Mapping of trace elements with photon microprobes: x-ray fluorescence with focussed synchrotron radiation

Conference · Sun Mar 31 23:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5735189

Hanson, A L; Jones, K W; Gordon, B M; Pounds, J G; Rivers, M L; Schidlovsky, G

High energy electron synchrotron storage rings provide copious quantities of polarized photons that make possible the mapping of many trace elements with sensitivities at the parts per billion (ppB) level with spatial resolutions in the micrometer range. The brightness of the x-ray ring of the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS), presently being commissioned, will be five orders of magnitude larger than that of the bremsstrahlung spectrum of state-of-the-art rotating anode tubes. We will discuss mapping trace elements with a photon microprobe presently being constructed for use at the NSLS. This microprobe will have micrometer spatial resolution.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 5735189
• Report Number(s): BNL-36408; CONF-850840-8; ON: DE85011831
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
430400* -- Particle Accelerators-- Storage Rings
ACCELERATORS
BRIGHTNESS
CYCLIC ACCELERATORS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
IONIZING RADIATIONS
MICROANALYSIS
NSLS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RADIATION SOURCES
RADIATIONS
STORAGE RINGS
SYNCHROTRON RADIATION SOURCES
SYNCHROTRONS
TRACE AMOUNTS
X RADIATION