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Absorption Corrections via Backscattered Radiation in Polychromatic Excitation Energy-Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

F. Araüjo ,
F. He ,
P. Van Espen  and
R. Van Grieken
F. Araüjo
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp (UIA), B-2610 Antwerp - Wilrijk, Belgium
F. He
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp (UIA), B-2610 Antwerp - Wilrijk, Belgium
P. Van Espen
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp (UIA), B-2610 Antwerp - Wilrijk, Belgium
R. Van Grieken
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp (UIA), B-2610 Antwerp - Wilrijk, Belgium
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The incoherently and coherently scattered X-ray intensities with the corresponding scatter factors have been used previously define in a sample matrix the light elements (Z<12) constituents which can not be a s sessed via their fluorescent radiation in conventional XRF. Recently, a more complete sample definition has been achieved based on the backscattered X-rays, by using two excitation modes. However, all quantitative EDXRF methods, based on the scattered radiation from the sample relied hitherto uniquely on the use of monochromatic excitation radiation.

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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 33: Thirty-Eighth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, July 31 - August 4, 1989 , 1989 , pp. 515 - 520
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1989

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