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EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 9, 2010
ERCA 9 – From the Global Mercury Cycle to the Discoveries of Kuiper Belt Objects
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Page(s) | 165 - 180 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201009013 | |
Published online | 21 December 2010 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201009013
Synchrotron X-ray fluorescence analysis in environmental and earth sciences
Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
a e-mail: Freddy.Adams@ua.ac.be
Compared to other microscopic analytical tools X-ray microscopy techniques have the advantage that the large penetration depth of X-rays in matter allows one to investigate the interior of an object without destructive sample preparation. In combination with X-ray fluorescence tomography, analytical information from inside of a specimen can be obtained. Different X-ray analytical techniques can be used to produce contrast, X-ray absorption, fluorescence, and diffraction, to yield chemical, elemental, and structural information about the sample. Scanning microscopy on the basis of various lens systems in synchrotron radiation sources provides a routine spatial resolution of now about 100 nanometer but in the foreseeable future a 10–20 nanometer spatial resolution can be expected. X-ray absorption spectrometry can also provide chemical (speciation) information on the sample. All this makes X-ray microscopy attractive to many fields of science. In this paper the techniques are briefly reviewed and a number of applications in the earth, planetary and cosmos sciences are illustrated with state-of-the art examples, while applications in the environmental sciences and biology are also briefly discussed.
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