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X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF)

X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) is a spectroscopy technique that enables you to study the elemental composition of various materials, whilst also providing valuable insight into their distribution and inter-element correlation.

Diamond offers a wide range of beamlines performing XRF, each of which relate to a different energy range. Our team of experts can direct you to the most appropriate beamline, according to the elements you wish to study and the scale and heterogeneity of the sample.

XRF can be combined with other techniques to achieve deeper insights. These include X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and can be applied using different tomography techniques (XRF-CT, XRF in 3D and 2D)

Benefits

Provides the ability to probe the elemental distribution of a sample
Enables you to probe materials using specific resolutions, to understand elemental correlation
Allows for deeper insight using complementary techniques eg. XAS, XRD (diffraction)
Simple to set-up and use, allowing a range of elements to be probed at the same time.
Enables elements to be quantified, demonstrating the intensity of an element.
Provides high resolution data
Enables fast data acquisition
Industrial users are supported by our dedicated team of experts

Applications

Medical impants - investigating the deposition of materials used in prosthetic impants, eg. hip replacement.
Drug development – studying tissue samples to investigate how a drug reacts with a patient’s organs and the long and short term effects. Examples include studies on drugs for breast cancer and Alzheimer's disease.
Environmental – studies to help in the management and disposal of contaminated environments
eg. the investigation of green rust for environmental remediation.
Preserving cultural artefacts - investiationns into the elemental composition and chemic speciation of wood from the Mary Rose warship, studies of historic paintings.
Catalysis - probing the elemental distribution of elements once a catalyst is applied. This can be done in situ whilst introducing different sample environments.
Geological samples – mapping a sample to find areas of elemental interest. eg rock samples from Mars.
Food applications – tracking the composition and accumulation of nutritional elements during processing (eg. during milling).
Nuclear – investigating the impact of radioactive waste/contamination eg. storage ponds and the Fukushima fall-out site.

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