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X-ray Fluorescence

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The status of chemical analysis by X-ray fluorescence has developed from that of a laboratory curiosity in the decade 1940–50 to its current position as an almost universal method with, according to a recent estimate, over 8000 spectrometers in use throughout the world. The rapid growth and the advances in technique during that time are largely due to post-war developments in vacuum technology and electronics, which not only have replaced pumped X-ray tubes by the more stable sealed versions, but also have led to direct methods of detecting and estimating X-ray photons superseding film based methods. The modern X-ray spectrometer is, therefore, a sophisticated electronic instrument capable of accurate, fully automatic analysis, with obvious potential in on-line process control, as discussed in Chapter 6.

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Hendry, G.L. (1975). X-ray Fluorescence. In: Nicol, A.W. (eds) Physicochemical Methods of Mineral Analysis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2046-3_3

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