Handy waveguide TXRF spectrometer for nanogram sensitivity

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Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 146-149

  Kunimura, Shinsuke ^a   Kawai, Jun ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Incident X ray beam; Portable spectrometer; TXRF; Waveguide; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

3D TRANSITION METALS; LINE EXCITATION; NANOGRAMS; SIGNAL-TO-BACKGROUND RATIO; TXRF; X RAY BEAM; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

WAVEGUIDES; X RAY SPECTROMETERS; X RAYS;

SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 44649147298     PISSN: 08857156     EISSN: 19457413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1154/1.2919826     Document Type: Article

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