Margaret West

TL;DR: Portable X-ray fluorescence (PXRF) instrumentation has some unique analytical capabilities for the in situ analysis of samples in the field as mentioned in this paper, where the instrument is placed in direct contact with the object to be analysed, and careful interpretation of results is therefore required, particularly when the analysis is used to estimate the bulk composition of a sample.

TL;DR: A review of advances in the XRF group of techniques published approximately between April 2015 and March 2016 can be found in this paper, where a bench top TXRF spectrometer for the measurement of the elements from carbon to uranium is described that offers achievable detection limits that range from ng g−1 to μg g −1.

TL;DR: A review of advances in the continued expansion of work using the XRF group of techniques published approximately between April 2013 and March 2014 can be found in this article, where the authors describe advances in X-ray beam lines and their new end-stations.

TL;DR: A review of the XRF group of techniques published approximately between April 2012 and March 2013 can be found in this article, where the authors present innovative work as opposed to the wealth of contributions that combine XRF spectrometry in conjunction with other analytical techniques and those descriptions of valuable routine applications published during the review period.

TL;DR: An annual review of X-ray fluorescence covers developments over the period 1999-2000 in instrumentation and detectors, matrix correction and spectrum analysis software, X-Ray optics and microfluorescence, synchrotron XRF, TXRF, portable XRF and on-line applications as assessed from the published literature as discussed by the authors.