Heavy Element Analysis by Isotope-Excited X-Ray Fluoresence
- 1 February 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Nuclear Technology
- Vol. 13 (2) , 216-224
- https://doi.org/10.13182/nt72-a31056
Abstract
One of the advantages of radioisotope x-ray techniques is the potential for using primary radiation, which has enough energy to excite K x rays of even the heaviest elements. In using these penetrating x rays in the analysis, the effects of some of the most severe sources of error in x-ray techniques are less significant than when using softer L x rays. This paper theoretically illustrates the advantages of isotope-excited K x-ray determinations of heavy elements and describes some feasibility studies and applications as determination of lead in zinc and tungsten in mineral samples.Keywords
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