Open AccessELEMENTAL ANALYSIS OF AEROSOL SAMPLES USING PIXE TECHNIQUE
Author(s) -
Deepali Modi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of advanced research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-5407
DOI - 10.21474/ijar01/12821
Subject(s) - aerosol , cyclotron , analytical chemistry (journal) , proton , materials science , radiochemistry , chemistry , physics , environmental chemistry , nuclear physics , plasma , organic chemistry
In this work a complex study of the capabilities Particle Induced X-Ray emission(PIXE) technique for the determination of minor constituents of aerosol samples has been done.The PIXE experiments were carried out at Cyclotron at Department of Physics, Panjab University Chandigarh using ~2.7MeV proton beam. The X-rays were detected with the help of low energy HPGE detector. Total fifteen samples were collected from various locations in Chandigarh.The minor elements identified in the aerosol samples wereS,Cl,K,Ca,Ti,Cr,Mn,Fe,Ni,Zn,V,Br and Pb. The data analysis was done using GUPIX software to extract the quantity of the trace elements.