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APPLICATION OF RELATIVISTIC ELECTRONS FOR THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF TRACE ELEMENTS.

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Abstract

Particle induced X-ray emission methods (PIXE) have been extended to relativistic electrons to induce X-ray emission (REIXE) for quantitative trace-element analysis. Systematic measurements of absolute K-, L- and M-shell ionization cross sections revealed a scaling behavior of inner-shell ionization cross sections from which X-ray production cross sections can be deduced for any element of interest for a quantitative sample investigation. Using a multielemental mineral monazite sample from Malaysia, the sensitivity of REIXE is compared to well established methods of trace-element analysis like proton- and X-ray-induced X-ray fluorescence analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)279-282
Number of pages4
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume231 (B3)
Issue number1-3
StatePublished - 1983
EventPart Induced X-Ray Emiss and its Anal Appl 3, Proc of the Int Conf, 3rd - Heidelberg, W Ger
Duration: 18 Jul 198322 Jul 1983

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