The comparative analytical performance of the Beagle 2 X-ray spectrometer for in situ geochemical analysis on Mars

X-Ray Spectrometry

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 417-428

  Talboys, D L ^a   Potts, P J ^b   Fraser, G W ^a   Butcher, G ^a   Wegrzynek, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BENCHMARKING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRACE ELEMENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL PERFORMANCE; BEAGLE 2; DETECTION LIMITS; FITTING PRECISION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS; MARS LANDERS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETER; X-RAY SPECTROMETERS;

X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 77951756710     PISSN: 00498246     EISSN: 10974539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/xrs.1198     Document Type: Article

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