Selective x-ray Bragg spectrometry: Optimizing fluorescence microprobe sensitivity for precious metals

X-Ray Spectrometry

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-121

  Etschmann, B E ^a   Ryan, C G ^a   Vogt, S ^b   Maser, J ^b   Brugger, J ^c,d   Harland, C L ^b   Legnini, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; PRECIOUS METALS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; DETECTION LIMITS; DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES; ENERGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROPROBE; GEOLOGICAL SAMPLES; INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR ELEMENTS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; X-RAY SPECTROMETERS;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 33947290019     PISSN: 00498246     EISSN: 10974539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/xrs.937     Document Type: Article

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