X-ray Fluorescence Analysis (XRF)
X-ray Fluorescence Analysis is the principal method for all bulk chemical analyses of rocks at the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology.
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X-ray Fluorescence Analysis (XRD) device AxiosmAX from PANalytical, Photo: Robert Möckel(2) Pressed pellet and fused bead for XRF analysis, Photo: Robert Möckel(3) |
Selected Publications ►
- Buchmann, M.; Schach, E.; Tolosana-Delgado, R.; Leißner, T.; Astoveza, J.; Kern, M.; Möckel, R.; Ebert, D.; Rudolph, M.; van den Boogaart, K. G.
"Evaluation of Magnetic Separation Efficiency on a Cassiterite-Bearing Skarn Ore by Means of Integrative SEM-Based Image and XRF–XRD Data Analysis", Minerals (2018)
DOI-Link: 10.3390/min8090390(4)
- Rahfeld, A.; Wiehl, N.; Dreßler, S.; Möckel, R.; Gutzmer, J.
"Major and Trace Element Geochemistry of the European Kupferschiefer – An Evaluation of Analytical Techniques", Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research (2018)
DOI-Link: 10.1144/geochem2017-033(5)
- Uhlig, S.; Möckel, R.; Pleßow, A.
"Quantitative analysis of sulfides and sulfates by WD-XRF: Capability and constraints", X-Ray Spectrometry (2016)
DOI-Link: 10.1002/xrs.2679(6)
How does it work? ►
Secondary X-rays are generated by bombarding a flat sample surface with primary high-energy X-ray. The secondary X-rays show the specific energy pattern of all chemical elements present in the sample. They are either determined by the energy itself or by the respective wavelength. Our PANalytical AxiosmAX spectrometer is a wavelength discriminating device, in which certain wavelengths are separated by diffracting crystals (see picture) and associated to a certain element. The concentration of the element of interest can be recalculated from a calibration.
X-Ray fluorescence analysis principle |
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