Influence of X-ray tube spectral distribution on uncertainty of calculated fluorescent radiation intensity

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 777-786

  Sitko, Rafał ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Matrix correction; Matrix effects; X ray fluorescence spectrometry; X ray tube spectrum; XRF

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATION THEORY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

MATRIX CORRECTION; MATRIX EFFECTS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; X-RAY TUBE SPECTRUM;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 34547903903     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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