A simple and precise total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometer: Construction and its applications

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1141-1147

  Tiwari, M K ^a   Sawhney, K J S ^a   Sankar, B Gowri ^a   Raghuvanshi, V K ^a   Nandedkar, R V ^a  

^a RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Grazing incidence X ray fluorescence; Instrumentation; Total reflection X ray fluorescence; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOCHROMATORS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GRAZING INCIDENCE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; TOTAL REFLECTION X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

X RAYS;

EID: 4644325841     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2004.03.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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