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X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROGRAPHY [1 record]

Record 1 1994-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
DEF

A nondestructive physical method used for chemical analyses of solids and liquids; the specimen is irradiated by an intense x-ray beam and the lines in the spectrum of the resulting x-ray fluorescence are diffracted at various angles by a crystal with known lattice spacing; the elements in the specimen are identified by the wavelengths of their spectral lines, and their concentrations are determined by the intensities of these lines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique
OBS

se fait par spectromètre manuel et spectromètre séquentiel

Spanish

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