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Application of a Low Energy X-Ray Spectrometer to Analyses of Suspended Air Particulate Matter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

R. D. Giauque ,
R. B. Garrett ,
L. Y. Goda ,
J. M. Jaklevic  and
D. F. Malone
R. D. Giauque
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Berkeley, California 94720
R. B. Garrett
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Berkeley, California 94720
L. Y. Goda
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Berkeley, California 94720
J. M. Jaklevic
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Berkeley, California 94720
D. F. Malone
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Berkeley, California 94720
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Abstract

A semiconductor detector x-ray spectrometer has been constructed for the analysis of elements in air particulate specimens. The excitation radiation is provided, either directly or indirectly, using a low power (40 watts) Ag anode x-ray tube. Less than 100 ng for most of the elements in the range Mg → Zr, Pb are easily detected within two 1-minute counting intervals. A calibration technique for light element analysis and an experimental method which compensates for particle size effects will be discussed.

Type
X-Ray Spectrometry in Environmental Analysis
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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 19: Twenty-Fourth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 6-8, 1975 , 1975 , pp. 305 - 321
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1975

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