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Mass Absorption Coefficient Determination Using Compton Scattered Tube Radiation: Applications, Limitations and Pitfalls

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

J. P. Willis
J. P. Willis*
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Department of Geochemistry, University of Cape Town Rondebosch, South Africa, 7700
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Trace element determination by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry is subject, like almost all instrumental analytical techniques, to systematic errors, also known as matrix effects. This paper deals with the determination of mass absorption coefficients (MACs), using Compton peak intensities, for the correction of matrix effects arising only from elemental absorption in the sample.

When absorption effects are significant the relationship between net analyte peak intensity and concentration will no longer be constant, and corrections will be necessary for accurate analyses.

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VI. Geological and Other Applications of X-Ray Spectrometry
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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 34: Thirty-Ninth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, July 30 - August 3, 1990 , 1990, pp. 243 - 261
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1990

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