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A Review of the Relative Merits of Low Powered WDXRF and EDXRF Spectrometers for Routine Quantitative Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

B. J. Price
Affiliation:
Oxford Analytical, Inc. 130 A. Baker Avenue Extension Concord, MA 01742
J. Padur
Affiliation:
Oxford Analytical, Inc. 130 A. Baker Avenue Extension Concord, MA 01742
N. S. Robson
Affiliation:
Oxford Analytical, Inc. 130 A. Baker Avenue Extension Concord, MA 01742
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Historically, the development of XRF spectrometers has followed 2 main paths which are characterized by the means of spectral resolution they use. Those employing diffraction crystals and Braggs law to disperse the X-ray wavelengths are known as wavelength dispersive (WDX), whilst those usinq only the energy resolution of the detector, as enerqy dispersive (EDX). In the past these two have not normally been directly compared, because the WDX systems have always been the more expensive.

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V. XRF Instrumentation and Techniques
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1990

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References

(1) Price, B. J. and Platt, P. A., Decentralized analysis in cement making quality control World Cement, Volume 21 no. 7 July 1990.Google Scholar