X-Ray Fluorescence with Synchrotron Radiation

An experimental set-up for x-ray fluorescence analysis with synchrotron radiation was built and installed at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Project. X-ray spectra were taken from numerous and varied samples in order to assess the potential of synchrotron radiation as an excitation source for multielement x-ray fluorescence analysis. For many applications, the synchrotron radiation technique is shown to be superi- or to other x-ray fluorescence methods, especially those employing electrons and protons as excitation sources.