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Areas for Improvement in XRF Analysis of Low Atomic Number Elements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Bruno A.R. Vrebos  and
Gjalt T.J. Kuipéres
Bruno A.R. Vrebos
Affiliation:
Philips Analytical Lelyweg 1 7602EA Almelo The Netherlands
Gjalt T.J. Kuipéres
Affiliation:
Philips Analytical Lelyweg 1 7602EA Almelo The Netherlands
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Accurate analysis of the light elements has been, from the early applications of X-ray fluorescence spectrometry a struggle compared to the determination of heavy elements in the same matrices. In contrast, there has been virtually no upper limit to the atomic number of the element that could be determined. The lower limit, however, has been continuously adjusted downward through the years. Clearly, the sensitivity as well as the lower limit of detection for the heavy elements have also been improved, but the effect is Jess striking than the advances made in the region of tight element performance. This paper deals specifically with wavelength dispersive sequential x-ray fluorescence spectrometry, although some of the observations made are equally applicable to energy dispersive spectrometry.

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II. Analysis of Light Elements by X-Ray Spectrometry
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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 36: Forty-First Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 3-7, 1992 , 1992 , pp. 73 - 80
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1992

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