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A simple EDXRF technique to analyse alloys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2002

A. C. Mandal
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Burdwan, Burdwan 713104, India
M. Sarkar*
Affiliation:
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
D. Bhattacharya
Affiliation:
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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Abstract

A simple EDXRF technique to obtain the relative concentrations of different elements present in a sample is described here. Only those elements have been considered whose characteristic X-rays fall within the sensitivity range of the X-ray detector that we used. A small computer program where the fundamental parameters such as photoionisation cross sections, fluorescence yields, Coster-Kronig transition rates, etc. have been used as inputs was written to calculate the relative concentrations of the elements. The technique used here requires only a single run with the sample and does not require any knowledge of the incoming X-ray flux or geometry of the experimental arrangement. Using this method, three alloys have been analysed in our existing EDXRF system.

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© EDP Sciences, 2002

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