Recent advances in portable x-ray fluorescence spectrometry

Applied Spectroscopy Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-25

  Hou, Xiandeng ^a   He, Yihua ^a   Jones, Bradley T ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic spectrometry; Elemental analysis; Field application; Portable instrumentation; Review; X ray fluorescence spectrometry

Indexed keywords

AIR; ALLOYS; DUST; FLUORESCENCE; MINERALS; PAINT; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WASTES; WATER; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTIFACTS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIQUID WASTES; PORTABLE INSTRUMENTATION; X RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY;

SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 1842843783     PISSN: 05704928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ASR-120028867     Document Type: Article

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