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A Rapid and Precise Computer Method for Qualitative X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

T. C. Huang ,
W. Parrish  and
G. L. Ayers
T. C. Huang
Affiliation:
IBM Research Laboratory, 5600 Cottle Road, San Jose, CA. 95193
W. Parrish
Affiliation:
IBM Research Laboratory, 5600 Cottle Road, San Jose, CA. 95193
G. L. Ayers
Affiliation:
IBM Research Laboratory, 5600 Cottle Road, San Jose, CA. 95193
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Abstract

This paper describes a computer method for wavelength dispersive (WD) qualitative X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis. It determines the elements, spectral lines, wavelengths, reflection angles and peak intensities of the first and second order reflections in less than half a minute of time using an IBM Series/1 minicomputer. The resolution and precision are significantly better than the energy dispersive (ED) method and when combined with high speed computer recording the speed is comparable.

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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. 407 - 412
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1980

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