Sputnik-generated multi-element aerosol-on-filter standards for XRF measurement of harmful elements in workplace air

X-Ray Spectrometry

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 467-474

  Foster, Robert D ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR FILTERS; BANDPASS FILTERS; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COBALT ALLOYS; COPPER ALLOYS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; SPECTROMETRY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; X RAY SPECTROMETERS; X RAY TUBES;

AIR SAMPLERS; CALIBRATION FILTERS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HARMFUL ELEMENTS; MEASUREMENTS OF; MULTI-PORT; MULTIELEMENTS; ULTRASONIC NEBULIZERS; WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE; WORKPLACE AIR;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 0034358651     PISSN: 00498246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4539(200011/12)29:6<467::AID-XRS455>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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