Environmental analysis applying inner-shell spectroscopies and the molecular orbital theory Jun Kawai Kyoto University Acknowledgements S. Kunimura, N. Sasaki Asahi Glass Foundation MTA-JSPS Joint Resaerch Project
Portable TXRF with Hamamatsu Photonics tube (1W)
kg 70kg 5 kg Non-mono X-ray tube 1 W Detection limit 1 ng August 2007
XRF X-ray TXRF XRF + Scat.X-ray Non-TXRF K: 6 ng Ca , Sc , Ti , V , Cr , Mn , Fe: 8 ng Ni: 24 ng S: 435 ng TXRF : Yoneda & Horiuchi (1971)
TXRF Yoneda & Horiuchi (1971) April, 2007 HoriuchiKunimura
9 ng of V Blank 20 x 7 L Vanadium containing mineral water
K: 6 ng Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe: 8 ng, Ni: 24 ng S: 435 ng 20 L x 0.5 ppm Cr
20 mm 0.8 m 1 mm 5 mm 100 mm Si wafer Al strips Egorov: X-Ray Spectrom. 33 (2004)360
Detector Sample Reflectors Conventional XRF TXRF H.J. Sanchez: Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in Phys. Res. B 194 (2002) 90
Waveguide Mode Formation Air Mo Be Mo Substrate 2 3
Ca - Fe 4 ng, Ni 12 ng Si 50 m W X-ray X-rays 50 m ~150 m … … ~25 m Music plate lens X-ray wave guide
Detection limit for various TXRF spectrometers
Donau Kamogawa Kyoto
50 kV X-ray tube zoom Standard soil sample (KKS) Pb 1077 ppm As 408 ppm Se 314 ppm Cd 614 ppm Hg 72 ppm
Conclusions Non-mono X-ray tube 1 W, TXRF: Detection limit 1 ng at August 2007 X-ray optics: wave guides, music lens, discharge X-ray tube, … Quantum chemistry-Pb La/Lb ratio…