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Quantitative energy-dispersive electron probe X-ray microanalysis of individual particles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2012

Chul-Un Ro
Chul-Un Ro
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Inha University, 253, Yonghyun-dong, Nam-gu, Incheon 402-751, South Korea
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Abstract

An electron probe X-ray microanalysis (EPMA) technique using an energy-dispersive X-ray detector with an ultrathin window, designated low-Z particle EPM, has been developed. The low-Z particle EPMA allows the quantitative determination of concentrations of low-Z elements, such as C, N, and O, as well as higher-Z elements that can be analyzed by conventional energy-dispersive EPMA. The quantitative determination of low-Z elements (using full Monte Carlo simulations, from the electron impact to the X-ray detection) in individual environmental particles has improved the applicability of single-particle analysis, especially in atmospheric environmental aerosol research; many environmentally important atmospheric particles, e.g. sulfates, nitrates, ammonium, and carbonaceous particles, contain low-Z elements. The low-Z particle EPMA was applied to characterize loess soil particle samples of which the chemical compositions are well defined by the use of various bulk analytical methods. Chemical compositions of the loess samples obtained from the low-Z particle EPMA turn out to be close to those from bulk analyses. In addition, it is demonstrated that the technique can also be used to assess the heterogeneity of individual particles.

Type
X-Ray Fluorescence and Related Techniques
Information
Powder Diffraction , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , June 2006 , pp. 140 - 144
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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