X-Ray Polarization: Bragg Diffraction and X-Ray Flurorescence
Recent, state of the art, x-ray spectrometers have made use of polarizing the source x-rays by scattering through 90° (1) . One then observes the analyte fluorescence in a direction perpendicular to the scattering plane in which the polarized x-rays are generated. The signal/noise ratio at the detector is much improved. Unfortunately there is a concomitant loss of intensity and analysis times increase. This adversely affects the minimum detection limits.
1982 ◽
Vol 40
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pp. 488-489
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences
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1991 ◽
Vol 336
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pp. 339-347
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