Method and apparatus for fluorescent x-ray analysis
Abstract
Abstract 1. IN A BALANCED FLUORESCENT RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS UTILIZING A PRIMARY RADIATION SOURCE, A SINGLE PHOTODETECTOR HAVING A PHOTOSENSITIVE FACE, SEPARATE SCINTILLATOR MEANS IN OPTICAL COMUNICATION WITH SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE FACE AND SHIELDED FROM SAID PRMIARY RADIATION SOURCE AND OPTICALLY SHIELDED FROM EACH OTHER, FIRST AND SECOND RADIATION FILTER MEANS WHEREIN SAID FIRST FILTER MEANS, IN CONTRAST TO SAID SECOND FILTER MEANS, SELECTIVELY ATTENUATES FLUORESCENT RADIATION IN AN NORROW ENERGY BAND CORRESPONDING TO THE FLUORESCENT RADIATION ENERGY OF AN ELEMENT OF INTEREST, THE IMPROVEMENT WHEREIN SAID FIRST AND SECOND FILTER MEANS ARE CONCURRENTLY POSITIONED FOR FLUORESCENT RADIATION DETECTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH SEPARATE ONES OF THE SCINTILLATOR MEANS, AND A LIGHT FILTER FOR UNIFORMLY ATTENUATING LIGHT ENERGY BY AT LEAST 10 PERCENT IS INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE SCINTILLATOR MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID FIRST FILTER MEANS AND THE PHOTOSENSITIVE FACE OF SAID PHOTODETECTOR.
Inventors
- 👤 John B Ashe
- 👤 Peter F Berry
- 👤 James D Hall
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