Analytical Sciences
Online ISSN : 1348-2246
Print ISSN : 0910-6340
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Application of Total Reflection X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry to Small Glass Fragments
Yoshinori NISHIWAKIMasahiko SHIMOYAMAToshio NAKANISHIToshio NINOMIYAIzumi NAKAI
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2006 Volume 22 Issue 10 Pages 1297-1300

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Total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (TXRF) has been applied for trace elemental analysis of small glass fragments. A small glass sample (a fragment with weight less than 0.5 mg) was decomposed by 100 µg of HF/HNO3 acid; the material was condensed to 10 µl and was dried on a Si wafer. Since the size of the dried residue on the Si wafer was less than 1 cm in diameter, an incident X-ray beam with about 1 cm in width could effectively excite elemental components in such a small glass fragment. The precision of the present technique was checked by analyzing the glass fragments (< 0.5 mg) from NIST SRM612; the relative standard deviations (RSD) of less than 8.1% were achieved for elemental ratios that were normalized by Sr. Fragments (< 0.5 mg) obtained from 23 figured sheet glasses were used as samples for estimating the utility of this technique to forensic discrimination. Comparison of five elemental ratios of Ti/Sr, Mn/Sr, Zn/Sr, Rb/Sr, and Pb/Sr calculated from X-ray fluorescence spectra was effective in distinguishing glass fragments that could not be differentiated by their refractive indexes (RI).

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