Elemental analysis by X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy

Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 3: Chemical Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 161-223

  Karathanasis, A D ^a   Hajek, Ben F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Diffraction; Element interaction; Elemental analysis; Energy dispersive spectrometer; Qualitative analysis; Sample excitation; Scattering; Wavelength dispersive spectrometer; X ray fluorescence spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85101894917     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssabookser5.3.c7     Document Type: Chapter

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