A portable semi-micro-x-ray fluorescence spectrometer for archaeometrical studies

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 59, Issue 10-11, 2004, Pages 1611-1618

  Zarkadas, Ch ^a   Karydas, A G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Greece)

Author keywords

XRF; Jewel; Non destructive; Portable; Soldering; Transmission anode

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COUPLINGS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FLUORESCENCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL DEVICES; X RAY TUBES;

Μ-XRF; JEWEL; NON-DESTRUCTIVE; PORTABLE; TRANSMISSION ANODES;

X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 5444262655     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2004.05.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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