975 , 1975 , pp. 403 - 413
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1975

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