A new fundamental parameter based calibration procedure for micro X-ray fluorescence spectrometers

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 170-178

  Wolff, Timo ^a,b   Malzer, Wolfgang ^a   Mantouvalou, Ioanna ^a   Hahn, Oliver ^b   Kanngießer, Birgit ^a  

^a Institute for Optics and Atomic Physics EW 3 1   (Germany)

^b BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Micro XRF calibration; Polycapillary optic; Reference free quantification; Transmission

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; COSTER-KRONIG TRANSITION; EXCITATION CHANNELS; EXCITATION RADIATION; EXCITATION SPECTRUM; FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; MAIN COMPONENT; MICRO X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; MICRO-XRF; MICRO-XRF CALIBRATION; MINOR ELEMENTS; MULTI-ELEMENT; POLYCAPILLARY OPTICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE FREE QUANTIFICATION; REFERENCE STANDARD; SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTION; STANDARD SAMPLES; TRANSMISSION PROPERTY; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENT; X-RAY TUBE SPECTRUM;

CALIBRATION; FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; TRACE ELEMENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 79952574653     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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