Method for improving the accuracy of continuous X-ray fluorescence analysis of iron ore mixtures

The development of intense sources of x rays has led to renewed interest in the use of microbeams of x rays in x-ray fluorescence analysis. Sparks pointed out that the use of x rays as a probe offered the advantages of high sensitivity, low detection limits, low beam damage, and large penetration depths with minimal specimen preparation or perturbation. In addition, the option of air operation provided special advantages for examination of hydrated systems or for nondestructive microanalysis of large specimens.The disadvantages of synchrotron sources prompted the development of laboratory-based instrumentation with various schemes to maximize the beam flux while maintaining small point-to-point resolution. Nichols and Ryon developed a microprobe using a rotating anode source and a modified microdiffractometer. Cross and Wherry showed that by close-coupling the x-ray source, specimen, and detector, good intensities could be obtained for beam sizes between 30 and 100μm. More importantly, both groups combined specimen scanning with modern imaging techniques for rapid element mapping.

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XRMF applications of a monolithic, polycapillary, focusing x-ray optic

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100163666 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 54 ◽

pp. 240-241

Author(s):

D. A. Carpenter ◽

Ning Gao ◽

G. J. Havrilla

Keyword(s):

Trace Elements ◽

Point Source ◽

Focal Spot ◽

Fluorescence Analysis ◽

X Rays ◽

Focal Distance ◽

Spot Diameter ◽

X Ray ◽

Focal Spot Diameter

A monolithic, polycapillary, x-ray optic was adapted to a laboratory-based x-ray microprobe to evaluate the potential of the optic for x-ray micro fluorescence analysis. The polycapillary was capable of collecting x-rays over a 6 degree angle from a point source and focusing them to a spot approximately 40 µm diameter. The high intensities expected from this capillary should be useful for determining and mapping minor to trace elements in materials. Fig. 1 shows a sketch of the capillary with important dimensions.The microprobe had previously been used with straight and with tapered monocapillaries. Alignment of the monocapillaries with the focal spot was accomplished by electromagnetically scanning the focal spot over the beveled anode. With the polycapillary it was also necessary to manually adjust the distance between the focal spot and the polycapillary.The focal distance and focal spot diameter of the polycapillary were determined from a series of edge scans.

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Predicting Organic Waste Performance in Soil Treatment from X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis

International Conference on Advances in Science, Engineering, Technology and Natural Resources (ICASETNR-16) Nov. 24-25, 2016 Parys (South Africa) ◽

10.15242/iae.iae1116475 ◽

2016 ◽

Keyword(s):

Organic Waste ◽

Fluorescence Analysis ◽

Soil Treatment ◽

X Ray

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IMPROVEMENT OF THE SAMPLE PREPARATION IN DETERMINATION OF THE MICROELEMENT COMPOSITION OF BROWN ALGAE USING X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS WITH TOTAL EXTERNAL REFLECTION

Industrial laboratory Diagnostics of materials ◽

10.26896/1028-6861-2017-83-12-12-20 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 83 (12) ◽

pp. 12-20

Author(s):

A. V. Malkov ◽

A. Yu. Kozhevnikov ◽

T. M. Konstantinova ◽

D. S. Kosyakov ◽

A. E. Parshina

Keyword(s):

Sample Preparation ◽

Brown Algae ◽

Fluorescence Analysis ◽

Total External Reflection ◽

X Ray ◽

Microelement Composition

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Sorption of Se (IV) from aqueous solutions with subsequent determination by X-ray fluorescence analysis

Industrial laboratory Diagnostics of materials ◽

10.26896/1028-6861-2020-86-10-5-9 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 86 (10) ◽

pp. 5-9

Author(s):

D. G. Filatova ◽

A. A. Arkhipenko ◽

M. A. Statkus ◽

V. V. Es’kina ◽

V. B. Baranovskaya ◽

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Keyword(s):

Inductively Coupled Plasma ◽

Fluorescence Analysis ◽

Standard Samples ◽

Phase Contact Time ◽

Sorbent Phase ◽

X Ray ◽

Fundamental Parameters ◽

Inductively Coupled ◽

Subsequent Determination

An approach to sorptive separation of Se (IV) from solutions on a novel S,N-containing sorbent with subsequent determination of the analyte in the sorbent phase by micro-x-ray fluorescence method is presented. The sorbent copolymethylenesulfide-N-alkyl-methylenamine (CMA) was synthesized using «snake in the cage» procedure and proven to be stable in acid solutions. Conditions for quantitative extraction of Se (IV) were determined: sorption in 5 M HCl or 0.05 M HNO3 solutions when heated to 60°C, phase contact time being 1 h. The residual selenium content in the solution was determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) using 82Se isotope. The absence of selenium losses is proved and the mechanism of sorption interaction under specified conditions is proposed. The method of micro-x-ray fluorescence analysis (micro-RFA) with mapping revealed a uniform distribution of selenium on the sorbent surface. The possibility of determining selenium in the sorbent phase by micro-RFA is shown. When comparing the obtained results with the results of calculations by the method of fundamental parameters, it is shown the necessity of using standard samples of sorbates to obtain correct results of RFA determination of selenium in the sorbent phase.

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