Total reflection of x-ray fluorescence (TXRF): a mature technique for environmental chemical nanoscale metrology

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作者
Borgese, L. [1 ,2 ]
Zacco, A. [1 ,2 ]
Bontempi, E. [1 ,2 ]
Colombi, P. [1 ,2 ]
Bertuzzi, R. [1 ,2 ]
Ferretti, E. [3 ]
Tenini, S. [4 ]
Depero, L. E. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Brescia, INSTM, I-25123 Brescia, Italy
[2] Univ Brescia, Chem Technol Lab, I-25123 Brescia, Italy
[3] Ist Zooprofilatt Lombardia & Emilia Romagna, I-95124 Brescia, Italy
[4] Arpa Sez Brescia, Brescia, Italy
关键词
bioindicators; total reflection x-ray fluorescence; TXRF; environmental; TRACE-ELEMENTS; SYNCHROTRON-RADIATION; SPECTROMETRY; SAMPLES; METALS; BLOOD;
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10.1088/0957-0233/20/8/084027
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Total reflection x-ray fluorescence (TXRF) is a technique well established for chemical analysis of samples deposited as a thin layer. Nowadays it is mainly employed for electronic industry quality control. Recently, very compact and economic TXRF instrumentation was proposed. Combining this with the capability to analyze liquid samples, this technique is suitable to be employed in many different applications, comprising the very critical field of environmental analysis. Comparisons with the standard atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) technique show that TXRF is a practical, accurate, and reliable technique. Indeed, round-robin activities have already been started. Despite the efficiency and economy of the developed portable TXRF instrumentation, this is not widely employed for chemical laboratory analysis probably because TXRF is not an officially recognized technique, i.e. it is not yet normative-subjected. This fact could also be due to the long background of analytical applications developed for AAS, ICPS or inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) up to now. In this paper, we present a work of environmental monitoring of an industrial site, performed by means of bioindicators (lichens). The analysis of trace elements concentration in lichen was usually conducted with spectrophotometric techniques, such as AAS and ICP-MS, which were accepted by common regulations and normative-subjected. In this study, we accomplished a comparative lichen analysis by AAS and TXRF. The reproducibility of the obtained results showed the high correspondence between the two techniques. This comparison highlighted the versatility of the TXRF apparatus that allowed more rapid and simultaneous element detection. The obtained results suggested that this portable TXRF system could be suitable for regulation to produce certificated analysis upto ppb concentrations for some elements.
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