A SIMPLE, INEXPENSIVE GAS PROPORTIONAL SCINTILLATION-COUNTER FOR X-RAY-FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS

被引:30
作者
DOSSANTOS, JMF
BENTO, ACSS
CONDE, CAN
机构
[1] Physics Department, University of Coimbra, Coimbra
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10.1002/xrs.1300220428
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O433 [光谱学];
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0703 ; 070302 ;
摘要
A simple, inexpensive, high-performance gas proportional scintillation counter for x-ray spectrometry is described. Energy resolutions below 9% are obtained with detector window diameters of less than 22 mm, for 5.9 keV Mn fluorescent x-rays, even for a small window-to-sample distance where beam collimation is not effective. X-ray fluorescence spectra are presented for biotite, pyrite/chalcopyrite and stainless-steel samples.
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