Procedures of target preparation to improve PIXE efficiency in environmental research

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 109-110, Issue , 1996, Pages 63-70

  Ghermandi, Grazia ^a   Cecchi, Rodolfo ^a   Laj, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTS; TARGETS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER ANALYSIS;

PARTICLE INDUCED X RAY EMISSIONS (PIXE); TARGET PREPARATION;

X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 4243287275     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-583X(95)00888-8     Document Type: Article

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