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A rapid and economical technique for quantitative analysis of the elemental composition of specimens. It differs from x-ray diffraction, whose...



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Figure 1.Removal of a K electron from an atom by a primary x-ray photon. (After L. S. Birks, X-ray Spectrochemical Analysis, 2d ed., Wiley-Interscience, 1969)
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Figure 2.Partial energy-level diagram showing the transitions leading to the K and L series lines. (After L. S. Birks, X-ray Spectrochemical Analysis, 2d ed., Wiley-Interscience, 1969)
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Figure 3.Atomic number Z versus wavelength ? of the characteristic lines (??1Z2). (After L. S. Birks, X-ray Spectrochemical Analysis, 2d ed., Wiley-Interscience, 1969)
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