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X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis of Stainless Steels and Low Alloy Steels Using Secondary Targets and the Exacta) Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

J. C. Harmon ,
G.E.A. Wyld ,
T. C. Yao  and
J. W. Otvos
J. C. Harmon
Affiliation:
Shell Development Company Houston, Texas
G.E.A. Wyld
Affiliation:
Shell Development Company Houston, Texas
T. C. Yao
Affiliation:
Shell Development Company Houston, Texas
J. W. Otvos
Affiliation:
Shell Development Company Houston, Texas
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Abstract

Exact is a mini-computer based fundamental parameters program which is utilized for matrix corrections in energy-dispersive X-ray analyses. We have previously shown this technique to work well with radioactive sources. However, due to the limited selection of isotopic sources available and their inherent low X-ray flux, we have investigated the use of Fe, Sn, and Dy secondary-targets as sources of monochromatic X-rays. Results to date indicate that the secondary-targets provide X-ray radiation which has sufficient monochromaticity for our technique to remain valid.

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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 22: Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 1-4, 1978 , 1978 , pp. 325 - 335
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1978

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Footnotes

b)

Author to whom correspondence should be sent.

c)

Present address: Kevex Corporation, Foster City, Ca.

d)

Present address: University of California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720

a)

Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Analysis Computation Technique.

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