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A Versatile XRF Analytical System for Geochemical Exploration and Other Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

T. K. Smith
T. K. Smith*
Affiliation:
Institute of Geological Sciences, London, United Kingdom
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For more than a decade the Institute of Geological Sciences has carried out large-scale geochemical analysis in pursuit of mineral exploration and regional geochemical reconnaissance programmes for the Department of Industry. Over this period an XRF analytical system has been developed to meet part of this requirement for multielement data. The elements of interest range from the fourth period to uranium, and have become more numerous as exploration and analytical techniques have expanded. In particular, additions have been made of those elements such as arsenic, molybdenum and tungsten which are more difficult of determination by conventional methods.

Type
VIII. Applications of XRF to Archeological, Geochemical and Industrial Materials
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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 27: Thirty-Second Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 1-5, 1983 , 1983 , pp. 481 - 486
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1983

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