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Photon Standards for Energy and Efficiency Calibration of X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

A. Notea  and
Y. Segal
A. Notea
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Science, TechnionIsrael Institute of Technology, HaifaIsrael
Y. Segal
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Science, TechnionIsrael Institute of Technology, HaifaIsrael
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Abstract

A set composed of barium-133 (7.8y), europium-152g (13.4y), bismuth-207 (30y) and americium-241 (458y), is recommended for energy and efficiency calibration of x-ray spectrometers. It is shown that the set offers over 30 energy lines in the range below 100 keV. The absolute efficiency calibration of Ge(Li) and Si(Li) detectors is demonstrated. The calibrated Ge(Li) was used for the measurement of fluorescence excitation yield from lead excited by various γ sources.

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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 14: Nineteenth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 5-7, 1970 , 1970 , pp. 92 - 101
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1970

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