Published July 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

Detection limits of external beam PIXE in the analysis of thick samples for elements with Z 26

  • 1. Helsinki Univ. (Finland)

Description

The limit of detection of the external beam PIXE method was investigated in the proton energy range 1.7-5.6 MeV for elements with Z >= 26. The effect of matrix composition was studied by evaluating detection limits for typical thick organic, biomedical, bone and geological samples. Particular attention was paid to the optimization of measuring times. (author)

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Journal Title
X-Ray Spectrom., XRS
Journal Volume
15
Journal Issue
3
Series
X-Ray Spectrom., XRS.
Journal Page Range
159-166
ISSN
0049-8246
CODEN
XRSPA