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Thomas B Johansson

Professor emeritus

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Analytical Use of Proton-Induced X-Ray Emission

Author

  • Thomas B Johansson
  • Mats Ahlberg
  • Roland Akselsson
  • Gerd Johansson
  • Klas Malmqvist

Summary, in English

Proton-induced X-ray emission, PIXE, is capable of simultaneous quantitative determination of 10-15 elements. An introduction to the physical properties of the method is given and detection limits are shown for a routine analysis of a thin aerosol sample. Examples of applications to both thick and thin samples are presented. Human tooth dentine is analysed for lead, with simple sample preparation, indicating lead values of a few ppm for Swedish children. Quantitative analyses of several other elements are obtained simultaneously. Cascade impactors axe used for sampling aerosols in work environment during welding operations giving information of size distribution and concentrations of the elements present. The aerosol is dominated by particle sizes between 0.5 and 2 um as measured by the impactor, but the size distributions are different for different elements and welding techniques and depend on the distance from the welding source. The relative abundance of the elements found in the aerosol indicates the presence of fractionation mechanisms.

Department/s

  • The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
  • Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology
  • Nuclear physics

Publishing year

1976

Language

English

Pages

207-217

Publication/Series

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volume

32

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
  • Subatomic Physics

Keywords

  • detection limits
  • trace element analysis
  • PIXE
  • proton-induced x-ray emission
  • PIXE applications

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0236-5731