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Research in the Quantitative Analysis of Individual Particles by X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

M. Lankosz ,
B. Holynska ,
P.A. Pella  and
D.H. Blackburn
M. Lankosz
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Nuclear Techniques, Academy of Mining and Metallurgy, al. Mickiewicza 30, Krakow, Poland
B. Holynska
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Nuclear Techniques, Academy of Mining and Metallurgy, al. Mickiewicza 30, Krakow, Poland
P.A. Pella
Affiliation:
National Institutes of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
D.H. Blackburn
Affiliation:
National Institutes of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
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In a previous publication, we compared measurements of the x-ray microfluorescence of calcium and iron from homogeneous spherical glass particles with the results of Monte Carlo simulation. That work was performed to verify a Monte Carlo model developed for the characterization of particle size effects using a polished flat sample of the same composition as a reference standard. The present work extends our comparison to synthetic glass particles containing elements of higher atomic number. We also modified our Monte Carlo model to include simulation of x-ray fluorescence from elements in irregular shaped synthetic particles. In addition, the Compton scattering from spherical and irregular shaped particles was simulated using Monte Carlo and compared with experimental measurements.

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I. Mathematical Techniques in X-Ray Spectrometry
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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 36: Forty-First Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 3-7, 1992 , 1992 , pp. 11 - 16
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1992

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