Issue 10, 2001

Abstract

This annual review of X-ray fluorescence covers developments over the period 2000–2001 in instrumentation and detectors, matrix correction and spectrum analysis software, X-ray optics and microfluorescence, synchrotron XRF, TXRF, portable XRF and on-line applications as assessed from the published literature. The review also covers a survey of applications, including sample preparation, geological, environmental, archaeological, forensic, biological, clinical, thin films, chemical state and speciation studies. During the current review period, publications have demonstrated the development of sub-100 nm X-ray beams for SR microprobe analysis together with the wider use of WD spectrometers in this application. There is evidence of an extension of the application of XRF as a reference technique, with XRF increasingly being used in modern laboratories in place of older wet-chemical methods, and computer-modelling studies continue to be popular in extending the understanding of various XRF phenomena. Some interesting work has been undertaken in the measurement of radiative Auger effects using high-resolution WDXRF instruments. However, the potential for future developments in XRF is illustrated by research into ultra-high resolution microcalorimeter detector devices, which are still at the experimental stage and have not yet progressed to the status of useful practical devices.

Article information

Article type
Atomic Spectrometry Update
Submitted
27 Jul 2001
First published
25 Sep 2001

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2001,16, 1217-1237

Atomic Spectrometry Update. X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

P. J. Potts, A. T. Ellis, P. Kregsamer, J. Marshall, C. Streli, M. West and P. Wobrauschek, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2001, 16, 1217 DOI: 10.1039/B106821K

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