X-ray fluorescence analysis

The subject is covered under the following headings: physical fundamentals; instrumental basis; problems in determining concentrations by X-ray fluorescence analysis (XFA); determination of concentrations by XFA; sample preparation; errors in XFA, evaluation of analytical procedures and selection of optimum counting conditions; application of XFA in ferrous and nonferrous metallurgy, silicate industry, and geology; and XFA with minimum sample masses. 4 tables are given with important data on XFA such as wavelengths of characteristic spectral lines; excitation energies for K and L spectra and wavelengths of K and L absorption edges; analyzer crystals; and mass attenuation coefficients