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‘Filterscan’; a Novel Technique in X-ray Fluorescence Analysis

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NOTABLE successes in recent years have attended the development of X-ray fluorescence in the field of spectrochemical analysis1. The versatile and nondestructive methods which have ensued are conventionally based on the dispersive principle in spectrometers which are equipped with crystal monochromators.

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DOTHIE, H. ‘Filterscan’; a Novel Technique in X-ray Fluorescence Analysis. Nature 196, 984–985 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/196984b0

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