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New horizons in x‐ray fluorescence analysis
Author(s) -
Gilfrich John V.
Publication year - 1990
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.1300190204
Subject(s) - instrumentation (computer programming) , variety (cybernetics) , process (computing) , computer science , elemental analysis , nanotechnology , systems engineering , engineering , materials science , chemistry , artificial intelligence , organic chemistry , operating system
Although the present‐day x‐ray analyst has at his or her disposal a sufficient variety of instrumentation and data reduction schemes to enable him or her to perform elemental analysis on many different types of materials, there exists a continuing demand to improve detection limits, to extend the capability to lower atomic numbers and to make the analytical process more efficient (easier!). There are advances in x‐ray physics and instrumentation being pursued which may contribute to these objectives. The status of these efforts is reviewed and some suggestions are made concerning their potential.