Saturation effects in TXRF on micro-droplet residue samples

Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1517-1523

  Hellin, David ^a,b   Fyen, Wim ^a   Rip, Jens ^a   Delande, Tinne ^a   Mertens, Paul W ^a   De Gendt, Stefan ^a,b   Vinckier, Chris ^b  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; FLUORESCENCE; FUNCTIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SAMPLING; THIN FILMS;

LINEAR RANGE; MICRO-DROPLET RESIDUES; SAMPLE COMPOSITION; SATURATION EFFECTS;

SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 10944239573     PISSN: 02679477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b410643a     Document Type: Article

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