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X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis of Geological Materials Using Rousseau's Fundamental Algorithm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

R. G. Johnson
R. G. Johnson*
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U.S. Geological Survey, National Center 957, Reston, Virginia 22092
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The analysis of many types of geological samples by X- ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy has become routine. For example, the analysis of major elements in silicate rocks is not a problem because of the large number of standard reference materials available, and because of the benefits of the fusion preparation. Even simple linear regression analysis provides accurate results when standards and samples are similar.

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III. XRF Fundamental Parameters and Data Analysis
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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 30: Thirty-Fifth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 4-8, 1986 , 1986, pp. 105 - 112
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1986

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