A multiplatform code for the analysis of energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectra

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-68

  Sole V A ^a   Papillon, E ^a   Cotte, M ^a   Walter, Ph ^b   Susini, J ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ET DE RESTAURATION DES MUSÉES DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Fundamental parameters method; Microfluorescence; Quantitative XRF analysis; X ray fluorescence; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA STRUCTURES; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FLUORESCENCE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DATA SETS; FUNDAMENTAL-PARAMETERS METHOD; MICROFLUORESCENCE; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; X-RAY IMAGING;

SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

EID: 33847221102     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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