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The Resolution of X-Ray Fluorescence Spectra by the Least Squares Method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Colin G. Sanderson*
Affiliation:
Environmental Measurements Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy, New York, New York 10014
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Least squares computer programs have been used for the resolution of complex gamma-ray spectra obtained from NaI(Tl) detectors for many years. With the addition of computer codes, which account for the differences “between gamma-ray and x-ray fluorescence spectra, these same programs can be used to quantify energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence data.

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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1978

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