X-ray microfluorescence analyzer
US6108398A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 13, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 13, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2223/076
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An x-ray fluorescent analyzer and method for analyzing a sample, including an x-ray beam generator, which generates an x-ray beam incident at a spot on the sample, and creates a plurality of fluorescent x-ray photons. There are a plurality of semiconducting detectors arrayed around the spot so as to capture the fluorescent x-ray photons and in response produce a plurality of electrical pulses suitable for analysis of the sample.
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