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Characterization of environmental dusts by x‐ray fluorescence spectrometry using a micro bead presentation
Author(s) -
Moore Lynne V.
Publication year - 1993
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.1300220108
Subject(s) - bead , mass spectrometry , characterization (materials science) , lithium fluoride , homogeneous , lithium (medication) , analytical chemistry (journal) , materials science , yield (engineering) , x ray fluorescence , matrix (chemical analysis) , fluorescence , chemistry , chromatography , optics , nanotechnology , metallurgy , physics , inorganic chemistry , composite material , medicine , endocrinology , thermodynamics
Small dust samples of mass ca. 0.07 g are fused with a lithium fluoride–lithium tetraborate flux to yield a homogeneous micro bead. These beads are presented to a wavelength‐dispersive spectrometer and the composition of the sample derived from calibrations effected with international standards. Matrix corrections are calculated by an NBSGSC algorithm.