Hostname: page-component-6bf8c574d5-t27h7 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-02-19T14:58:15.401Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Proton-Induced X-Ray Emission Spectroscopy in Elemental Trace Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

T.B. Johansson ,
R. Akselsson  and
S.A.E. Johansson
T.B. Johansson
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Physics Lund Institute of Technology, Lund, Sweden
R. Akselsson
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Physics Lund Institute of Technology, Lund, Sweden
S.A.E. Johansson
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Physics Lund Institute of Technology, Lund, Sweden
Get access

Abstract

Using protons in the MeV range as excitation source and a high resolution Si(Li) detector, X-ray emission spectroscopy is shown to be capable of analysing many elements with Z > 15 simultaneously at the 10-12 g level, This work discusses a theoretical lower limit of detection at moderate proton energies and gives examples of possible applications: analysis of the elemental composition of air-borne particles as a function of particle size, oil slick identification, and analysis of water and blood serum.

Type
Research Article
Information
Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 15: Twentieth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 11-13, 1971 , 1971 , pp. 373 - 387
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1971

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

1. Needham, P. B. Jr. and Sartwell, B. D., “X-ray production efficiencies for K-, L-, M-, and N-shell excitation by ion impact”, in Barrett, C. S., Newkirk, J. B. and Ruud, C. O., Editors, Advances in X-ray Analysis, Vol. 14, p. 184–215 (1970)Google Scholar
2. Johansson, T. B., Akselsson, R. and Johansson, S. A. E., “X-ray analysis: Elemental trace analysis at the 10-12g level”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. 84, 141–143 (1970)Google Scholar
3. Watson, R. L., Sjurseth, J. R. and Howard, R. W., “An investigation of the analytical capabilities of X-ray emission inducedby high energy alpha particles”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. 93, 69–76 (1971)Google Scholar
4. Saris, F. W., “Characteristic X-ray production by heavy ion-atom collisions”, Thesis Leiden 1971 Google Scholar
5. Hansen, J. S., Freund, H. U. and Fink, R. W., “Relative X-ray transition probabilities to the K-shell”, Nucl. Phys. A 142, 604–608 (1970)Google Scholar
6. Akselsson, R. and Johansson, T. B., to be publishedGoogle Scholar
7. Bissinger, G. A., Joyce, J. M., Ludwig, E. J., McEver, W. S., and Shafroth, S. M., “Study of the production of K X-rays inCa, Ti, and Ni by 2-28 MeV protons”, Phys. Rev. A 1, 841–847 (1970)Google Scholar
8. Akselsson, R. and Johansson, T. B., “A beam mapping method”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. 92, 663–664 (1971)Google Scholar
9. Routti, J. T. and Prussin, S. G., “Photopeak method for the computer analysis of gamma-ray spectra from semiconducter detectors”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. 72, 125–142 (1969)Google Scholar
10. Task group on lung dynamics, “Deposition and Retention Models for Internal Dosimetry of the Human Respiratory Tract”, Health Physios 12, 175–207 (1966)Google Scholar
11. Cadle, R. D., Magill, P. L., Nichol, A. A., Ehrmantraut, H. C., and Newell, G. W., “Sampling procedures” in Magill, P. L., Holden, F. R. and Aokley, C., Editors, Air Pollution Handbook, p. 10–26 - 10-30 (1956)Google Scholar
12. Lee, R. E. and Flesch, J. P.,“A gravimetric method for determining the size distribution of particulates suspended in air”, APCA No. 69-125, June 1969 Google Scholar
13. Lee, R. E. and Pattersson, R. K., “Size determination of atmospheric phosphate, nitrate, chloride,and ammonium particulate in several urban areas,” Atmos. Envir. 3, 249–255 (1969)Google Scholar
14. Bryan, D. E., Guinn, V. P., Hackleman, R. P.,and Lukens, H. R., “Development of nuclear analytical techniques fox oil slick identification”, GA-9889 Gulf General Atomic, 134 P.Google Scholar
15. Akselsson, R., Prune, D. and Johansson, T. B., to be publishedGoogle Scholar
16. Niedermeier, W., Griggs, J. H. and Johnson, R. S., “Emission spectrometric determination of trace elements in biological fluids”, Appl.Spectr. 25, 53–56 (1971)Google Scholar