Microanalysis of Light Elements with an Ultrathin Window X-Ray Spectrometer

Light element analysis of individual bacteria by x-ray microanalysis.

A method based on X-ray microanalysis (XRMA) with the transmission electron microscope for measurement of total amounts of elements in single microbial cells has been developed. All major elements in cells except hydrogen can be measured simultaneously. XRMA provided N/C ratios (means (plusmn) standard errors of the mean) for stationary-phase and growing Escherichia coli of 0.23 (plusmn) 0.01 a...

Improved micro x-ray fluorescence spectrometer for light element analysis.

Since most available micro x-ray fluorescence (micro-XRF) spectrometers operate in air, which does not allow the analysis of low-Z elements (Z or = 6). It offers improved excitation and detection conditions necessary for light element analysis. To eliminate absorption of the ...

X-Ray microanalysis of stratified specimens

This paper presents a description of the state of the art methodology and software for the application of x-ray microanalysis to thin surface layers and more generally to the characterization of stratified specimens. The sensitivity of the technique to near-surface segregation is demonstrated. Some emphasis is given on the eS(pz) function (the distribution in depth of the primary generated x-ra...

The NEAR X-Ray/Gamma-Ray Spectrometer

he X-Ray/Gamma-Ray Spectrometer on the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft will remotely sense X-ray and gamma-ray emissions from the surface of near-Earth asteroid 433 Eros and look for characteristic “signatures” in those emissions to determine its elemental composition. During the planned 10 months of orbits about Eros beginning in early 1999, data returned from the instrument w...

X-ray microanalysis attachment for electron microscope.