Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-2plfb Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-23T15:12:54.213Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Quantitative X-Ray Emission Analysis of Magnesium Through Fluorine with X-Ray and Electron Excitation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

F. Bernstein  and
R. A. Mattson
F. Bernstein
Affiliation:
General Electric Company Milwaukee, Wisconsin
R. A. Mattson
Affiliation:
General Electric Company Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Get access

Abstract

The analysis of dry powder samples for magnesium, sodium, and fluorine by X-ray and electron excitation has been studied. As in the case of heavier elements, the form of chemical combination influences the elemental sensitivity; sensitivity changes due to self-absorption can be adequately predicted using published absorption coefficients. Where both absorption and enhancement effects are possible, selection of X-ray target or excitation potential can. eliminate the enhancement problem. Matrix effects were found to be extremely variable and unpredictable. Finally, X-ray and electron excitation results are compared for the three elements in a series of geological samples. Efficiency of excitation was far better for electron excitation, but limits of detectability were lower for X-ray excitation due to significantly lower backgrounds.

Type
Research Article
Information
Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 10: Fifteenth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 10-12, 1966 , 1966 , pp. 494 - 505
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1966

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

1. Henke, B. L., “Some Notes on Ultrasoft X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis—10-100 A Region,” Advances in X-Ray Analysis, Vol. 8, Plenum Press, New York, 1965, p. 269.Google Scholar
2. Mattson, R. A., “Some Measurements of Carbon K Excitation in a New Ultrasoft X-Ray Spectrometer,” Advances in X-Ray Analysis, Vol. 8, Plenum Press, New York, 1965, p. 333.Google Scholar
3. Ehlert, R. C., “The Diffraction of X-Rays by Multilayer Stéarate Soap Films,” Advances in X-Ray Analysis, Vol. 8, Plenum Press, New York, 1965, p. 325.Google Scholar
4. Fischer, D. W. and Baun, W. L., “Effect of Chemical Combination on the Soft X-Ray K Emission Spectrum of Boron,” J. Appl. Phys. 37: No. 2, 1966.Google Scholar
5. Toussaint, C. J. and Vos, G., “Quantitative X-Ray Spectrographic Determination of Traces of Elements Using Direct Electron Excitation,” Anal. Chem. 38: 711, 1966.Google Scholar
6. Madlem, K. W., “Matrix and Particle Size Effects in Analyses of Light Elements, Zinc Through Oxygen, By Soft X-Ray Spectrometry,” Advances in X-Ray Analysis, Vol. 9, Plenum Press, New York, 1966, p. 441.Google Scholar
7. Bernstein, F., “Particle Size and Mineralogical Effects in Mining Applications,” Advances in X-Ray Analysis, Vol. 6, Plenum Press, New York, 1964, p. 436.Google Scholar
8. Birks, L. S., Electron Probe Microanalysh, Interscience Publishers, New York, 1963.Google Scholar
9. Thiesen, R., Quantitative Electron Microprobe Analysis, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1965.Google Scholar