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A correction for interelemental background contributions in energy‐dispersive X‐ray (EDX) spectroscopy
Author(s) -
De Jesus A. S. M.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
x‐ray spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.447
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1097-4539
pISSN - 0049-8246
DOI - 10.1002/xrs.1300020409
Subject(s) - spectroscopy , copper , attenuation , range (aeronautics) , zinc , analytical chemistry (journal) , detector , radiation , fluorescence spectroscopy , gamma spectroscopy , x ray spectroscopy , materials science , metal , chemistry , fluorescence , physics , optics , metallurgy , environmental chemistry , composite material , quantum mechanics
Various ore fractions (and mixtures thereof), of which the main metallic components are iron, copper and zinc, were analysed by means of radioisotope X‐ray fluorescence spectroscopy using a Si(Li) detector. As a result existing equations which deal with interelement effects (selective attenuation and enhancement of characteristic radiation) were further developed, and a new set of general equations, which accounts for the important interelemental background contribution, has been formulated. Its validity has been experimentally tested over a wide range of concentrations which, in some cases, varied by as much as a factor of 200. Satisfactory results were obtained.
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