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Variability of Crystal Performance in X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Jules V. Dubrawski  and
Ken E. Turner
Jules V. Dubrawski
Affiliation:
BHP Research Newcastle Laboratories PO Box 188, Wallsend, NSW 2287, Australia
Ken E. Turner
Affiliation:
BHP Research Newcastle Laboratories PO Box 188, Wallsend, NSW 2287, Australia
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Abstract

The intensity performance of various common XRF crystals (LiF200, Ge, PET and LSM) has been investigated under fixed experimental conditions. Measured were the raw intensities of elements particularly suitable to a given crystal, and peak-to-background ratios at different elemental concentrations. Peak profiles for each crystal type were also recorded and analysed in terms of apparent crystallite size and mosaic spread. In general the LiF crystals showed least variability in performance, whereas the PET crystals demonstrated the most.

Type
XIII. XRS Techniques and Instrumentation
Information
Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 35 , Issue B: First Pacific-International Congress on X-ray Analytical Methods (PICXAM). Fortieth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 7-16, 1991 , 1991 , pp. 981 - 985
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1991

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