Determination of Manganese Content in Soils and Sediments by X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
OBJECTIVES Due to the advantages of simple sample preparation, non-destructive determination, and rapid detection, the X-ray fluorescence spectrometry technique has become a robust method for determination of manganese in soil or sediment.
CHEN Chun-fei+7 more
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BACKGROUND The detection of trace mercury in rocks typically provides biased and non-reliable results because of the complex internal unit cell structure, incomplete hot water bath acid hydrolysis extraction, volatilization loss, and contact pollution ...
LIN Jian-qi
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Functionalized CdTe Fluorescence Nanosensor for the Sensitive Detection of Water Borne Environmentally Hazardous Metal Ions [PDF]
In this work, we have investigated the possibility of using COOH functionalized CdTe quantum dots (QDs) as fluorescent nanosensor for the detection of some environmentally hazardous metal ions ($\rm{Cr^{3+}}$, $\rm{Pb^{2+}}$, $\rm{Cu^{2+}}$, $\rm{Zn^{2+}}$ and $\rm{Co^{2+}}$) in aqueous phase.
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Auto-Encoder Neural Network Incorporating X-Ray Fluorescence Fundamental Parameters with Machine Learning [PDF]
We consider energy-dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) applications where the fundamental parameters method is impractical such as when instrument parameters are unavailable. For example, on a mining shovel or conveyor belt, rocks are constantly moving (leading to varying angles of incidence and distances) and there may be other factors not accounted
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Time-resolved monitoring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons adsorbed on atmospheric particles [PDF]
Real-time monitoring of individual particles from atmospheric aerosols was performed by means of a specifically developed single-particle fluorescence spectrometer (SPFS). The observed fluorescence was assigned to particles bearing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH).
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Heat treatment is an important method used to improve the value of sapphires. The identification of heat-treated sapphires is a significant and challenging subject in gemology.
Yuyang Zhang, Meihua Chen
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Ionized particle transport in reactive HiPIMS discharge: correlation between the energy distribution functions of neutral and ionized atoms [PDF]
We investigated the transport titanium ions produced in a reactive high-power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) device used for TiN coating deposition. Time-resolved mass spectrometry measurements of ionized sputtered atoms correlated to time-resolved tuneable diode-laser induced fluorescence (TR-TDLIF) measurements of neutral sputtered atoms were ...
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Experimental Access to Observing Decay from Extremely Long-Lived Metastable Electronic States via Penning Trap Spectrometry [PDF]
Long-lived ionic quantum states known as metastable electronic states in highly-charged ions (HCIs) are of great interest in fundamental physics. Especially, it generates transitions with very narrow natural linewidth which is a promising candidate for use in the next generation HCI atomic clocks to reach an accuracy below $10^{-19}$.
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Foods are complex mixtures of macro- and micronutrients, which interact leading to oxidation, glycation and hydrolysis upon heating (sterilization, cooking) and storage.
I. Birlouez-Aragon+5 more
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X-ray Fluorescence Analysis of Waste Sm-Co Magnets: A Rational Approach
Determination of the chemical composition of waste Sm-Co magnets is required for their efficient recycling. The non-stereotypical composition of said magnets makes an analysis extremely challenging.
Alexandra Alexandrovna Arkhipenko+4 more
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