X-ray fluorescence analysis of alloy and stainless steels using a mercuric iodide detectorA mercuric iodide detector was used for the XRF analysis of a number of NBS standard steels, applying a specially developed correction method for interelemental effects. It is shown that, using this method and a good peak-deconvolution technique, the HgI2 detector is capable of achieving resolutions and count rates needed in the XRF anlysis of multielement samples. The freedom from cryogenic cooling and from power supplies necessary for an electrically cooled device makes this detector a very good candidate for a portable instrument.
Document ID
19890035507
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Kelliher, Warren C. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Maddox, W. Gene (Murray State University KY, United States)