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Background and Sensitivity Considerations of X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis with a Room-Temperature Mercuric Iodide Spectrometer*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

M. Singh ,
B.C. Clark ,
A.J. Dabrowski ,
J.S. Iwanczyk ,
D.E. Leyden  and
A.K. Baird
M. Singh
Affiliation:
University of Southern, California, Medical Imaging Science Group, 4676 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey, California
B.C. Clark
Affiliation:
University of Southern, California, Medical Imaging Science Group, 4676 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey, California Martin Marietta Aerospace, Denver, Colorado
A.J. Dabrowski
Affiliation:
University of Southern, California, Medical Imaging Science Group, 4676 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey, California
J.S. Iwanczyk
Affiliation:
University of Southern, California, Medical Imaging Science Group, 4676 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey, California
D.E. Leyden
Affiliation:
University of Southern, California, Medical Imaging Science Group, 4676 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey, California University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
A.K. Baird
Affiliation:
University of Southern, California, Medical Imaging Science Group, 4676 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey, California Pomona College, Claremont, California
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Continued development of mercuric iodide (HgI2) detectors for x-ray spectroscopy at room-temperature has led to a considerable improvement in energy resolution and a better understanding of the various detector parameters which affect sensitivity. The basic properties of a mercuric iodide detector and some of its characteristics pertinent to x-ray fluorescence analysis have been previously reported (1,2,3). In this paper we present results of studies to determine the shape o£ peaks and continuum background. Also, the use of Hgl2 in characterizing water pollutants by XRF analysis has been investigated and compared to cryogenically cooled Si(Li) and room-temperature proportional counter systems.

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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 24: Twenty-Ninth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 4-8, 1980 , 1980 , pp. 337 - 343
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1980

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On leave from Institute of Nuclear Research, Swierk, Poland

*

Research supported by DOE Contract DE-AS03-76-SF00113 and NASA Contract NAS 1-15943

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