EXRS 2006 – BOOK OF ABSTRACTS

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

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X-RAY STANDARDS: FROM X-RAY TUBES TO HIGHLY-CHARGED IONS.
Paul Indelicato

Laboratoire Kastler Brossel -Ecole Normale Supérieure, Département de Physique

24 Rue Lhomond, F-75231 Paris CEDEX 05
Université P. et M. Curie, Pyramide 14-24, Case 74, 4 place JussieuF-75252 Paris Cedex 05, France

X-ray standards, i.e, X-ray line energies or wavelengths measured with the highest possible
accuracy, have applications in many fields of physics. One can cite field as different as
crystallography as well as medium energy particle physics. Current X-ray standards are based
upon X-ray lines emitted by solid targets excited by electron bombardment or fluorescence.
These lines are not very well suited for X-ray standards: they are broad and asymmetric
because of the unavoidable presence of many vacancies (shake-off,…) and of auto-ionization.
Their energy can only be obtained by direct measurement, and depends on the exact
composition of the target surface (chemical shift) and on the instrumental resolution (because
of the asymmetry). Their width is much larger than the resolution of the best spectrometers.
Many known lines have been measured only once very long ago, in an uncontrolled
environment. A complete survey of the current status of X-ray line energies and associated
problems can be found in [1]. Several attempts have been made to remedy some or all of these
problems and find better candidates. Recently low energy gamma rays have been advocated
for such applications [2]. They are narrow transitions of nuclear origin, but are indeed
difficult to manipulate (strong radioactive sources are needed), there are very few suitable
lines, and the energy cannot be predicted. More recently X-rays from exotic atoms and highly
charged ions have been used. Exotic atoms are atoms in which most or all electrons have been
replaced by one unstable particle. Although their production is difficult, progress in
accelerator, spectrometer and production techniques have enabled a reasonable use [3].
Highly charged ions are the most promising technique. Very narrow and intense transitions
produced by an Electron-Cyclotron Resonance Ions source have been observed [4] and used
[5] to characterize in detail an X-ray spectrometer and measure very accurately the energy and
width of pionic hydrogen, a system of interest for the study of strong interaction. In this talk I
will provide a review of the current problems and perspectives in this field. I will describe
ongoing experiments in our laboratory intended to provide the first X-ray standard from
highly charged ions.
[1] X-ray transition energies: New approach to a Comprehensive evaluation, R.D. Deslattes, E.G. Kessler Jr., P.
Indelicato et al. Reviews of Modern Physics 75, 35-99 (2003).
[2] Ȗ-Ray Wavelength Standard for Atomic Scales, Y.V. Shvyd'ko, M. Lerche, J. Jäschke et al. Physical Review
Letters 85, 495-498 (2000).
[3] Low-energy X-ray standards from hydrogenlike pionic atoms, D.F. Anagnostopoulos, D. Gotta, P.
Indelicato et al. Physical Review Letters 91, 240801 (2003).
[4] High Resolution He-like Argon And Sulfur Spectra From The PSI ECRIT, M. Trassinelli, S. Biri, S. Boucard
et al., ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE ION SOURCES: 16th International Workshop on ECR Ion
Sources ECRIS'04, Vol. 749, AIP (Berkeley, California (USA)) pp 81-84, (2005).
[5] On the characterisation of a Bragg spectrometer with X-rays from an ECR source, D.F. Anagnostopoulos, S.
Biri, D. Gotta et al. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research, Section A (Accelerators,
Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment) 545, 217 (2005).

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DOUBLE K-SHELL PHOTOIONIZATION OF MAGNESIUM AND
ALUMINIUM
J.-Cl. Dousse1, M. Berset1, W. Cao1, K. Fennane1, J. Szlachetko1
M. Szlachetko1, J. Hoszowska2
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Department of Physics, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
2
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), F-38043 Grenoble, France

We report on measurements of the K-hypersatellite fluorescence x-ray emission of solid Mg

and Al. The experiments were performed at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility by
means of high-resolution x-ray spectroscopy, using a von Hamos curved crystal spectrometer
[1].
The diagram and hypersatellite x-ray spectra of Mg were measured at 9 different photon beam
energies between 2746 eV and 3947 eV. The onset energy for the production of the double 1s
vacancy states was found to lie at about 2750 eV. Above the threshold energy, a fast rise of
the hypersatellite intensity with the excitation energy is observed but then the hypersatellite
yields tend toward a saturation value, as predicted by the model of Thomas [2].
At saturation, the relative hypersatellite yield was found to be about one order of magnitude
bigger than theoretical predictions based on the sudden approximation model. For the energy
shift of the hypersatellite with respect to the parent diagram line, a value of 114.28(3) eV was
obtained, in good agreement with the result of 114(1) eV deduced from a previous heavy-ion
experiment [3]. Furthermore, the Lorentzian width of the hypersatellite transition predicted by
theory underestimates significantly the value obtained from our measurements.
To verify whether the discrepancies observed for Mg are specific to this element or also affect
other low-Z atoms, the hypersatellite measurements were extended recently to Al. The
hypersatellite transition was observed for 11 different photon beam energies ranging from
3186 eV (onset energy) up to 5451 eV (saturation). Because for Al the hypersatellite line is
overlapping with the second order L-satellite of the KE transition, the latter was measured at a
beam energy of 3122 eV, i.e. below the hypersatellite onset energy, and its normalized
intensity subtracted from the hypersatellite yield at each higher excitation energy. The data
analysis is still in progress but preliminary fits show that the hypersatellite yields of Al are
also strongly underestimated by the theory.

[1] J. Hoszowska et al., Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. A 376, 129 (1996).
[2] T.D. Thomas, Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 417 (1984).
[3] M. Kobal et al., Phys. Rev. A 70, 062720 (2004).

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BROADENING OF DIFFRACTION PROFILE CAUSED BY SURFACE
STRESS GRADIENT AND ITS STUDY BY FOURIER ANALYSIS
J.T. Assis, V.I.Monin, S.A.Philippov, S.M.Iglesias

IPRJ/UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

It has been shown earlier that strong stress gradient arising on the surface of materials after
some superficial treatment causes diffraction line broadening. The interest to study this
broadening is connected with the possibility to obtain important information about parameters
of stress gradient using X ray diffraction methods. Fourier analysis, widely used in different
fields of modern physics, can be applied to study this kind of distortions of diffraction profile.
In the present paper the convolution and the deconvolution concepts of Fourier analysis were
applied to determine stress distribution function that is responsible for the broadening of
diffraction line. The developed methodology was tested by computer simulation of diffraction
experiment with linear and exponential stress distribution functions. It was obtained good
agreement between original and calculated functions.

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THE ENERGIES AND RELATIVE INTENSITIES OF L AND M LINES IN
THE LOW-ENERGY RANGE
Ralf Terborg, Dieter Weirauch

Bruker AXS Microanalysis GmbH, Schwarzschildstr. 12, 12489 Berlin, Germany

A lot of the publications about fundamental parameters are from the 70s. Within recent years
some new atomic databases were published in the internet. These contain – besides other
fundamental parameters – line energies and intensities of K, L and M X-ray lines. However,
these databases as well as the publications show considerable differences, a lack of accuracy,
e.g. line intensities which are varying by three orders of magnitude, and missing lines when
compared to measured spectra, especially for the low energy range. This is also true for some
widely used but old publications.
These discrepancies, especially in the relative line intensities, cannot be explained only by
errors in the measurements or uncertainties of depending fundamental parameters. As a matter
of fact, line energies and intensities were interpolated or even estimated as roughly constant
for a wide range of elements in the periodic system. Additionally, some significant lines like
the M-zeta line were neglected in the databases or publications.
Even for elements with M line energies greater than 2 keV atomic databases show significant
differences. For example, for a common element such as gold some databases show only three
lines which agree with experimental spectra in line energy and intensity, whereas at least five
lines are significant and clearly visible in experimental spectra.
In cooperation with Prof. Wendt of the Institute for Physical High Technology Jena, L and M
line spectra were investigated and extended. Results of this work will be presented and some
examples will be compared with other databases and publications.
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DOUBLE 1S PHOTOINIZATION OF Ca AND V BEYOND MAXIMUM
J. Hoszowska1, J.-Cl. Dousse2, M. Berset2, W. Cao2, K. Fennane2
M. Kavic2, J. Szlachetko2, M. Szlachetko2
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European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), F-38043 Grenoble, France
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Department of Physics, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland

The single-photon two-electron process serves as one of the most sensitive probes of electron-
electron correlations. Following the absorption of the primary photon two dominant double
ionization mechanisms produce "hollow atoms”, namely the electron-electron scattering
(knock-out KO) and the shake process [1]. Shake prevails at high photon energies, while
knock-out dominates at low energies and falls rapidly with increasing excitation energy to
become negligible in the asymptotic regime. Thus, exploring the energy dependence of the 1s
double ionization probability permits to investigate the initial-state correlations important for
shake and the final-state electron-electron correlations governing the dynamics of the electron
impact ionization (KO).
We report the observation of double K–shell vacancy production for Ca and V by means of
high-resolution x-ray emission spectroscopy. Measurements of the hypersatellite and diagram
x-ray spectra were carried out using a high-resolution von Hamos Bragg curved crystal x-ray
spectrometer [2] at the BM5 beamline at the ESRF, Grenoble. The synchrotron x-ray beam
was monochromatized by means of a (Ru/B4C)70 double-multilayer monochromator with an
energy bandpass of ~2x10-2.
Ratios of double to single K-shell photoionization probabilities were derived as a function of
the incident beam energy varying from 7 to 25 keV. These photon energies correspond to
values just above the double K-shell vacancy production threshold, the region of the broad
maximum and beyond. The observed energy dependence of the double K-photoionization
probability with a falloff to values close to the asymptotic limit highlight the relative
importance of the electron-electron scattering and shake processes in double 1s
photoionization of Ca and V. The extracted ratios of double to single 1s photoionization in
both the maximum and the asymptotic region compare well with the ones reported in [3].
[1] T.Schneider and J.-M. Rost, Phys. Rev. A 67, 062704 (2003).
[2] J. Hoszowska et al., Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. A 376, 129 (1996).
[3] E.P. Kanter et al., Phys. Rev. A 73, 022708 (2006).

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A STUDY OF K X-RAY SATELLITES, HYPER-SATELLITES AND KMM
RAE STRUCTURES OF THE ELEMENTS 19 d Z d25
B. Seetharami Reddy1, S. S. Raju1, M.V.R. Murti2, L. S. Mombasawala3
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Dept. of Nuclear Physics, Andhra University, Visakhapatna
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C.S.R.E, I.I.T, Bombay, India, 3.R.S.I.C,I.I.T, Bombay, India

In the field of X-ray emission spectroscopy X-ray satellites, hyper-satellites and KMMRAE
structures merit detailed investigation. Determination of energies of pure hyper-satellites KhD
Lo is significant, as the energy levels of the “hollow atoms" have also been proposed as away
of achieving population inversion for lasing for hard X-ray lasers [1]. In the present study
energies and relative intensities of KD L1 X-ray satellites, KD hyper-satellites and KMMRAE
of the elements19d Zd 25 induced by photon excitation are measured using a Phillips 2404
wave length dispersive spectrometer. These data are supplemented with the available data for
other elements, all by photon excitation to develop Z systematics.
The semi-empirical formula of Torok et al [2], to predict KD satellite energy shift from the
diagram line is modified and is in better agreement with experimental values obtained by
photon excitation.. A semi-empirical formula for the prediction of the energy shift of the KD
hyper-satellite from the diagram line is also formulated. Fitting experimental KE L1 energy
shifts from the diagram line as a function of effective Z, an expression for computation of this
shift is obtained. As it is in very good agreement with experimental values, it is suggested that
it may be used as a semi-empirical formula. Interestingly a broadly valid simple relationship
is found between KD hyper-satellite and satellite energy shifts and also between KD and KE
energy shifts.
Three of the lines in the KMMRAE structures in all the seven elements chosen for
measurement are assigned K- M1 M2,3P, K-M1 M2 ,1P and K-M1 M1, 1S transitions as their
experimental energy shifts from the KEdiagram line are in agreement with theoretical values
calculated using standard Auger transition energies from the compilations of Larkins [3]. Z
systematics of relative intensities ofsatellites and KD hyper -satellites are also studied. A
simple relation ship is established between KD and KE relative intensities .The experimental
energy shifts and relative intensities are compared with the values calculated using various
theoretical models wherever available.
[1] K.Moribayashi et al ,Phys.Rev.A,58,2007[1998]
[2] Torok et al, Nucl.Instrum.and Methods B,150,8,[1999]
[3]F.P.Larkins,Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables- 20,311[1977]

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STUDIES OF THE L-FLUORESCENCE LINES OF TRANSITION METALS
EMPLOYING A SOFT X-RAY WAVELENGTH-DISPERSIVE GRATING
SPECTROMETER
M. Mueller1, R. Fliegauf1, B. Beckhoff1, B. Kanngießer2, J. Weser1, P. Honicke1, G. Ulm1
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Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Abbestraße 2-12, 10587 Berlin, Germany
2
Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany

A wavelength-dispersive grating spectrometer (WDS) that can be calibrated absolutely was

built for various applications at the plane grating monochromator beamline for undulator
radiation of the PTB at BESSY II. The device will be used to determine atomic fundamental
parameters absolutely such as Coster-Kronig coefficients, transition probabilities of
fluorescence and satellite lines as well as cross sections of resonant Raman scattering. The
chosen energy range from 0.27 keV to 1.85 keV covers the K-fluorescence radiation of light
elements (C to Si), L-fluorescence radiation of transition metals and M-fluorescence radiation
of rare earth metals.
The design of the WDS provides very good mechanical stability, a high energy resolution
(1:500) and good detection efficiency. The WDS consists of an entrance slit, a spherical
reflection grating and a CCD detector, all three of which are arranged on a Rowland circle.
The mechanical stability and the CCD detector ensure the long time stability of the device,
which is necessary for a reliable calibration.
The concept of the device, initial calibration tests for its characterization and first application
results will be presented. Regarding the latter, emphasis was put on a systematic study of
transition metals employing thin self-standing foils.

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X-RAY DETECTORS: NEW TECHNOLOGIES, CAPABILITIES
AND CHALLENGES
Eric B. Steel

Program Office NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 1060, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1060, USA

Recent x-ray detector technologies have allowed dramatic improvements in collection

efficiency, energy resolution, and count rate capabilities. When combined with high speed
electronics, and advanced computer control and automation, these technologies enable new
analytical capabilities including:
- high sensitivity combined with high speed analysis
- higher spatial resolution x-ray analysis
- near live-time chemical mapping,
- 3-dimensional nanoscale analysis,
- microanalysis that can be directly compared to bulk analysis,
- and advanced chemical state spectroscopy of complex materials.

While the "perfect" x-ray detection system is still in the future, technologies such as the
silicon drift and microcalorimeter detection systems have significantly expanded our
expectations. These technologies are continuing to improve in efficiency, resolution, speed,
and broaden in real applications.
E-mail : [email protected]

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CONCEPTUAL CHOICES FOR MICROXRF SPECTROMETERS
Petra Hegeman

PANalytical BV, P.O. Box 13, 7600 AA Almelo, The Netherlands

The major requirements for a spectrometer are reproducibility, LLD, resolution and
sensitivity. For microXRF spectrometers the spot size or measuring box size is another
requirement and the reproducibility depends on a.o. the spot size, the microXRF optical path
configuration, the alignment errors and the size of the measuring box. Especially in
applications with small measuring boxes, a deliberate choice should be made with respect to
the microXRF configuration in order to achieve an adequate system performance.
In this presentation several microXRF spectrometer concepts are discussed. The dependency
of the reproducibility on the focal spot size, the optical path configuration, the alignment
errors and the measuring box size will be evaluated theoretically. Finally a number of
experimental results will be shown.
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CHARACTERISATION OF MICROSPOT EXCITATION FOR
QUANTITATION IN X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS
WITH X-RAY TUBES
T. Wolff 1,2, O. Hahn2, W. Malzer1, U. Waldschläger3, B. Kanngießer1
1
Technical University of Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
2
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Unter den Eichen 44-46
12203 Berlin, Germany
3
Bruker AXS Microanalysis, Schwarzschildstrasse 12, 2489 Berlin, Germany

For standard-less quantitative XRF-analysis based on the fundamental parameter method an

accurate knowledge of the excitation spectrum is necessary. For the conventional XRF it is
possible to calculate this spectrum, based on the most important parameters of the x-ray-tube
[1]. Since the spectral distribution is changed by using a polycapillary lens to focus the
radiation such a calculation is not possible in case of micro-XRF-spectrometers. For that
reason quantitative analysis with micro-XRF-setups is mostly based on a calibration of the
instrument with certified reference materials.
For a reference-free quantification a determination of the transmission efficiency of the X-ray
lens used is necessary. Since there are no efficient theoretical models to describe that function
of a polycapillary optic, it must be measured.
To compare two different concepts to measure the lens-transmission a commercial micro-
XRF-Spectrometer was investigated. The x-rays are produced in a 30W-Mo-tube and focused
using a polycapillary lens with about 70 µm spotsize. The fluorescence radiation is detected
by a SDD-Detector.
For the characterization of the X-ray optic direct measurements of the excitation spot were
carried out. To reduce the count rate and to get information about the lateral distribution a
pinhole was used. It is made of Platinum and has a diameter of 10 µm. Along a linescan and
in a distance of 5 µm direct measurements of the excitation spectrum in the focal plane were
collected. Additionally a measurement under the same conditions but without the X-ray lens
was carried out. With that data an energy dispersive description of the FWHM and of the
gain-factor of the optic is possible, which leads to the transmission function. [2]
On the other hand scatter-measurements under well defined conditions were carried out with
and without the X-ray optic. Dividing the spectrum of the X-ray lens by the one of the X-ray
tube also leads to the lens-transmission.
All measurements were carried out with three different tube-voltage-operations and both with
SDD-Detector and with Si(Li)-Detector. Calculated tube spectra were convoluted with both
transmission functions to achieve the correct excitation spectrum. It is intended to carry out
measurement of certificated reference materials and doing a fundamental parameter based
quantification of that data with both excitation spectra. The comparison of the results should
be helpful to validate the concepts of measuring the transmission function.
[1] EBEL, H.: X-Ray tube spectra, X-Ray Spec. 28 (1999), 255-266
[2] B. KANNGIEßER, N. KEMF, W. MALZER: Spectral and Lateral Resolved Characterisation of X-ray
Micro-Beams, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B 3-4 (2002), 230-237

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DEVELOPMENT OF CONFOCAL 3D MICRO XRF SPECTROMETER
WITH Cr-Mo DUAL EXCITATION
Kazuhiko Nakano1,2, Xunliang Ding3, Kouichi Tsuji1,2
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Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University,
Sugimoto 3-3-138, Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka 558-8585 Japan.
2
PRESTO-JST (Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science
and Technology Agency), 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan.
3
X-Ray Optical Laboratory, Institute of Low Energy Nuclear Physics, Beijing Normal
University, No. 19, Xin Jie Kou Wai Da Jie, Beijing, 100875, China.

A new 3D-micro XRF instrument based on the confocal set-up using two independent
polycapillary x-ray lenses and two x-ray sources (Cr and Mo targets) was developed. A full
polycapillary x-ray lens was attached to each x-ray tube. Another half polycapillary lens was
attached to a silicon drift x-ray detector (SDD). The evaluated diameters of each x-ray beam
at the focal distance were 0.035 mm for Mo target, and 0.055 mm for Cr target respectively.
The focal spots of three lenses were adjusted at exactly same position.
The effects of Cr-Mo dual x-ray beams excitation were investigated. It was confirmed that
the XRF intensity of the right elements increased by applying the Cr target x-ray tubes in the
confocal configuration. In the proposed confocal configuration, 3D-elemental mapping of
major elements in plant samples was performed non-destructively at ambient air pressure.
Each elements of in plant samples showed the different mapping image in the different layer,
respectively.
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DETERMINATION OF LAYER THICKNESSES OF FUEL CELLS
BY 3D MICRO X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY
Birgit Kanngiesser, Ioanna Mantouvalou, Yvonne Höhn, Lars Lühl, Wolfgang Malzer

Analytical X-ray Spectroscopy Group, Technical University of Berlin

Depth resolution is the most used properties of 3D Micro XRS up to now. The development
of a model for the sensitivity of the confocal setup facilitates the evaluation of depth profiles
to determine layer thicknesses.and elemental distributions. As an example for the capacity of
layer investigation with 3D Micro XRS measurements of fuel cells will be presented. Beside
the experimental setup the modelling of the layer structure will be described. Results of this
modelling to determine the layer thicknesses are.discussed.
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INVESTIGATION OF XV CENTURY FRESCOES BY MEANS
OF SEM AND MICROANALYSIS
S. Bruni1, M. Gagliardi2, G. Maino1,3, D. Biagi Maino3
1
ENEA, Applied Physics Division, via Fiammelli, 2, 40129 Bologna, Italy
2
ENEA guest researcher; Alma Mater Sudiorum University of Bologna, Italy

On the occasion of recent restoration works carried out in the Basilica of St. Petronio in
Bologna, Italy, a deep scientific investigation of the frescoes in the St. Abbondio and
Bolognini chapels have been performed; the considered frescoes were painted by Giovanni da
Modena and his ‘bottega’, one of the most important artist in Northern and Central Italy in the
first half of XV century, and they can be dated around 1420 according to stylistic studies.
These frescoes represent one of the most important masterpieces of the Bolognese painting
school.
From these wall paintings, generally considered as executed with the well-known technique
of ‘buon fresco’ in the relevant historical and artistic literature, a number of microscopic
samples have been extracted probing significant areas of the artistic work and submitted to
proper scientific investigation. Analyses have been carried out mainly by means of scanning
electron microscopy (SEM) and associated EDXRS microanalysis. Therefore, by means of
the X-ray spectra, the elemental composition of the samples has been univocally identified.
A stratigraphic study has been also carried out with usual optical microscopy techniques. We
were able to identify the pigments used by the artist and, above all, to reconstruct the
execution technique which resulted to be painted ‘a secco’ (on dry plaster). This fact is
confirmed by the observation of legands such as animal glue below the pigment layer in all
the considered samples. The large presence of glue and the frequently observed detachment of
painted layers are clear signatures of the dry execution on the walls of the church, contrary to
the traditional well-established recipes for the realization of frescoes. On the other hand, the
compositions of pigments used in the large frescoes clearly correspond to the well-established
recipes described in the contemporary and subsequent literature on the subject.
Finally, a comparison is proposed with similar analyses reported in the scientific literature, in
order to point out possible characterization of the works of different ‘botteghe’ active in North
and Central Italy during the XV century, based on statistical cluster procedure in a suitable
multidimensional space of the relevant parameters as determined by EDXRS analyses.
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MICRO-XRF EXCITATION IN AN ELECTRON MICRSOCOPE.
Michael Haschke1, Tim Elam², Frank Eggert³
1
IfG - Institute for Scientific Instruments GmbH, Berlin, Germany
²Ametek EDAX, Mahwah, USA;
³Institut für angewandte Photonik eV, Berlin, Germany

An option for electron microscopes will be presented offering the possibility to excite the
sample by X-rays. X-rays are generated by a tube attached to the SEM and concentrated on
the sample surface by polycapillary optics to a spot of approx. 50 µm diameter. The excited
fluorescence radiation can be detected by the EDS-detector that is available on most SEM. In
contrast to electron excitation X-ray excitation does not generate a bremsstrahlung
background and therefore the peak-to-background ratio is improved significantly. Limits of
detection are typically in the range of 20 – 50 ppm for a measuring time of 60 – 100 s i.e. by a
factor of 20 - 50 better than for electron excitation.
Another advantage of this arrangement results for quantification. Because of different cross
sections for excitation by electrons and X-rays the sensitivity for light and heavy elements
differs for both methods. Light elements can be analyzed with higher sensitivity by electron
excitation but heavy elements (Z > 20) are detected more sensitive by X-ray excitation. By
using both types of excitation it becomes possible to combine their analytical capabilities and
to improve the accuracy of quantification.
The paper presents both the instrumental arrangement and also the quantification procedure.
A few applications are discussed including examples for the combination of the quantification
of both methods.
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NEW TRENDS ON X-RAY ANALYSIS OF PAINTING MATERIALS
Philippe Walter

Centre de recherche et restauration des musées de France, UMR 171 du CNRS

14, quai François Mitterrand, 75001 Paris

The material analysis of paintings aims to better understand the technique of the artists and
brings to light unique information for their authenticity and conservation: identification of the
pigments, of their elaboration processes and alteration.
In this presentation, we will show how the growing use of analytical techniques based on ion
beams, synchrotron radiation and laboratory or portable X-ray tubes has allowed new
opportunities to characterise pigments:
PIXE and X-ray fluorescence techniques are used to identify the materials and the trace
elements, which enable sometimes to distinguish between natural ores and synthesised
products and to determine geographic provenances of minerals.
PIGE technique is sometimes of primary importance to identify light elements.
X-ray diffraction is a relevant method to analyse crystallised compounds and identify phases.
The combination of analytical techniques allows us to describe improvements in the selection
and the preparation of specific materials, as well as in the know-how to formulate complex
mixtures of pigments. We will illustrate these approaches with the study of ancient Egyptian
cosmetics and paintings, the characterisation of Hellenistic pigments and of the practices of
painters at the beginning of the Renaissance, such as Matthias Grünewald and Leonardo da
Vinci.
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THE USE OF A EUROPEAN COINAGE ALLOY TO COMPARE THE
DETECTION LIMITS OF PORTABLE XRF SYSTEMS. A FEASIBILITY
STUDY.
Roberto Cesareo1, Marco Ferretti2, Giovanni E. Gigante3, Giuseppe Guida4,
Pietro Moioli5, Stefano Ridolfi6, Clodoaldo Roldán Garcia7
1
Struttura Dipartimentale di Matematica e Fisica, Università di Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
2
CNR - Istituto per le Tecnologie Applicate ai Beni Culturali, Rome, Italy.
3
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy.
4
Laboratorio di Chimica, Istituto Centrale per il Restauro, Rome, Italy.
5
Unità Tecnico-Scientifica Materiali e Nuove Tecnologie, ENEA, Rome, Italy.
6
Ars Mensurae, Rome, Italy.
7
Unidad de Arqueometría, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales, Universidad de Valencia,
Valencia, Spain.

The investigation of archaeological and historical materials makes use of techniques that,
though borrowed from other fields of research and industrial production, frequently have to be
“re-invented” due to peculiar characteristics of the objects. Artistic relevance, limited
movability, compositional and structural heterogeneity radically change the experimental
approach and often require ad hoc designed equipment. These considerations also apply to X-
ray fluorescence, one of the most widely used techniques in this field, with special regard to
portable systems. It is very common that “home made” or prototypal portable spectrometers
be used; even for the commercial ones, the market offers a huge variety of different solutions,
inevitably resulting in different analytical performances. Such a diversified context brings
forward the need for common criteria to evaluate portable spectrometers performances as well
as the advisability of a large scale survey on the existing equipment.
This paper intends to demonstrate the feasibility of such an idea, which relies on simple
protocols, on cheap, easily available reference materials and, obviously, on meaningful
outcomes; furthermore it reports the results of a demonstrative intercomparison carried out
among users of portable XRF spectrometers (with different x-ray tubes and detectors) in the
area of Rome, Italy and Valencia, Spain. The experimental protocol consists in measuring the
detection limits with the single standard method (see Jenkins R., Gould R.W. and Gedke D.,
Quantitative X-ray Spectrometry - 2nd edition, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York 1995, 402) for
3 different measurement times. The adopted standard is the 50 eurocent coin, whose alloy,
called nordic gold, is made of 89% Cu, 5% Al, 5% Zn, 1% Sn; besides the strong symbolic
valence, the large spread of European currency guarantees maximum availability at minimum
cost. The experimental data show that the use of different X-ray tubes and detectors results in
detection limits that may differ from each other by a factor of 4 for Zn and of 50 to 90 for Sn.
If one considers that: a) detection limits are among the most crucial features of any analytical
system; b) elements in the neighbourhoods of Z=30 and Z=50 are extremely frequent in
archaeological and historical materials; c) every portable XRF spectrometer is a compromise
in which portability and good detection limits are one against the other and d) elements in the
neighbourhoods of Z=50 are particularly suited to highlight the effects of such compromise
on the analytical performance, then it comes out that the proposed protocol is suitable for a
European survey concerned with the detection limits of the systems in use; furthermore, if
data on commercial systems become available, it can provide a figure of merit on analytical
performance, should one have to choose what system to purchase.
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SY-XRF STUDY OF SILVERPOINT DRAWINGS OF HANS BALDUNG
GRIEN FROM THE KARLSRUHER SKIZZENBUCH AND THE
CORRESPONDING SILVER STYLUS (16TH C.)
I. Reiche1, A. Berger2, A. Duval1, H. Guicharnaud1
S. Merchel2, M. Radtke2, D. Schäfer3, R. Simon4
1
Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France
UMR 171 CNRS, F-75001 Paris, France
2
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung, D-12205 Berlin, Germany
3
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, D-76133 Karlsuhe, Germany
4
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Institute for Synchrotron Radiation, D-76344 Eggenstein-
Leopoldshafen, Germany

Famous artists of the 14th to the 16th c. such as Jan van Eyck, Leonardo da Vinci and
Albrecht Dürer used silverpoints among other instruments or materials like inks for drawings.
Today, silverpoint drawings are very rare and belong to the most valuable treasuries of
graphical art collections. New insights into the drawing technique and the genesis of these
works of art can be obtained by characterising a fingerprint based on the chemical
composition of the metal marks on the drawings. The study of drawings requires particular
attention because the analysis has to be fully non-destructive and extremely sensitive. The
metal alloy on the paper does not exceed some hundreds of µg/cm2. Only external beam
micro-PIXE and SY-XRF are known to be well-suited for the non-destructive analysis of
silverpoint drawings [1]. About one hundred drawings were analysed in preceding works
using external beam micro-PIXE at the C2RMF in Paris [2] and spatially resolved SY-XRF
analysis at BESSY in Berlin [3].
The aim of this study was to compare some silverpoint drawings of Hans Baldung Grien in
the so-called “Karlsruher Skizzenbuch” and one of the only rare silverpoints conserved today.
One assumes that the stylus, which is fixed on the sketchbook, was used by himself [4]. Hans
Baldung Grien is a well-known German Renaissance artist. He lived from about 1484 to 1545
and is a contemporary of Albrecht Dürer and Hans Holbein the Elder.
The measurements of the drawings and the silver stylus were realised at the FLUO beamline
at ANKA Karlsruhe. The FLUO beamline has been proven to be well-suited for non-
destructive analysis of silverpoint drawings. The results on the chemical composition of the
metal marks of the drawings and on the original silverpoint show that the silver stylus could
be used for the drawings of the sketch book. The stylus is made of a brass stylus covered with
a thin copper-containing silver layer which does not contain any mercury on the contrary to
the drawings. The strokes of the drawings bear copper and mercury as minor elements beside
silver. Therefore, mercury originates from a characteristic alteration phenomenon of historical
silverpoint drawings.
[1] Reiche I., et al. (2002) conference proceedings (art’02) 7th International Conference on Non-destructive
Testing and Microanalysis for the cultural and environmental heritage, Antwerp, Belgium, 8p.
[2] Duval A., et al. (2004) Nucl. Instr. Meth. B., 226, 60-74.
[3] Reiche I., et al. (2004) Spectrochim. Acta B, 59, 1657-1662.
[4] Martin K. ed. (1959) Skizzenbuch des Hans Baldung Grien, 2nd ed., Phoebus-Verlag, Basel, 88p.

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IN SITE EDXRF ARCHAEOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS OF THE GOLDEN
GLOBE ON THE TOP OF SAN PETER DOME IN ROME
Giovanni Ettore Gigante1, Stefano Ridolfi2
1
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy
2
Ars Mensurae, Roma, Italy

Nowadays the field portable energy dispersive equipment achieved stability and portability
that could not be foreseen only few years ago. A concrete example of this state of the art is the
campaign of measurement performed in the July 2005 inside and outside the bronze golden
globe placed on the top of the San Peter Dome. The golden globe was placed in site in 18
November 1593 by Giacomo della Porta, famous Italian architect that ended the Michelangelo
work on the Dom. The globe is placed at a height of 131 meter having a 2.5 meter diameter
and a weight of 1862 Kg. This large bronze artefact is composed of 36 plates solder together
(we now know with autogenic soldering) in situ. Several signs of thunderbolt shots are
evident. During the last restoration/maintenance work on the globe the Fabbrica di San Pietro
gave us the possibility to perform some archaeometric investigations. In order to perform
these measurement a big work of organization was needed and Dr. Gabrielli and Zander of the
Fabbrica di San Pietro, together with the staff (Sanpietrini) of the fabricate gave us a big
support.
The measurements carried out in such extreme conditions showed the high level of stability
and reliability of the new generation of portable instruments equipped with miniaturized low
power x ray tubes and SDD detectors. Inside the globe we performed 31 quantitative
measures, 21 on the plates, 7 on the solders and 3 on the repairs. Several measures were also
performed on the outside gilded surface to drive the restoration procedure. The globe was
regilt several times since the first time therefore it was practically impossible to detect the
original gold leaf.
With the EDXRF measurements it was possible to reach to the following conclusions:
a) the bronze alloy has 85.8 ± 0.5 % copper, 10.1 ± 0.3 % tin and 2.8 ± 0.1 % lead average
composition, the uncertainties include the measures error and the variability of the alloys
production.
b) some other minor elements were detected in the alloy: iron, zinc, silver and antimony.
c) the solders are autogenic, i.e. made with an alloy having a composition very similar to the
plates soldered together (88.2 ± 0.4 % copper, 8.5 ± 0.3 % tin and 2.3 ± 0.1 % lead).
Therefore, the plates were soldered in site.
d) The control of melting was excellent (the observed variability is small).
A cluster analysis was performed in order to put in evidence similarities among plates.
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THE GILDED BRONZE PANELS OF THE "PORTA DEL PARADISO" BY
LORENZO GHIBERTI: NON-DESTRUCTIVE ANALYSES USING
PORTABLE XRF
Marco Ferretti1, Salvatore Siano2
1
CNR - Istituto per le Tecnologie Applicate ai Beni Culturali, Roma, Italy
2
CNR - Istituto di Fisica Applicata “Nello Carrara”, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

The east door of the Baptistery of Florence, which is universally known with the name Porta
del Paradiso, was crafted by Lorenzo Ghiberti between 1426 and 1452. This celebrated
masterpiece has undergone systematic investigations since 1966, the year of the flood. The
studies were mainly aimed at assessing the state of conservation, understanding the corrosion
mechanisms, and defining the criteria for its the future preservation. The increasing interest
for the handicraft techniques of the Reanissance art foundry also stimulated some preliminary
metallurgical studies. Recently, a dedicated technological investigation project was promoted
by the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, the institution responsible for the restoration work. Within
this project we carried out an overall recognition of the bronze alloys used to craft five of the
ten main panels of the door using a homemade portable XRF instrument equipped with 60
kV, 1.6 mA, tube and a 5 mm2 Si-Drift detector. About 230 measurements were performed
mostly on the back side of the investigated panels focusing on the main casting, recasting, and
plug areas. According with the few available literature data, our analyses confirmed the use of
quaternary alloys. The preliminary calibration of the instrument allowed distinguishing
among three different main alloy compositions while multivariate analysis of the trace
elements provided information about possible different material stocks. These and other
results that we discuss in the present work, represent the first objective support for a temporal
collocation of the relieves and for understanding the casting and mounting sequence of
Ghiberti’s masterpiece.
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CHEMICAL AND PHASE CHARACTERISATION
OF CERAMIC PIGMENTS
M.F. Gazulla, M.P. Gómez, A. Barba, M. Orduña

Instituto de Tecnología Cerámica - Asociación de Investigación de las Industrias Cerámicas -

Universitat Jaume I. Castellón. Spain.

Ceramic pigments are a highly heterogeneous group of substances in terms of chemical

composition, crystalline structure, and resulting colours. This has given rise to various
pigment classification schemes. The most widely used such scheme is the American DCMA
(Dry Colors Manufacturers’ Association) classification, which comprises 44 pigments,
divided into 14 different classes, based on crystal structure. The pigments in each class differ
in chemical composition, which is related to the different resulting colours.
In the ceramic industry, the most frequently used pigments from this classification belong to
the following five classes: III (corundum-hematite), XI (rutile-cassiterite), XII (sphene), XIII
(spinel) and XIV (zircon).
Pigment type, quality, uses, etc. are defined by variables such as specific surface area,
chromatic coordinates, etc., and by pigment chemical and mineralogical composition.
Mineralogical analysis by X-ray diffraction allows establishing the crystalline structure of the
product and degree of pigment formation. Chemical characterisation by X-ray fluorescence
spectrometry analyses pigment composition, determining the major pigment elements and
other possible constituents such as diluents (SiO2), mineralisers (F), fluxes (Pb), etc.
Though numerous studies are available on pigment synthesis and use, there is little
information in the literature on pigment chemical and phase characterisation. The present
study has been undertaken, therefore, to develop a methodology for pigment chemical and
phase characterisation.
As each class of ceramic pigment indicated above displays specific characteristics in terms of
crystalline structure and chemical composition, in this study a specific methodology has been
established for each pigment group. The methodology details the elements to be analysed,
their concentration range, sample preparation conditions and group of standards used for
measurement calibration and validation, in addition to calculation of the correction
coefficients of the L overlap and • matrix effect.
Finally, the methodology developed has been used to analyse a group of ceramic pigments,
which represent the five DCMA classes of pigments most widely used in the ceramic industry
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OBSIDIAN PROVENANCE DETERMINATION BY USING THE BEAM
STABILITY CONTROLLED BSC-XRF SPECTROMETER:
THE CASE OF MILENA (SICILY)
F.P.Romano1,2, G. Pappalardo1,3, L.Pappalardo1,2, V. La Rosa4, O. Palio4
1
Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, INFN, Catania, Italy
2
Istituto per i Beni Archeologici e Monumentali, CNR, Catania, Italy
3
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Univerity of Catania, Italy
4
Centro di Archeologia Cretese, University of Catania, Italy

It is well known that the content of trace elements present in archaeological obsidians can
give information on the provenance. Their quantitative determination can be obtained by
using portable XRF spectrometers; however, x-ray tubes largely used as exciting source can
be subjected to energy and intensity fluctuations and frequent calibrations of the systems are
required in order to obtain quantitative data.
In the present work a portable BSC-XRF spectrometer (Beam Stability Controlled XRF) with
a beam stability control, is used to determine the content of some trace elements (Rb, Sr, Y,
Zr and Nb) characterizing obsidian samples. The control of the stability is not an electronic
device operating on the applied high voltage and current but consists on a direct intervention
on the beam emitted by the tube used as x-ray source.
The concentration of Rb, Sr, Y, Zr and Nb was determined in 57 obsidian artefacts coming
form Milena, an important prehistoric site in the internal region of Sicily; quantitative
determination was obtained by a method based on a multi-linear regression approach
previously developed by the authors and based on a calibration procedure which used 26
petrologic standards. It should be emphasized that in the case of obsidians, a surface XRF
analysis gives meaningful quantitative results since they are composed of an homogeneous
matrix.
Milena artefacts were found on well defined archaeological layers dated back from the
Neolithic to the final Copper age; this aspect is of relevant interest because only few data
exists on stratigraphic obsidians in Sicily.
Analysed artefacts were randomly sampled in order to well represent the populations in the
different periods. Results on compositional data of Rb, Sr, Y, Zr and Nb allowed to identify
Lipari and Pantelleria islands as the main sources of the Milena obsidians and to evidence
how the samples coming from these sources are distributed from Neolithic to the final Copper
age.
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DETERMINATION OF OXIDATION STATE AND SPECIATION IN
GEOLOGICALLY RELEVANT SYSTEMS USING XANES
Max Wilke1, Pedro J. Jugo2, Francois Farges3, Christian Schmidt4,
Jean Susini5, Alexandre Simionovici6
1
Universität Potsdam, D-14415 Potsda
2
Universität Frankfurt, D-60054 Frankfur
3
Université Marne-la-vallée, F-77454 Marne la Vallée
4
GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, D-14473 Potsdam
5
ESRF, F-38043 Grenoble
6
ENS Lyon, F-69007 Lyon

The oxidation state of heterovalent elements has a strong influence on the geochemical
behaviour of these elements in geological systems and may influence the bulk properties of
the system and, as a consequence, the evolution of the system through time. In this
contribution examples of XANES studies on heterovalent elements in geological systems are
shown that highlight the potential of this method in providing
a) spatially resolved valence information
b) information on speciation measured under geologically relevant conditions.
Fe is the major heterovalent cation found in terrestrial rocks and magmas and its oxidation
state effects significantly thermodynamic equilibria as well as physical properties. As the
Fe(II)-Mg distribution among mineral phases provides insight to the thermal history of rocks
now exposed at the earth's surface evaluation of the Fe(III) content within the textural context
of the phases is of particular interest. Such measurement can be performed by the application
of micro-XANES at the Fe K-edge.
The Fe-oxidation state in silicate melts and magmas influences melt viscosities and melt
densities. A better insight to the speciation, i.e. local structural environment, is of major
interest to better relate melt compositions to their physical properties. XANES measurements
under in-situ conditions (i.e. high temperature and pressure) help pointing out measurement
artefacts that may be present in quenched samples and thus better constrain the properties
under the relevant geological conditions.
Although Sulfur is only a trace element in magmatic systems it is still an important element
for the whole system. First, it strongly controls the behaviour of several metals that are also of
economic interest. Secondly, it plays an important role in explosive volcanic activity, which is
capable of releasing large amounts of S into the atmosphere, significantly affecting global
climate, The solubility of sulfur depends strongly on the oxidation state that may vary from
S(II-) to S(VI+). XANES measurements provide unique information on the sulfur species
present: either only sulfide and sulfate as often proposed or also sulfite that might be stable
under intermediate redox conditions. The presence of a third species has important
consequences on thermodynamic treatment of equilibria involving sulfur.
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IN SITU MONITORING OF MICROBIAL METABOLISM IN
DIAMOND-ANVIL CELL BY X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY
Aude Picard1, Phil Oger1, Isabelle Daniel1, Alexandre Simionovici1
Isabelle Letard2, Jean-Louis Hazemann3, Olivier Proux3
1
Laboratoire de Science de la Terre, UCBL-ENS Lyon
2
ID 22, ESRF Grenoble - 3BM 30B, ESRF Grenoble

Many biotopes are situated in high-pressure environments, from deep subsurface rocks to
deep-sea water and sediments. They are supposed to have been at the origin of life on the
young Earth. However, due to the physical and chemical conditions, these biotopes are hardly
accessible by standard techniques. In situ systems open perspectives to study these
environments by avoiding the biases implied by successive cycles of
decompression/sampling/compression.
Thus, we developed an experimental vessel based on a modified diamond anvil cell, with a
single diamond anvil and a 400 µm-thick diamond window, designed by J-C. Chervin
(IMPMC, Paris). The aim of the modification was to increase the image resolution and the
quality of spectroscopic signals. The cell was conceived for its compatibility with Raman, IR
and X-ray spectroscopies, and classical and confocal microscopies. We developed the use of
quantitative Raman and X-ray spectroscopies to monitor microbial activities in the DAC.
Using this modified DAC, we monitored the in situ microbial metabolism of selenium by the
bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain C58 under controlled conditions of pressure and
temperature. These measurements were realised by X-ray fluorescence and XANES on
beamline ID22 at the ESRF. A combination of µXANES and µXRF allowed us to monitor the
speciation of selenium species in solution. In anaerobic conditions, the selenite is reduced by
the bacterium to 1/3 elemental selenium and 2/3 selenide species. Some supplementary
experiments were realised on beamline BM30B in the high pressure cell dedicated to the
beamline. The reduction of selenium by strain C58 was monitored until 25 MPa.
This experimental setup allows us to monitor the in situ activity of living cells grown on the
beamline by X-ray spectroscopy under controlled conditions of pressure and temperature. The
development of in situ analytical systems could be useful for the study of deep subsurface
ecosystems, where light and oxygen are absent, heavy metals present in great concentration,
and pressure and temperature are elevated, i. e. the environment of the postulated “cradle of
life”.
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COMBINED MICRO-XRF/XRD STUDIES OF INCLUSIONS
IN DIAMONDS FROM JUINA AND KANKAN
B. Vekemans1, F. Brenker2, L. Vincze3, W. De Nolf1
A. Szymanski2, C. Vollmer2, K. Janssens1
1
Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk-Antwerp, Belgium
2
Institut für Mineralogie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
3
Department of Analytical Chemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

The confocal X-ray micro fluorescence imaging technique was combined with scanning
microdiffraction in order to study the element distribution of inclusions in diamonds from
Juina and Kankan. Minerals trapped within such natural diamonds give uniquely detailed
information on the chemistry and conditions during the diamond host formation at great Earth
depths.
The applied confocal arrangement is based on coupling the detector with a polycapillary half-
lens that restricts the collection of XRF-signal from a finite (10-20 µm) section along the full
beam path within the sample. By restricting the accepted beam path, confocal XRF allows to
directly collect local elemental information from deep-within the sample, limited by the
penetration/escape depth of the analyte signal.
This work describes the evaluation and the interpretation of XRF/XRD data derived from
experiments performed at the ESRF ID18F end-station (Grenoble, France). In the confocal
arrangement, thin glass standard measurements (NIST SRM 1832/1833; 300 s) using Al
CRLs show 10 fg to sub-fg absolute detection limits in the detectable atomic number range
Z=20 to 48; for trace elements in glass (NIST SRM 613; 300 s) the relative detection limits
vary from 10 ppm down the 1 ppm level for the same atomic range. Additional experiments
were performed with Raman micro spectroscopy, and with high energy micro XRF at
HASYLAB beamline L (DESY, Hamburg, Germany) for rare-earth element determinations.
Although the evaluation and the interpretation of the XRF/XRD data is still in progress, the
results presented here point to the existence of a CO2-rich reservoir at great Earth depth
(>580 km) and to global fluid cycling to depths exceeding 300 km.
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HIGH PRESSURE-HIGH TEMPERATURE IN-SITU X-RAY DIFFRACTION
INVESTIGATION OF EQUATION OF STATE AND RHEOLOGY OF
SERPENTINES, A MATERIAL OF GEOPHYSICAL IMPORTANCE.
Nadege Hilairet1, Bruno Reynard1, Isabelle Daniel1, Sylvain Petitgirard1, Yanbin Wang2
1
Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre, UMR 5570 CNRS-ENS Lyon-UCB Lyon 1, France
2
GeoSoilEnviroCARS, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

We present measurements of serpentines thermodynamic and rheological properties at High

Pressure–High Temperature (HP-HT) using in-situ synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction (XRD).
Knowledge of these properties is crucial for the geoscientists to better understand processes
occurring in subduction zones. Indeed, serpentines, which are hydrous silicates forming by
hydration of the oceanic floor, play a major role in subduction zones dynamics. During
subduction of oceanic crust they carry important water quantities into the mantle, where their
dehydration at high pressure hydrates the mantle wedge, thereby significantly modifying its
physical properties. This dehydration is probably related to intermediate-depth seismicity in
cold subduction zones such as North-East Japan (e.g. [1]). Serpentines also have a supposed
low viscosity and low density comparing to the mantle, which measurements would allow
more accurate numerical simulations and comparisons with geophysical data.
Since it gives a rather poor signal in conventional XRD, a synchrotron beam is preferred to
investigate this mineral with X-rays.
The room-T equation of state of antigorite, the high pressure form of serpentines, was
determined in-situ with powder XRD at the ID30 beamline of ESRF, Grenoble (France). The
bulk modulus obtained allows recalculation of antigorite stability field [2], which is now in
perfect agreement with the latest results from experimental petrology.
In a second part we present results from antigorite HP-HT deformation experiments at
GSECARS, APS (Argonne National Laboratory, USA) with a D-DIA apparatus allowing
very low strain rates at high confining pressure. Strain was monitored in situ with synchrotron
X-ray imaging, and differential stress was extracted from powder XRD 2D patterns (lattice
strain measurement). Strain and stress were measured in relevant physical conditions for a
subducting slab. The results show that these techniques developed on metals and very simple
minerals (e.g. [3]) can be successfully applied to much more complex minerals to obtain
rheological laws, as long as sufficient information is available on thermodynamic and elastic
properties of the material. They also give valuable information on texture evolution during
deformation.
[1] Yamasaki, T., and S. Tetsuzo (2003), Double seismic zone and dehydration embrittlement of the subducting
slab, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 2212, doi: 10.1029/2002JB001918
[2] Hilairet, N., I. Daniel, and B. Reynard (2006), Equation of state of antigorite, stability field of serpentines,
and seismicity in subduction zones, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L02302, doi:10.1029/2005GL024728
[3] Merkel, S., A. P. Jephcoat, J. Shu, H. K. Mao, P. Gillet, and R. J. Hemley (2002), Equation of state,
elasticity, and shear strength of pyrite under high pressure, Phys. Chem. Minerals, 29, 1.

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MICROCHARACTERIZATION AND IDENTIFICATION
OF TIRE DEBRIS OF AIRPLANES
János Osán1, Veronika Groma1, Elzbieta Stefaniak2, Anna Worobiec2, Szabina Török1,
Magdolna Kalocsainé Rasztoczky3, Szilvia Kugler3, René Van Grieken2

1
KFKI Atomic Energy Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary
2
Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Belgium
3
Budapest Airport, Hungary

Tire (rubber) debris is produced at touch-down of aircrafts and natural wear of tires. The
carcinogenic effect of such particles has been described in many publications, but their
identification either in lung tissue or among ambient atmospheric aerosol is still a challenge.
In this work, the combination of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), low-Z electron probe
X-ray microanalysis (EPMA) and micro-Raman spectrometry was applied for this purpose,
aiming morphological, elemental, molecular and structural characterization of individual
rubber microparticles.
Tire debris was collected from touch-down area of the runways of different airports. In order
to identify tire debris in ambient air, size-segregated aerosol particles were collected in the
vicinity of a runway of the international airport of Budapest, by means of a May cascade
impactor.
A JEOL 733 electron probe microanalyzer equipped with an Oxford Pentafet X-ray detector
was applied for SEM visualization and low-Z EPMA measurements, using 10 and 20 kV
accelerating voltages. Results of the tire debris samples showed that the majority of the
particles were carbonaceous with irregular shape, containing around 5 wt.% of Zn. Some
particles contained also silicates. Raman shift on individual particles of the same samples has
been measured with micro-Raman spectrometer (Renishaw InVia) at 514 and 785 nm
wavelengths. Two broad bands of elemental carbon were identified in all samples. Si was
found to be strongly bound to the carbonaceous matrix.
Using low-Z EPMA, the identification of tire debris in the 2-8 µm aerosol fraction was
successful, and could be verified with micro-Raman spectrometry. The abundance of tire
debris originating particles was found to be 1-5 % in different aerosol samples.
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CHARACTERIZATION OF ELEMENTAL CONTENTS IN PM2.5
PARTICLES ORIGINATING FROM A MODERN WASTE INCINERATION
PLANT BY EDXRF ANALYSIS
Innocent Joy Kwame Aboh1, Dag Henrikson1, Jens Laursen2, Magnus Lundin1
Niels Pind3 Eva Selin Lindgren1, Tomas Wahnström1
1
School of Engineering, University of Boras, SE-50190 Boras, Sweden
2
Department of Natural Sciences, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University,
DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark
3
Department of Chemistry, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark

Two major challenges in sustainable urban development are those of 1)finding substitutes for
fossil fuels for the generation of electricity and heat and 2)developing a safe way to dispose of
the waste originating from human consumption. Both these challenges can be met if the
energy contents in domestic and industrial waste can be utilised in efficient heat and power
plants. However, since the need for environmentally safe waste handling is greatest in densely
populated areas in which many other sources of air pollution exist, it is necessary to keep
emissions of air pollutants from waste incineration at an absolute minimum.
In the city of Borås, which is a medium sized city in the south-western part of Sweden, a new
modern plant for electricity and heat generation has recently been installed and optimised
with respect to internal parameters of efficiency and economy. The direct emissions of
gaseous pollutants which are subject to restrictions are well below the allowed limits as stated
by Swedish and European standards.
The aim of the present work is to study the particle pollutants with emphasis on PM2.5 in the
ambient air and to identify the specific contribution from the new incineration plant. Many
different sources contribute to PM2.5 in urban air. Thus, the general problem is to
characterise and identify the particle pollution, which can be attributed to gases and/or
particles emitted by the waste incineration plant. EDXRS was used for determination of
concentrations of twenty elements in the aerosol. Combined with information on some
gaseous species (SO2 and NO2) together with aerosol mass- and black carbon concentrations,
all data were subjected to factor analysis in order to determine the characteristics of the
different sources. Vehicle emissions, oil- and bio-mass fired stoves, industrial emissions and
long range transported aerosols are believed to contribute to the observed data. Oil
combustion was identified as one of the major sources to Ni and V in the urban air.
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SPECIATION OF HEAVY METALS BY COMBINED MICRO-XRF, -XANES
AND -XRD IN POLLUTED SOIL FROM THE INDUSTRIAL SITE
OF VAL BASENTO, BASILICATA, ITALY
Roberto Terzano1, Matteo Spagnuolo1, Pacifico Ruggierro1, Bart Vekemans2
Wout De Nolf2, Koen Janssens2, Stefano Fiore3, Gerald Falkenberg4
1
Dipartimento di Biologia e Chimica Agro-forestale ed Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Bari
Via Amendola 165/A, I-70126 Bari, Italy.
2
University of Antwerp., Department of Chemistry, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium
3
Istituto di Metodologie per l’Analisi Ambientale (I.M.A.A.), C.N.R., Tito Scalo (PZ), Italy
4
Hambuerger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
Notkestr. 85 22603 Hamburg, Germany

It is well known that the bioavailability and toxicity of heavy metals in soil are strongly
connected to their solubility and therefore to their geochemical forms. The correct
identification of the chemical forms in which heavy metals are present in soil is of extreme
relevance for a proper risk assessment and to formulate effective remediation strategies.
In this investigation, soil samples from the industrial site of “Val Basento” (Basilicata, Italy),
have been studied using a combination of synchrotron X-ray microanalytical techniques. This
polluted site showed concentrations of toxic elements such as Hg, Pb, Cr, Zn, Cu, and V
strongly exceeding the Italian legislation limits.
After an initial microscopic characterization of soil thin sections (20-60 micrometer thick) by
EPXMA (Electron Probe X-ray Microanalysis), the same areas have been studied by a
combined use of micro-XRF (micro X-ray Fluorescence), micro-XRD (micro X-ray
diffraction) and micro-XANES (micro X-ray Absorption Near Edge Spectroscopy) employing
a focussed beam of synchrotron radiation (SR) X-rays with a diameter of typically 15-20
micrometer.
More specifically, micro-XRF has been used to localize and quantify trace elements in the
soil matrix and to find correlations among different elements present in the sample. At the
same time, simultaneous micro-XRD patterns acquisition and micro-XANES point analyses
supplied information about the nature of the soil minerals with which the heavy metals were
associated.
From the first experimental results using such a combination of microscopic techniques at
HASYLAB BL L, it appears that Cr, Zn, Cu, and V are usually associated with the iron
minerals goethite, hematite and maghemite while Hg is mainly present in the form of HgS
(cinnabar) and Pb as a lead sulphate mineral (anglesite and/or lanarkite) often linked to
BaSO4 (barite).
In addition, micro-XANES measurements on trace constituents such as Cr allowed to
determine the oxidation state for this important pollutant. While in a number of locations, Cr
was present under the relatively harmless Cr(III) form, at other locations, clear indications for
the presence of the much more toxic Cr(VI) were present in the XANES data.
The results obtained up to now show that, despite a very high heavy metal total concentration
in the investigated soils, these heavy metals appear to be present as scarcely mobilisable
geochemical forms, indicating that the environmental danger connected to their presence in
these soils is much lower than expected. At the end of this survey, the determined heavy metal
speciation will be compared with the geochemical characteristics of the site under
investigation so that it will be even possible to find out the sources of anthropogenic impact
on the soils under investigation.
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CURRENTLY RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND
SURFACE SCIENCE USING MICRO-XRF AND GRAZING-EXIT XRF
SPECTROSCOPY AT THE XRF BEAMLINE OF THE LNLS
Carlos Pérez1, Héctor Sánchez2,5, Silvana Moreira3, Guillermina Bongiovanni2,4,5
Roberto Pérez2,4,5, Marcelo Rubio2,4,5
1
Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron - Campinas SP Brazil
2
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba - Córdoba Argentina
3
Universidade Estadual de Campinas- Campinas SP Brazil
4
Centro de Excelencia de Productos y Procesos de Córdoba - Córdoba Argentina
5
CONICET - Argentina

Micro X-ray fluorescence analysis using synchrotron radiation has proved to be a very
powerful analytical technique for trace elements detection in microscopically small areas. The
intrinsic characteristics of the synchrotron radiation (high intensity, polarization and natural
collimation) make possible to improve the sensitivities in comparison with the use of
conventional sources [1]. Micro-pixels mapping of X-ray fluorescence intensities or
concentrations in many variety of samples can be fast completed without intricate
experimental set-up.
Some selected research activities carried out at the x-ray microprobe station of the XRF
beamline of the LNLS [2], as well as a recently developed instrumentation that combine x-ray
microbeam excitation and x-ray fluorescence detection at small take-off angles (grazing-exit
geometry), will be shown in this work.
One research activity will be focused on the evaluation of environmental pollution sources by
the micro-XRF analysis of different individual particles collected from coarse air suspended
particle material.
Another subject of this work will pretend to show some results from the study of the 2D
spatial distribution of arsenic in different rat’s tissues after exposure to inorganic arsenic. This
subject is as part of a more general research being performed to develop reliable animal’s
models of hydroarsenicism, which is related to several internal cancers in human being that
had exposed to arsenic by naturally contaminated drinking water.
Finally, preliminary results obtained from the measurements of specially prepared stepped
multilayer samples, using the combination of x-ray microbeam excitation and grazing-exit x-
ray fluorescence detection will be given. This must be considered as the first steps toward
using this set-up to develop experiments in which the reconstruction of 3D elemental
distributions in thin samples is required.

[1] B. M. Gordon and K. W. Jones, Nucl. Instrum. Methods B, 10/11, 293 (1985).
[2] C. A. Pérez et al., X-Ray Spectrom., 28, 320-326 (1999).

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DEVELOPMENTS IN DATA TREATEMENT OF COMBINED
MICRO-XRF/XRD EXPERIMENTS
W. De Nolf1, K. Janssens1, B. Vekemans1, L. Vincze2, F. Brenker3
R. Terzano4, G. Falkenberg5
1
Dept. of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
2
Ghent University, Department of Analytical Chemistry, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
3
Institut für Mineralogie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität
60054 Frankfurt a.M., Germany
4
Dip. di Biologia e Chimica Agroforestale ed Ambientale, University of Bari,70126 Bari, Italy
5
Beamline L, HASYLAB at DESY, 22603 Hamburg, Germany

Several synchrotron microprobe beamlines, such as Beamline L of Hasylab (Hamburg, D) and

Beamline ID18F of ESRF (Grenoble, F), provide the possibility to perform combined µ-
XRD/µ-XRF experiments. Although analysis of series XRF spectra, whether originating from
one or two-dimensional scans, from conventional XY-type of tomographic (Y -type) scans,
is already thoroughly discussed and implemented, there is a lack in software able to reduce
large (one or two-dimensional) series of X-ray diffraction images, as collected by means of
CCD cameras.
To aid the explorative data analysis of correlated series of µ-XRF spectra and µ-XRD
diffractograms and to permit on-line feedback during lengthly µ-XRF/XRD scanning
experiments, user-friendly data reduction software, called XRDUA, is being developed. This
paper will describe the current state of this program and the final aimed-for functionalities of
the software. Also the associated methodological problems and challenges will be discussed.
The current status of the software will be briefly illustrated with applications deriving from
the environmental sciences, mineralogy and geochemistry.
The first example concerns the speciation of heavy metals in soil from the industrial site of
“Val Basento” (Basilicata, Italy). It is well known that the bioavailability and toxicity of
heavy metals in soil are strongly connected to their solubility and therefore to their
geochemical forms. The correct identification of the chemical forms in which heavy metals
are present in soil is of extreme relevance for a proper risk assessment and to formulate
effective remediation strategies. It will be demonstrated that correlated µ-XRF and µ-XRD is
very suitable to identify, e.g., Hg-pollution to be present as HgS and Pb as lead sulphate
minerals.
Secondly, the structural investigation of inclusions in sub-lithospheric diamonds from Juina
and Kankan in order to increase the insight into the bulk chemistry, phase equilibrium and
element cycling occurring in the deep Earth, is discussed. For example, inside some of the
examined inclusions, new F- and REE-bearing phases were discovered by combined
indications revealed via confocal µ-XRF and 2D µ-XRD mapping.
In addition to these experiments, results of the first µ-XRD/XRF tomography experiments at
Hasylab Beamline L will be shown to illustrate the possible use of XRD for phase
identification and 3D-phase mapping inside strongly heterogeneous samples. Results from
artificially prepared phantom samples, consisting of nano- and micro-crystalline powders of
e.g., Ni, NiO inside glass capillary containers will be discussed.
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NON-DESTRUCTIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF ELECTROCHEMICALLY
DEPOSITED COBALT AND COPPER
TERTRASULPHOPHTHALOCYANINE ON GOLD ELECTRODES BY
MEANS OF SYNCHROTRON X-RAY MICROFLUORESCENCE AND X-RAY
ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY
Karl Peeters, Karolien De Wael, Annemie Adriaens, Laszlo Vincze

Department of Analytical Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281-S12, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

Chlorophenols, PCB’s and dioxins are momentarily three of most important pollutants in the
world. The need for an adequate detection keeps on expanding given their increasing
presence in waste waters, food and gasses. Conventional detection methods, however, are
time consuming and expensive, implying the need for alternative methods. The goal of this
paper is the development of an electrochemical sensor which makes the detection or these
pollutants simple, cheap and fast. Its operation is based on the modification of gold
electrodes with a catalyst, including cobalt and copper tetrasulphophthalocyanines (CoTSPc
and CuTSPc).
Micro X-ray fluorescence (micro-XRF) analysis of the modified electrodes were performed to
compare the amount of adsorbed CoTSPc/CuTSPc onto the gold electrodes and to determine
the level of uniformity of the deposited layer in different cases. Experimental difficulty of the
XRF CoTSPc/CuTSPc thin-film uniformity studies included the determination of low
amounts of cobalt and copper (ca. 0.1-0.5 pg, assuming a 20 µm incident beam) in the
presence of intense gold fluorescent/scatter signals, which made the use of tunable
monochromatic synchrotron radiation (Beamline L, HASYLAB, Hamburg, Germany)
necessary [1].
Complementary X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) and extended X-ray
absorption fine structure (EXAFS) studies were performed on the modified gold electrodes to
obtain information on the oxidation state of Co/Cu and the local chemical environment
around the Co/Cu species in the deposited thin-films. These measurements were performed at
Dubble at the ESRF (Grenoble, France).
These X-ray studies contributed to the better understanding of thin-layer deposition processes
on gold electrodes and provided information with respect to the deposited amount and local
coordination environment of Co/Cu as a function of different electrochemical deposition
conditions. This information is crucial for the development of a new generation of simple, fast
and relatively cheap electrochemical sensors for the detection of various contaminants, such
as benzene, chlorophenols, PCB’s and dioxins
[1] Peeters K, De Wael K, Vincze L, Adriaens A. Anal. Chem. 2005; 77: 5512-5519.

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MICRO X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY AT THE ENDSTATION
OF THE NEW µSPOT BEAMLINE AT BESSY
Wolfgang Malzer1, Birgit Kanngiesser1, Heinrich Riesemeier2
Martin Radtke2, Gundolf Weseloh3, Alexei Erko4
1
Analytical X-ray Spectroscopy Group, Technical University of Berlin
2
Bundesanstalt f. Materialforschung und -prüfung, Berlin
3
MPI for Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam
4
BESSY, Berlin

µSpot is a new microfocus beamline dedicated to X-ray spectroscopy and to scanning small
and wide angle scattering at BESSY. As a special feature for micro X-ray spectroscopy a
confocal setup is part of the experimental environment.. ..
The contribution will describe the characteristics of the beamline, the instrumentation and the
experimental environment. Emphasis will be laid upon the confocal setup and its potentials.
Results of first application experiments will be presented....
Appications in life science, geology, art and archeology, materials science and other
application fields of X-ray spectroscopy are encouraged and welcome. User operation will
start in the second half of this year.
E-mail: [email protected]

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SYNCHROTRON MICROXRF ANALYSIS OF INORGANIC
DISTRIBUTIONS IN HAIR
Ivan Kempson1, William Skinner1, K Paul Kirkbride2, Dermot Henry3, Ronald Martin4

1
Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, 5095, AUSTRALIA
2
Forensic Science SA, 21 Divett Place, Adelaide, 5000, AUSTRALIA
3
Museum Victoria, Nicholson St, Carlton, 3053, Vic, AUSTRALIA
4
Chemistry Department, University of Western Ontario, Ontario, N6A 5B7, CANADA

Hair grows at a rate of approximately 1 cm per month and incorporates major and trace
components from the nurturing blood supply. Longitudinal analysis for organic and inorganic
components has therefore been proposed to provide a historical representation of blood
concentrations with potential application in biomonitoring and forensic drug and toxicological
analysis. While metabolites of drugs can only occur within the hair after metabolism and
incorporation from the blood supply, analysis of inorganic components is severely hindered
due to the effects of contamination. High resolution (~130nm) images of thin hair sections
were produced from hair samples above and below the skin level utilising synchrotron X-Ray
Fluorescence (XRF). Most elements were found to primarily exhibit the influence of
environmental effects not only on the outside of the hair, but internally as well, to the
detriment of hair analysis. Cu and Zn however, demonstrated promise with minimal
environmental effects and may be linked to other health disorders. Arsenic was also
investigated in a suspected poisoning case. Micro-X-Ray Absorption Near Edge Structure
(XANES) was applied to the analysis of the arsenic within hairs to deduce the origins of the
arsenic as being of endogenous incorporation or exogenous application.
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THEORY AND APPLICATIONS OF X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTRA*
J. J. Rehr

Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

There has been dramatic progress in recent years both in ab initio calculations and in the
interpretation of x-ray absorption spectra, including both the x-ray absorption fine structure
(XAFS) and the x-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) [1]. These developments
have led to computer codes such as FEFF8, which are in semi-quantitative agreement with
experiment and permit an interpretation in terms of geometrical and electronic properties of a
material. Such theoretical developments have revolutionized experimental investigations of
complex materials with XAS. We first summarize these advances, focusing on the excited
state theory underlying the real-space Green's function approach used in FEFF8. This
"quasiparticle" theory differs significantly from ground state electronic structure or quantum
chemistry calculations based on density functional theory and includes many body such as the
screened core-hole interaction, inelastic losses, and Debye-Waller factors. Extensions that
include corrections to the independent particle approximation are also discussed [2]. These
developments are illustrated with a number of applications ranging from catalysts and
minerals to bio-structures,
[1] J. J. Rehr and R. C. Albers, Rev. Mod. Phys. 72, 621 (2000).
[2] J. J. Rehr, J. J. Kas, M. P. Prange, F. D. Vila, A. L. Ankudinov, L. W. Campbell, and A. P. Sorini,
arXiv:cond-mat/0601242, 2006.

*Supported by DOE Grant DE-FG03-97ER45623 and facilitated by the DOE CMSN.

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XAS ANALYSIS ON MESOPOROUS VANADIUM OXIDE THIN FILMS
BY SOL-GEL
Alessandro Cremonesi1, Gianluca Calestani2, Giovanni Antonioli3
Danilo Bersani3, Pier Paolo Lottici3.
1
Physics Department and INSTM, University of Parma, Parco Area delle SCienze 7/A
43100 Parma, Italy.
2
Dipartimento di Chimica Generale ed Inorganica e INSTM, Università di Parma
Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, 43100 Parma, Italy.
3
Physics Department and CNISM, Uiversity of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 7/A
43100 Parma, Italy.

Low-dimensional vanadium oxides (VOx) thin films, with their layered structure, are
especially of interest because vanadium displays different oxidation states forming single and
mixed-valence compounds with different properties and structural versatility. These bi-
dimensional (2D) structures have considerable scientific and technology importance owing to
their enhanced properties in catalysis and in electrochemistry as pseudocapacitor, nanoscale
electrodes for lithium-ion batteries and in electrochromic devices.
In the present work the Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) analysis on sol-
gel derived VOx thin films templated using polyethylene glycol (PEG, Molar Weight 600) as
the structure directing agent is reported. EXAFS spectroscopy was made on the vanadium K
absorption edge (5465 eV) and performed at the Italian beamline GILDA at the European
Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France.
The structure of the VOx networks has been described using Ifeffit with the V2O5
orthorhombic phase lattice as reference. The results indicate two different crystalline
rearrangements for our samples.
The first is related to a planar disordered 2D network with two shells of doubly degenerate
oxygen atoms located in the equatorial plane of the orthorhombic V2O5 unit cell as nearest
scatterers around the central vanadium atom (the lengths of the V-O bonds are 1.66 Å and
1.84 Å r 0.02 Å, respectively). The best fit for the second neighbour scatterer has been
obtained for this crystalline phase assuming a single vanadium atom (V-V length of 3.41 Å r
0.02 Å) of the adjacent unit cell.
The latter phase is characterized by a nearly 3D network, with both planar and axial order.
The bond lengths are slightly displaced from the crystallographic data of orthorhombic V2O5.
This feature could be explained considering this phase as an intermediate step between an
hydrated V2O5 nH2O phase (2D) and the orthorhombic phase (3D).
[1] G. Gu, M. Schmid, P.-W. Chiu, A. Minett, J. Fraysse, G.-T. Kim, S. Roth, M. Kozlov, E. Muñoz, and R. H.
Baughman, Nature Materials 2, 316 (May 2003).
[2]A. Cremonesi, D. Bersani, P. P. Lottici, Y. Djaoued, and R. Brüning, Thin Solid Films, in review (2005).
[3] E. A. Stern, M. Newville, B. Ravel, Y. Yacoby, and D. Haskel, Phys. B 208-209 (1-4), 117-120, (1995).

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INVESTIGATION OF COPPER PIGMENTS USING
X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY
Oliver Hahn1, Hartmut Kutzke2, Max Wilke3
1
BAM, Unter den Eichen 44-46, D-12203 Berlin (Germany
2
FH Köln, Ubierring 40, D-50678-Köln (Germany
3
Uni-Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24, D-14476 Golm (Germany)

The scientific investigation of historical pigments gives a unique insight into painting
techniques and their evolution through time and geographic location. In addition, the analyses
of alteration mechanisms provide essential information for restoration and conservation
treatments. This study deals with the non-destructive identification of different artificial and
natural green copper pigments by means of X-ray absorption spectroscopy.
Copper compounds were widely used as green and blue pigments from ancient times until the
19th century. Natural minerals were used as well as artificially produced compounds. A lot of
treatises and recipes for the preparation still exist. Furthermore, copper pigments can undergo
chemical reactions with binding media, with other pigments, or with the substrate, these
processes may cause damages. The knowledge of the chemical composition of the pigments
as well as the reaction products is essential to elucidate the damaging process.
Pigments were usually identified by means of XRD, XRF, Infrared, and Raman spectroscopy.
Due to the fact that interesting copper pigments as well as their corrosion products consist
mainly of Cu and light elements (such as C, H, O), it is not possible to distinguish them by
means of XRF. Some pigments and their corrosion products are not crystalline and therefore
not detectable by XRD. The concentration of the copper compounds is often very low in
comparison to the concentration of the binding media, and so the application of IR and Raman
spectroscopy may be difficult.
Due to the fact that the shape of various XANES-NEXAFS structures reflect the influence of
the chemical environment of the element copper, we started X-ray absorption measurements
at the Cu K-edge in order to distinguish different copper pigments. Artificial samples were
prepared following historical recipes. The experiments were carried out at the bending magnet
beamline KMC-2 at Bessy II. A double Si/Ge gradient crystal (111) monochromator was used
for monochromatization of the primary beam providing an energy resolution of E/DE = 4200.
XANES spectra at the Cu-K-edge were collected in fluorescence as well as in absorption
mode using an energy step width around the absorption edge of 0.5 eV.
The first results demonstrate that it is possible to distinguish different pigments as well as
different alteration products with respect to the fine structure of the XANES region. In order
to apply these findings to original samples we investigated the green colour on a reverse
painting on glass. There exists a variety of these artworks containing this very impressive
‘green’. All paintings belonging to this group were obviously prepared in the late 18th century
in South Tyrol. Initial XRF measurements showed that this green is a mixture of lead white
and a copper green pigment (without sulphur or chlorine), and following XAFS studies
allowed to identify the green copper pigment as a mixture of malachite and azurite.
The present study demonstrates the possibilities of X-ray absorption measurements in the
characterisation of copper pigments and their alteration products. It may be seen as a first step
to establish X-ray absorption spectroscopy in this field of pigment investigation.
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XANES STUDY OF CONTAMINATION AND DECONTAMINATION OF
COPPER IN DIFFERENT SOILS BY SORPTION AND DE-SORPTION
Arvind Agarwal, R.K.Srivastava

Department of Physics and Department of Civil Engineering

Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad- 211004, India

The present study aims to analyze the process of adsorption of copper in silty and clayey soil,
and the mechanism of de-sorption with surfactant in the remediation process. Two types of
soil from three different locations in dry state have been taken out for the experimental work.
Sorption experiments were carried out by varying concentration of copper with different time
intervals in the soil samples. The pH and ionic strength were controlled during adsorption
experiments. It was observed that the concentration of copper remaining in the solution with
different time interval was non linear. Concentration of copper was found to decrease rapidly
up to 2 hours, then slowly up to 4 hours. The rate of adsorption increased with decrease in
particle size of the soil. The K X-ray absorption edges of copper in soils were recorded on
Technos EXAC 820 EXAFS Spectrometer equipped with rotating Mo anode as X-ray source.
The radius of the Rowland circle was 300mm with Johansson type Ge(400) crystal (d400=
2.82 A0) as a monochromator. The detector for I0 was Proportional Counter and Solid State
Detector (pure Ge) was used for I which was cooled by liquid nitrogen. The voltage was 20
kV and current was 150 mA. The absorber thickness was so adjusted to give I / I0 = 1/3 on
the high absorption side of the edge. The data were recorded on NEC PC using graphics Igor
Pro. Soils contaminated with copper (4 mg/l and 8mg/l) were selected for de-sorption study.
Concentration 0.4% v/v of liquid soap was used for decontamination studies. The variation in
the X-ray absorption edges in the contaminated soil and de-contaminated soil was observed. It
was observed that maximum decontamination of copper occurred within 1 hour in the silty
soil, whereas 2 hours in clayey soil. The decontamination efficiency range of surfactant was
found to vary from 45% to 55%, depending upon particle size of the soil and the strength of
the copper.
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CARACTERISATION OF Cl-CONTAINING PHASES FORMED ON
ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTEFACTS USING MICRO XAS
Solenn Reguer1, François Mirambet2, Philippe Dillmann3, Pierre Lagarde4, Delphine Neff1
1
Laboratoire Pierre Sue CEA/CNRS
2
LRMH and C2RMF
3
LRC CEA DSM 0127: IRAMAT UMR 5060 CNRS
4
SLS et SOLEIL Synchrotron

Preservation of iron artefacts is one of the main problems encountered by scientists dealing
with the restoration and conservation of the metallic cultural heritage. Indeed, the current
desalinisation treatments allow slowing down the corrosion processes. However, they are not
optimised in many cases. The limits of these treatments are mainly due to the poor knowledge
of the Cl-containing corrosion products developed on the archaeological objects. The
investigation of the iron corrosion mechanisms in soil and in presence of chlorine was based
on a great analytical part. It deals with the local and structural characterisation of the Cl-
containing corrosion products. The samples available are cross section from iron objects
coming from particular archaeological excavation sites dating from 12th to 16th century AD.
Previously, various classical techniques are employed to reveal morphological, compositional
information of corrosion products; some others techniques are based on structural
investigation, such as micro x-rays diffraction and µRaman spectroscopy. In addition, micro
structural characterisation using x-rays absorption spectrometry under synchrotron radiation
was performed. The micro XANES and micro EXAFS experiments reported here concern
analyses performed at Fe and Cl K edge, they were conducted on the ID21 (ESRF) and
LUCIA (SLS/SOLEIL) beamlines. These studies allow obtaining fundamental results in the
characterisation of the chlorinated phases. Two different Cl-containing crystalline phases
were identified. The oxihydroxide beta-FeOOH akaganeite is a compound usually present in
the corrosion products of objects exposed to a chlorinated environment. In addition, the study
revealed the presence of a phase with a more strongly chlorine content, the beta-Fe2(OH)3Cl
hydroxychloride. This result is significant because this phase was rarely observed before, on
the archaeological samples, whereas it is present in considerable proportion on the observed
artefacts. These finding help to gain new insights concerning the influence of such phases in
iron corrosion mechanism. This will have to be taken into account for the improvement of the
desalinisation methods of conservation restoration. The coupling of the characterisation of the
Cl-containing corrosion products at microscopic scale, on the archaeological samples
associated with the study of synthesised phases (akaganeite one) allow to understand the
complex systems of long-term iron corrosion in soil and in presence of chlorine.
S.Reguer & al, NIM B 240 p 500-504, 2005
S.Reguer & al, Applied Physics A, in press

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MICRO-XRF IMAGING AND MICRO-XANES ANALYSIS OF ARSENIC
HYPERACCUMULATOR FERN (PTERIS VITTATA L. )
BY USING SYNCROTRON RADIATION
Akiko Hokura1, Teruhiko Kashiwabara1, Ryoko Onuma1, Izumi Nakai1
Nobuo Kitajima1,2, Yasuko Terada3, Hiroyuki Saito4, Tomoko Abe4
1
Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science
2
Fujita. Co
3
SPring-8, JASRI
4
RIKEN

Arsenic hyperaccumulator plant, Chinese brake fern (Pteris vittata L.), could contain
extremely high level of arsenic in its body (ca. 20000 ppm dry weight) when the plant was
grown on a contaminated soil [1], and is now put to practical and commercial use in
phytoremediation technology, that uses plants to remove hazardous substances from the
environment, in United States and Japan. In order to understand the accumulation mechanism
of arsenic in the fern, the chemical forms of arsenic have been studied with great eagerness
[2]. On the other hand, the arsenic distribution has been investigated only in each plant organ
such as pinnae or stems, and that distribution is still unclear at cellular and sub-cellular levels.
The conventional SEM-EDS mapping is not suitable for this purpose because of the low
sensitivity of the electron beam analysis for heavy elements such as arsenic, thought the
newly advanced SEM with a cooling stage under rough vacuum condition is suitable for
obtaining clear three dimensional image of the plant cell. By this reason, the analytical
methodology for elemental distribution at cell level has been only limited and the arsenic
accumulation mechanism has not been fully revealed.
Recently, we have applied synchrotron radiation (SR) microbeam to elucidate the elemental
distribution in the pinna accumulating arsenic [3]. It was first report that arsenic was
obviously accumulated in specific tissue in the pinna. In the present study, the arsenic
distribution in the arsenic hyper-accumulating fern was investigated using a SR X-ray
fluorescence microprobe. The focused microbeam (ca. 1 x 1ҏ um2) produced by Kirkpatrick-
Baez optics was applied to the fern in order to determine the elemental distribution in plant
tissue and cell. Fronds of varied ages were subjected to the XRF imaging analysis, and it was
found that the arsenic distribution in the pinnae of fronds changed according to their stage of
growth. The results indicated that high levels of arsenic accumulate at the base of sporangium
with lamina of pinnae. On the other hand, the fern was subjected to the X-ray near edge
structure (XANES) analysis in fluorescence mode without any sample treatment to directly
elucidate the arsenic oxidation state in fern. It was found that arsenic exists as the As(III)
form in pinnae, and as a mixture of As(III) and As(V) in rachis, while As(V) is present in
cultivated soil. These findings indicate that the fern uptakes arsenic as As(V) from soil and
that the As(V) is then partially reduced to As(III) within the plant, and finally arsenic
accumulates as As(III) in a specific area of the pinna.
[1] L. Q. Ma, K. M. Komar, C. Tu, W. Zhang, Y. Cai and E. D. Kennelley, Nature, 2001, 409, 579.
[2] S. M. Webb, J.-F. Gaillard, L. Q. Ma and C. Tu, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2003, 37, 754.
[3] A. Hokura, R. Omuma, Y. Terada, N. Kitajima, T. Abe, H. Saito,d Shigeo Yoshidad and Izumi Nakai, J.
Anal. At. Spectrom, 2006, 21, 321.

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X-RAY SPECTRA, ELECTRON STRUCTURE AND VALENCE STATE OF
THE NEW TERNARY INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS
THEORY AND EXPERIMENT
I.D.Shcherba1*, M.D.Koterlyn2, V.M.Antonov3, B.M.Jatcyk4
I.Kravczenko5, L.O.Dobrjans’ka6, L.P.Salamacha6

1Institute of Techniques, Pedagogical of Academy, Krakow, Poland, Ukraine

2
Academia Bydgoska, Bydgoshch, Poland
3 4
Academy of Science, Ukraine, University of Forestry and Wood Technology, Lviv, Ukraine,
5
Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA,
6
Lviv National University by Ivan Franko, Ukraine

X-ray photoelectron, emission and absorption spectroscopes have been used to study the
electron structure and valence state of new ternary intermetallic compounds, which crystallize
in the ThCr2Si2 and HfFe2Si2 types. The calculations of electron energy bands E(k) and partial
DOS for compounds were performed by the semi relativistic linear muffin-tin orbital method
without considerations of spin-orbit interactions. The eigenvalues were calculated at 244
points within a 1/16 Brillouin zone. Effective filling numbers of electrons in different bands
of components in R.E.M2X2 compounds have been calculated. On the basis of the obtained
X-ray emission spectra and calculation of density of total and partial electron states in
R.E.M2X2 compounds, the localization of electron of s- and p-states of Si(P) has been
established within the energy ranges 14-7 eV and 7-2 eV, respectively. These states of Si(P)
are hybridized with 4p-states of M atoms. The electron occupation of the d-states of the M
atoms has a dominant influence on the degree of their hybridization. Between the
experimental and calculated X-ray emission spectra of R.E.M2X2 good agreement has been
obtained, what justified the reliability of the performed calculations.
LIII –absorption spectra Ce and Yb in ternary Ce(Yb)M2X2 compounds were obtained at
78 K and 300 K using a tube spectrometer equipped with an RKD-01 co-ordinate detector.
The mixed valence state of Ce and Yb was obtained in the investigated compounds.
*Permanent address: Lviv National University by Ivan Franko, Kyryla & Mefodija str., Lviv Ukraine

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XANES ANALYSIS OF Fe VALENCE IN IRON GALL INKS
Iztok Arcon1,2, Jana Kolar3, Alojz Kodre2,4, Darko Hanžel2, Matija Strlic5
1
Nova Gorica Polytechnic, Vipavska 13, SI-5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia
2
Josef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
3
National and University Library, Turja•ka 1, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
4
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
5
Faculty of chemistry and chemical technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Iron gall ink is one of the most important inks in the history of western civilization, of a
widespread use from the middle ages until the 20th century. Unfortunately, these inks induce
degradation of paper, causing severe damage to numerous historical artifacts. As a result, 60-
70% of Leonardo da Vinci’s oeuvre shows signs of deterioration, Bachs’ written music is
virtually falling apart, while numerous manuscripts by Galileo Galilei are completely
destroyed. The two main reasons for iron gall ink corrosion are acid hydrolysis and oxidation,
catalysed by ferrous ions. Reduction of Fe3+ by many organic compounds and superoxide
anions enables a cycle of reactions, resulting in extensive and growing oxyradical damage [1].
Determination of the concentration of Fe2+ in inks of historic documents is therefore relevant
in assessing the extent of further oxidation of cellulose and in devising of effective
stabilization treatment.
In this study, we investigated the feasibility and reliability of Fe K-edge XANES
spectroscopy as a tool in determination of Fe2+/Fe3+ ratio in historic inks. In XANES, the
valence state of metal cations can be deduced from the energy shift of the absorption edge or
pre-edge absorption features [2-5]. For atoms with the same type of ligand a linear relation
between the edge shift and the valence state was established [2]. However, significant
deviations from this empirical law were observed for compounds with widely different
environments of the investigated atom. Different local symmetries are reflected in different K-
edge profiles, which hinder the comparison of edge shifts [3]. In recent analyses of average Fe
valence in iron gall inks by Fe K-edge XANES spectra [6] large uncertainties in the obtained
results are reported.
We measured Fe K-edge XANES and EXAFS spectra of several model iron gall inks with
different Fe2+/Fe3+ ratio determined independently by Moesbauer spectroscopy, together with
some reference compounds with known Fe valence state and ligand environment, at the E4
and X1 beamlines of HASYLAB at DESY. For 18th century manuscripts a micro focused
beam and the fluorescence detection mode at beamlines 9.2 and 10 of SRS Daresbury was
used.
We examined different approaches to reliably determine Fe2+/Fe3+ ratio from the Fe K-edge
shifts and to identify reference compounds for the Fe XANES analysis of the iron-gall inks. In
addition, the effects of radiation damage of the sample in the high-density micro-focused SR
beam and the resulting Fe K-edge shifts are discussed.
1) J. Kolar, M. Strliþ, M. Budnar, J. Malešiþ, V.S. Šelih, J. Simþiþ, Acta Chimica Slovenica, 2003, 50, 763-770.
2) J. Wong, F.W. Lytle, R.P. Messmer, D.H. Maylotte, Phys. Rev. B, 30, (1984), 5596
3) A. Pantelouris, H. Modrow, M. Pantelouris, J. Hormes, D. Reinen, Chem Phys 300 (2004) 13-22
4) I. Arcon, J. T. van Elteren, H. J. Glass, A. Kodre, Z. Šlejkovec, X-ray Spectrometry, 34 (2005), 435 – 438
5) K.Proost, K.Janssens, B.Wagner, E.Bulska, M.Schreiner, NIM B, 2004, 213, 723-728.
6) B. Kanngiesser, O. Hahn, M. Wilke, B. Nekat, W. Malzer, A. Erko, Spectrochimica Acta Part B 59 (2004)
1511-1516

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THE MONTE CARLO - LIBRARY LEAST-SQUARES (MCLLS) APPROACH
FOR THE INVERSE XRF ANALYSIS PROBLEM
Robin P. Gardner, Fusheng Li, and Weijun Guo

Center for Engineering Applications of Radioisotopes, Nuclear Engineering Department,

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7909 USA

The Monte Carlo - Library Least-Squares (MCLLS) approach to the non-linear inverse XRF
analysis problem is described and treated including: (1) the overall approach, (2) correction of
the spectral distortion caused by high counting rates with the CEARIPPU Monte Carlo code
when necessary, (3) the Monte Carlo computer code CEARXRF that is employed including
the details of the physics employed, (4) sample results for stainless steel and aluminum alloy
samples, (5) a comparison of results with existing fundamental parameter approaches, and (6)
an investigation of possible errors such as the omission of tertiary and higher-order excitation,
photoelectron and Auger excitation, and Bremsstrahlung losses.
Within the last year or two a significant modification to the CEARXRF code has been
completed which now makes the use of the MCLLS approach practical. That modification is
the addition of differential operators (DO's) which allows first- and second-order corrections
to the elemental library spectra that are produced for use in the linear library least-squares
(LLS) analysis of X-ray spectra for samples of interest. While the approach has always been
capable of the optimum accuracy possible in the non-linear XRF inverse problem (all
pertinent XRF physics has been employed), this modification now allows near real-time
calculations to be utilized. A graphical user interface (GUI) computer code has been
developed for the MCLLS approach with differential operators.
In addition, preliminary results of a systematic study of the errors (primarily errors of
omission) in existing fundamental parameters computer programs and in omission in the
MCLLS approach such as not accounting for photoelectron and Auger electron excitation and
Bremsstrahlung losses will be presented.

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A MULTIPLATFORM X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS TOOLKIT
V.A. Solé1, E. Papillon1, M. Cotte1, P. Walter2, I. Letard1, R. Toucoulu1, J.Susini1
1
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
2
Centre De Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France

The ESRF has developed a series of tools for x-ray fluorescence analysis. These tools can be
embedded into different programs or can be used combined into a single application. The
ESRF freely provides PyMCA as an example of application supporting cartographic and
quantitative analysis of small and large data sets.
Most relevant features are:
Full support of the K, L and M shells (particularly relevant for imaging at soft x-ray
energies)
Multi-element detector support
Quantitative analysis with monochromatic and polychromatic excitation beam
Automated HTML report generation
User friendly graphical interface
Active development strongly based on user feedback to e-available authors
Multiplatform support (Windows, Linux, MacOS X, Solaris, …)
Free for non-commercial use
Description of the algorithms used and practical examples will be presented.
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X-RAY FIT – WINDOWS BASED PROGRAM FOR ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-
RAY FLUORESCENT ANALYSIS
E. Nikolova1, R. Valcheva1, K Stoev2.
1
INRNE, Sofia,Bulgaria
2
JDS Uniphase, Otava, Canada

X-Ray Fit is program for Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescent (EDXRFA) data processing
(spectra and concentration equations), developed for 32-bits Windows based platforms. This
product gives the opportunity for analysis of very bright range of materials using EDXRFA.
The program has follow abilities:
- Reading, pre-processing, processing (step by step or automatic) and saving spectra in
selected format;
- System calibrations (energy and resolution) ;
- Different models for background subtraction (blank spectra and step function);
- Linear and nonlinear methods for intensities calculations for selected elements and lines (K,
L or M);
- Different spectra types – X_Ray tube, source Fe55, Pu238, Am(Dy)241.
- Creation and edition of concentration curves by two main methods – sensitive curves or
concentration equations, calculated using multiple linear regression.
- Separation of the concentration range to sub ranges and automatically calculation of the
concentrations.
- Analysis of unknown samples and saving results directly in EXCEL format.
- Batch processing
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EVALUATION OF MCNP5 AND EGS4 FOR THE SIMULATION OF IN-VIVO
STRONTIUM XRF MEASUREMENTS
Mariangela Zamburlini1, Soo-Hyun Byun1, Ana Pejovic-Milic2
William Prestwich1, David Chettle1
1
Medical Physics and Applied Radiation Sciences, McMaster University
Hamilton (ON), L8S4K1, CANADA
2
Ryerson University, Toronto (ON), M5B2K3, CANADA

In order to optimize X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) experiments, Monte Carlo simulations

provide a valuable tool, which allow different system set-ups and experimental conditions to
be explored in a controlled way. EGS4 and MCNP5 are two widely used Monte Carlo
programs, which simulate the photon and electron transport in great detail and allow for the
simulation of an arbitrary experimental geometry. Tested in 2001 by Al-Ghorabie FHH et
al.[1], these programs failed in reproducing the outcome of a platinum XRF in-vivo
measurement. The authors found that the discrepancy between measured and simulated results
could be attributed to the free electron approximation made by the programs in simulating the
Compton scattering. More recent versions of EGS4 and MCNP have updated their treatment
for photon transport at low energies and have included Doppler broadening in the Compton
profile. In this study we test the capability of these new versions of EGS4 and MCNP in
reproducing the outcome of an in-vivo strontium XRF measurement.
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IN VIVO DETERMINATION OF Pb IN BONE USING
L-SHELL EXCITATION
P.Wobrauschek, N.Cernohlawek, C.Streli, N.Zöger

Atominstitut, TU Wien, Stadionallee 2, 1020 Vienna, Austria

Lead (Pb) is a widespread toxic element which is taken up into the body by ingestion,
inhalation and the skin. Excretion by the gastrointestinal tract and renal is done to a high
percentage. The remaining Pb accumulates in bone with a half life time up to 10 years and is
released due to bone turnover. The toxic effects of Pb start at a cellular level and lead to
several impairments of physiological functions. For adults cognitive deficiencies are
observed. Particularly the developing brain is susceptible to lead toxicity as only slightly
higher concentration levels of Pb can lead to a reduced IQ. The determination of Pb in bone
by XRF is possible in vivo and mainly done using K-shell excitation by 109Cd isotope sources.
In our approach the L-shell excitation with secondary target in orthogonal geometrie is
chosen. A compact portable spectrometer was designed and constructed using a low power
aircooled (75 W) Rh anode, Mo secondary target and a electrically cooled 50 mm² Silicon
Drift Detector to avoid large generators or dewars. A block made of Cu for in vivo
measurements was designed and realized after optimization of the relevant parameters like
distance and collimator diameter. Results from these measurements are presented. Lower
limits of detection for measurements on a plaster of Paris were around 3 µg/g with 3.5 mm
tissue equivalent material, simulating skin and adipose.
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TRACE ELEMENTS ACCUMULATION IN MIDDLE AGE HUMAN BONES
M. L. Carvalho, A. F. Marques

Centro de Física Atómica, Universidade de Lisboa

Av. Prof. Gama Pinto 2, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal

Human bones from Middle Age were analysed by X- Ray Fluorescence spectrometry to
evaluate trace element uptake from the soil into the bone structure and the behaviour of
different bone structures for the uptake. Bone is one of the hardest structures of the human
body composed by two different kinds of tissue: one compact (cortical), and the other one
spongy (trabecular).
Trace element content in bones, from different historical periods, can give us information
about environment and dietary habits of those populations by studying the elemental
concentration in human remains of those periods. Some elements of environmental origin are
incorporated during life in the skeleton material (antemortem incorporation). Cortical bone
have been indicated as dose monitor for man elemental exposure, due to its small remodelling
rate and the hardness of its tissue, it is considered not much susceptible to post-mortem effects
from elemental intake from the soil. Post-mortem influence is particularly important in
trabecular bone. Endogenous environment and the diffusion pattern of some elements can
give information both for archaeological purposes and diagenesis processes affecting the
apatite ante-mortem elemental content.
In this work we compare the elemental content for compact bone regions of femur, skull, tibia
and mandible are compared to trabecular bone regions of ribs, omoplate, dorsal vertebra and
femur from an extensive population buried in the same place. Titanium, Fe, Mn are
tremendously enriched in spongy bones due to diagenesis from the soil in which the people
were buried. Pb is an element that follows the movement of Ca in the body. Pb presents very
low concentration levels in compact bones and values five times higher in spongy bones. This
behaviour suggests post-mortem uptake from the soil and can be explained considering that
this burial place was a parking car for more than 20 years, taking into account that there is no
evidence of significant lead mining in this region during medieval period.
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INFLAMMATORY CELLS AND PIN LESIONS AS PRIMARY FACTORS
IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER
Agnieszka Banas1, Krzysztof Banas1, Grzegorz Dyduch2
Gerald Falkenberg3 Wojciech M. Kwiatek1
1
Institute of Nuclear Physics, Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342 Kraków, Poland
2
Dept. of Pathomorphology, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University
Grzegórzecka 16, 31-034 Kraków, Poland
3
Hasylab, DESY Notkestraße 85, D-22603 Hamburg, Germany

The prostate gland is the most common site of neoplastic disorders in men. The knowledge
about the pathogenesis of inflammatory cells, PIN lesions and prostate cancer is still under
investigation. Inflammatory cells derived free radicals are considered as major and universal
contributors to cancerogenesis. PIN is regarded as a precursor lesion to prostate cancer or a
marker signalling the vulnerability of the epithelium to neoplastic transformation. Men
diagnosed with biopsy-proven high-grade PIN have a 23–35% risk of developing cancer,
shown in subsequent biopsy samples. Differentiation markers that are frequently changed in
early invasive carcinoma are also changed in PIN lesions.
In this study prostate tissue samples with various disease states (inflammation, PIN lesions
and cancer) were examinated. The human prostate tissues were obtained during surgical
operation. The samples were measured by SRIXE (Synchrotron Radiation Induced X-ray
Emission), XANES (X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure) and FTIR (Fourier Transform
Infrared Spectroscopy). Our experiments show significant differences between elemental
concentrations, oxidation state of iron and relative band intensity ratio of v(as)-CH2 to v(as)-
CH3 in various pathological states of prostate tissues.
Our study confirms that mentioned earlier method can be used to distinguish healthy and
pathological states in prostate tissues. Information obtained in this way may provide better
understanding in processes turning healthy tissues into ill ones. Thus opening the way to find
new medicines/treatments to prevent or slow down some harmful intracellular processes.
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DIFFRACTION ENHANCED IMAGING AND X-RAY FLUORESCENCE
MICROTOMOGRAPHY TO ANALYZE BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES
Henrique Rocha1, Gabriela Pereira1, Marcelino Anjos2, Paulo Faria3, Carlos Pérez4
Guinter Kellermann4, Irineu Mazzaro5, Carlos Giles6, Ricardo Lopes1
1
Laboratório de Instrumentação Nuclear – COPPE/UFRJ – RJ - Brazil
2
Instituto de Física – UERJ – RJ – Brazil
3
Instituto Nacional do Câncer – RJ – Brazil
4
Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron – Campinas – SP – Brazil
5
Laboratório de Óptica de Raios X e Instrumentação – UFPR – Curitiba – PR – Brazil
6
Laboratório de Cristalografia Aplicada e Raios X, Insituto de Física Gleb Wataghin
UNICAMP – Campinas – SP – Brazil

X-ray imaging systems with Diffraction Enhanced Imaging (DEI) and fluorescence
techniques were developed using synchrotron radiation for biomedical researches. The DEI
experiment was performed in D10A-XRD2 beamline of the Brazilian Synchrotron – LNLS.
The pre-monochromator, upstream of the beamline, was adjusted to 10.4 keV. The samples
were positioned between two channel-cut (Si-333) mounted in a double axes diffractometer
made of one solid piece of melted iron. A direct conversion water-cooled CCD camera of
1242 x 1152 pixels2 of 25 x 25 µm2 each were used as a two-dimensional detector. The DEI
system can show details in low attenuation tissues. It is based on the contrast imaging
obtained by extinction and diffraction characteristics. The X-Ray Fluorescence
Microtomography (XRFCT) experiment was performed at the D09B-XRF beamline. For the
X-ray fluorescence microtomography setup a monochromatic beam of 9.8 keV were used for
the excitation of the elements in the sample. The fluorescence photons were detected by a
HPGe detector at ninety degrees of the direction of beam. The incident beam was monitored
by an ionization chamber and a fast scintillator detector was used to detect the transmitted
radiation after the sample. The XRFCT is based on the use of the X- ray fluorescence emitted
from the elements contained in a sample to give additional information to characterize the
object under study. XRFCT allows one to map of the most important elements in the sample.
In this work several breast and intestine tissues were investigated in order to verify the
concentration of some elements correlated with characteristics and pathology of each tissue
observed by the DEI technique for determination of internal detected elements distribution.
All XRFCT were reconstructed using a filtered-back projection algorithm. In those samples it
was observed the elements Zn, Cu, Fe in higher concentration and K in low concentration.
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CHARACTERIZATION OF BREAST TISSUE USING ENERGY-DISPERSIVE
X-RAY DIFFRACTION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Silvia Pani1, Louise Jones2, Jennifer Griffiths1
Gary Royle1, Robert Speller1, Julie Horrocks3
1
Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, University College London, UK
2
Tumour Biology Lab, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK
3
Clinical Physics Unit, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK

X-ray diffraction spectra of structures with a short-range order, such as biological tissue, have
one or more broad peaks; the higher the degree of order of the tissue, the sharper the peak. In
particular it has been shown [1,2] that the different arrangements in collagen fibrils, believed
to be related to breast cancer invasivity and staging, cause significant differences in the
diffraction pattern of the tissue. Due to the typical wavelengths involved, diffraction imaging
effectively acts as a probe at the molecular and supra-molecular level, and diffraction
computed tomography joins the short-range information provided by diffraction imaging with
the three-dimensional information provided by CT.
Previous work by our group [3-5] has shown the high potential of both planar and CT X-ray
diffraction imaging for the detection of breast tumours. As a further step of the work, we have
used diffraction CT not simply for detecting tumours, but for characterizing them.
For this purpose, we have developed a system for energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction
computed tomography (EDXRDCT) for imaging small-size breast tissue samples. The aim of
the study is a thorough characterization of different types of healthy and neoplastic breast
tissue in terms of their diffraction properties for understanding the molecular changes related
to cancer staging.
The experimental set-up consisted of a W-anode X-ray tube operated at 70 kVp, a HPGe
detector, a primary beam pinhole collimator and a conic diffraction collimator collecting
scattered photons across a narrow angular range centred at 6°.
Each CT profile was acquired by scanning the sample in front of the primary beam collimator.
Fresh tissue samples 6 mm in diameter were imaged and a spectrum was extracted for each
region of interest in the reconstructed tomogram, each spectral component corresponding to a
different value of the momentum transfer.
The spectra show a significant difference not only between normal and neoplastic breast
tissue, but also between different tumour types. This could provide key information about the
molecular changes taking place in cancer growth.
The results will be presented and related to the histopathologic appearance of the different
tissue types.
The next steps of the study will include a systematic characterization of a wide tissue bank in
terms of the diffraction properties of samples, to be related in particular to tumour stagin
[1] M Fernandez et al. Phys Med Biol 2005; 50: 2991-3006.
[2] H Suhonen et al. Phys Med Biol 2005; 50: 5401-5416.
[3] EJ Harris et al. Nucl Instrum Meth in Phys Res A 2003: 513; 27-31.
[4] J Griffiths et al. IEEE NSS-MIC 2003 Conference records M15-1, Portland, Oregon, USA.
[5] J Griffiths et al. IEEE NSS-MIC 2003 Conference records M7-66, Portland, Oregon, USA.

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TRACE ELEMENTS ANALYSIS IN NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL
HUMAN TISSUES USING SYNCHROTRON X-RAY FLUORESCENCE
Aline. S. S. Saddock1, Regina C. Barroso2, Marcelino J. Anjos1,2, Ricardo T. Lopes1
1
Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratory - COPPE/UFRJ
21941-972, Rio de Janeiro - RJ - P.O. Box 68509 - Brazil
2
Physics Institute/University of Rio de Janeiro State/UERJ, RJ, Brazil

The major and trace elements and their ratios in human cancer and normal tissues may change
significantly. The knowledge of the spatial distribution and local concentration of trace
elements in tissues are of great importance since trace elements are involved in many
biological functions of living organisms [1]. Regardless of the advances in the analytical
techniques for determining elemental concentrations in the human body, there still a major
lack of information concerning the correlation of trace elements concentrations in the tissues.
The correlation between elemental concentrations in different human tissues might be a
powerful method in biological and clinical investigation [2]. Application of X-ray
fluorescence analysis to biomedical samples had provided important information about the
content of trace elements and its distribution in a variety of organs [3]. The measurements
were carried out at X-ray Fluorescence beamline (XRF). The sample was positioned in the
image plane within an accuracy of 0.5 µm with a 3 axis (x, y, z) remote-controlled stage. The
fluorescence spectrum was recorded with a Si(Li) detector with resolution of 165 eV at 5.9
keV. The measurements were performed in standard 45o geometry, exciting with a white
beam and using orthogonal slits. Pixels of 500 µm x 500 µm were obtained keeping a high
flux of photons on the sample. The counting live-time for each pixel was 150 s/step and the
average step size was 1.5 mm/step in both directions. Three sets of pathological and normal
human tissues were analysed. In the first set, specimens (intestine, uterus, breast and lung)
were embedded in paraffin wax with a thickness of 1 mm. In the second one, surgical
specimens (uterus, breast and kidney) were extirpated and fixed in 10% formaline. The
average thickness was 1 mm. In the third one, surgical samples (uterus, breast and kidney)
were lyophilized for 48 h. After that, the samples were embedded in acrylic resin and surfaces
were polished in order to obtain a smooth and plane surface, of 1 mm thickness. For each
specimen, the component tissues were identified visually by the pathologist who made the
specimen available. Histological analysis of adjacent tissue was available for reference. It was
possible to determine the concentration of S, Cl, K, Ca, Ti, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Se and Br.
The results show that there is a difference between normal and pathological tissues.
[1] S.Bohic, A. Simionovici, R. Ortega, D. Heymann, C. Schroer, A. Snigirev, Nucl. Inst. Meth., B 181, 728
(2001)
[2] M.L. Carvalho, J. Brito, M.A. Barreiros, X-Ray Spec., 27, 198 (1998)
[3] A. Ide-Ektessabi, S. Fujisawa, K. Sugimura, Y. Kitamura, A. Gotoh, X-Ray Spec., 31, 7 (2002)

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RESEARCH OF TRACE ELEMENT CONTENT
IN HUMAN MYOCARDIUM BY SRXRF
Valentina Trunova1, Galina Okuneva2, Valentina Zvereva1, Alexandr Chernyavskii2
1
A.V. Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry SB RAS, Novosibirsk
2
E.N. Meshalkin Institute of pathology of circulation of the blood, Novosibirsk

There is no much information on how metabolic processes running in the organism of a man
with a myocardium pathology are linked. There are no systematic data on correlation among
trace elements (inside and between tissues) that could indicate tissue degradation processes at
the cellar level. One only can find in literature data on chemical trace element content in the
heart as a whole or results of single analyses and investigations.
The work we are fulfilling in cooperation with the Institute for pathology of blood circulation
is of systematic character, which relates both to selection of material to investigate and to the
physiological task statement. There are two aspects of concept-and-instrument approach to the
myocardium tissue study that should be marked. One of them relates to creation of
experimental methods to investigate the myocardium tissue. The other is linked with the
investigation of trace element content in different compartments of myocardium in
dependence on the functional load on compartments of heart and the pathological process
type.
For the purpose of SRXRF analysis, we have developed methods for myocardium tissue
sample preparation. The samples are fragments of 2 two 5 mg of raw mass and of 0.5 to 3 mg
when dried. We have done analyses and calculated metrological characteristics for 10
International standard samples of biological tissues. Basing on results of these analyses, we
have selected samples for comparison (international standard samples) for different tissues
depending on individual element-to-element concentrations.
The element analysis station on SR beams (INP SB RAS) makes it possible to measure
samples in the energy range from 2 to 35 keV, i.e. to define such elements as Ag, Sn, Sb, I,
and Ba by K-lines.
Preliminary results allowed us to find inter-correlations of such elements as Zinc, Copper,
Nickel, Potassium, etc. Inter-correlations of individual compartments of myocardium have
been found. It was found that contents of elements in the myocardium tissue of healthy people
differ by orders of value from those of sick people.
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CONTRIBUTIONS OF SYXRF TO THE CERTIFICATION
OF REFERENCE MATERIAL
M. Radtke, H. Riesemeier, A. Berger, W. Pritzkow, K. Ecker, W. Görner

Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin, Germany

The certification of reference materials (CRM) is among the main tasks of the Federal
Institute of Materials Research and Testing (BAM).
Traditionally, the results of direct XRF on solid samples have not been included into that
certification process due the lacking sensitivity and correctness.
Instead of investigating the original sample dissolved in lithium borate glass and compared to
artificially reconstituted samples in an iterative way until the X-ray spectra of sample and
comparator got equal within the limits of statistical uncertainty.
Thus, the objective was stated to improve the reliability using synchrotron radiation for
excitation. Moreover, thick standards of pure elements were irradiated under the same
experimental conditions. A Monte Carlo Method [1] is able to take into account higher order
effects. Starting from the net peak pulse rates of the sample and of thick standards of pure
elements the inter-element-effects are treated iteratively until the data set of the sample is
reconstituted. This delivers the best approach of the element contents of the sample.
The method has been successfully applied to the determination of trace elements in metallic
CRM’s such as Te and Sb at sub ppm level in copper (European Reference Material ERM®-
EB-381-384) or Sn, Zr, Ga, Ti and V in ALSi9Cu3 (BAM 315).
In the case of certifying a thin Mo layer implanted in a Si water SyXRF turned out to be a
valuable contributor to a BAM in-house certification procedure (together with ID-ICPMS,
NAA, RBS). In addition SyXRF is the ideal method for testing the homogeneity of CRM
candidates, which is the first step of certification.
On the contrary, there are still problems with the very precise determination of major
components (e.g. Cu in Euro metal at a content of ca. 75%). The obtained deviation of 0,3%
(relative) to the consense value was good, but not good enough. One may conclude that the
method is reliable up to the lower %-level. Attempts will be made to shift this limit to higher
percentages.
[1] A General Monte-Carlo Simulation of ED-XRF Spectrometers L.Vincze et al. Spectrochimica Acta, Part B-
Atomic Spectroscopy 50 (2), 127-147 (1995)

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ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY DIFFRACTION AS A MEANS TO IDENTIFY
ILLICIT MATERIALS: A PRELIMINARY OPTIMIZATION STUDY
Emily Cook1, Julie Horrocks2, Ruby Fong2, David Wilkinson3, Robert Speller1
1
Medical Physics Department, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT
2
Clinical Physics Department, St Bartholemew's Hospital, London, EC1A 7BE
3
HOSDB, Woodcock Hill, Sandridge, St Albans, Herts, AL4 9HQ

There are many situations in which the rapid identification of a material is required. Generally
this requirement is coupled with circumstances where conventional laboratory facilities may
not be available, therefore it is important to establish the minimum requirements for a given
identification task. This is particularly true in the case of X-ray identification of illicit
materials at ports of entry, postal services or transport systems. As an example, this work
concentrates on the use of X-ray diffraction profiles to identify drugs and investigates the
minimum feature set of an X-ray diffraction system that could be employed.
Many drugs present a pseudo-crystalline structure which produces sharp x-ray diffraction
peaks, characteristic of the scattering substance. Energy dispersive x-ray diffraction
(EDXRD) has been proposed as a suitable method for detecting and identifying concealed
substances in packages and parcels. A study of diffraction data from 8 samples of illicit drugs
and 5 samples of cutting agents has been made. Spectra were collected with a range of
counting times using a high resolution HPGe detector system, a tungsten target X-ray source
and a variable geometry diffraction system. For each drug the diffraction data has been used
to simulate different scenarios, i.e. speed of inspection system, source characteristics, detector
characteristics, cutting agent, etc. For each simulation the significant regions of the spectra
have been identified and used to classify the spectrum using multivariate analysis software.
Preliminary results have shown that drugs can be detected with a sensitivity of 88% and a
specificity of 96% if the software has been suitably trained and calibrated.
This paper will present the full data set and analysis and will identify optimum X-ray
scattering systems that could be employed in the rapid, on-site identification of illicit drugs.
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XRF FOR U, Pu, Np, AND Am MEASUREMENTS
Said Abousahl1, Ray Gunnink2, Pavol Ragan3, Herbert Ottmar1
1
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Institute for Transuranium Elements, P.O. Box 2340, D-76125 Karlsruhe, Germany
2
Consultant, 7913 Jonathan Woods Dr., Ada, MI 49301, USA
3
Delegated from Office of Public Health of SR, 82645 Bratislava, Slovakia

In verification measurements for the safeguarding of nuclear materials the XRF technique is
currently employed in the Hybrid K-Edge Densitometer (HKED) for U-Pu analysis in
dissolved irradiated fuels as well as in mixed-oxide product materials. The underlying
measurements are based on the energy-dispersive analysis of K-series X rays from uranium
and plutonium produced by X-ray tube excitation. The same technique can be advantageously
used also for the assay of Minor Actinides occurring in some advanced fuel cycles, which
involve the processes of nuclear partitioning and transmutation. Analysis software and
measurement procedures for this advanced application of energy-dispersive XRF analysis
have been developed and optimized. Simulation studies using the MCNP code were carried
out for predicting the yields of XRF K-lines from U and Pu with various matrices. The
validation of this modelling has been done experimentally using a set of calibrated solutions
of U and Pu in different matrices.
In this paper we will present our application of the XRF techniques for the assay of U and Pu
in samples from the conventional fuel cycle, and for the assay of the Minor Actinides in
nuclear materials for advanced fuel cycles.
E-mail: [email protected]

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DIRECT DETERMINATION OF PRECIOUS METALS IN AUTOMOTIVE
CATALYSTS USING HIGH-ENERGY POLARIZED BEAM XRF
Katleen Van Meel1, Anne Smekens2, Marc Behets2,
Paul Kazandjian2 René Van Grieken1
1
University of Antwerp, Departement of Chemistry, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerpen, Belgium
2
Umicore Precious Metals Refining, Analytical Laboratory, A. Greinerstraat 14
B-2660 Hoboken, Belgium

For accurate and precise quantification of precious metals in spent automotive catalysts, ICP-
related techniques are usually applied. These kinds of analyses are very time-consuming due
to various sample preparation steps, such as fire-assay and acid digestion. The goal of this
research was to obtain a fast and direct determination procedure using EDXRF. A sample
preparation method working directly on the ground material was optimized. The material was
pressed as a pellet using wax as a binder; no internal standard was added. The standards used
for this application were real automotive catalysts, prepared in the same way as the unknown
samples. The concentrations of the precious metals in these standards were verified with ICP-
OES. For this purpose a more complicated sample preparation was required, including NiS
fire-assay. Epsilon 5 (PANalytical, Almelo, The Netherlands) was applied for the XRF
analyses. It has a 600W Gd tube with a maximum voltage of 100 kV, giving the possibility of
high-energy excitation. Its three-axial Cartesian geometry using secondary targets provides a
low background signal and the possibility to choose the most sensitive excitation-condition
for each element. When applying CsI as a secondary target, it became possible to excite the
Pd- and Rh-K-lines. For the determination of Pt, a Zr-target was chosen to excite the Pt-L-
series. The reproducibility of the XRF-analysis appeared to be better than 0.5%, while the
precision of the whole method was approximately 1%. The accuracy was investigated using
ICP-OES as a reference and similar performances were obtained. When irradiating 500 s for
the CsI-target as well as for the Zr-target, detection limits for Pt, Pd and Rh proved to be
better than 5 ppm.
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TOTAL REFLECTION XAFS AND IN PLANE X-RAY DIFFRACTION
ANALYSES OF MANGANESE OXIDE NANOSHEETS
Izumi Nakai1, Katsutoshi Fukuda1,Yasuo Ebina2, Takayoshi Sasaki2
1
Dept. of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science,
2
CREST, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science

Nanosheets are a unique class of nanomaterials that exhibit often interesting physical and
chemical properties associated with a nano-scale thickness (less than 1 nm) and characteristic
shape as compared to bulk materials. They can be obtained from a delamination of bulk
crystal with layered structure.
Structure analysis of the nanosheet is important in the material utilization and the control of
their physicochemical properties peculiar to the nanoscopic state; however the structure
analysis based on the conventional diffraction analysis is difficult because of their low
dimensionality and deterioration of crystallinity via the exfoliation. Nanosheet structure can
be described as two-dimensional lattice having a periodic arrangements of constituent atoms
parallel to the sheets and additional non-periodic arrangements of constituent atoms in a
direction normal to the sheets. We have for the first time applied synchrotron radiation (SR)
X-ray in-plane diffraction and total-reflection fluorescence-XAFS (X-ray absorption fine
structure) techniques to the analyses of the periodic and non-periodic structures of the
nanosheets, respectively. We have revised a commercial in plane diffractometer suitable for
utilization of SR. On the other hand, we have developed a theta-Z stage suitable for the total
reflection XAFS measurement.
We have applied these new techniques to reveal the structure of manganese oxide nanosheets,
whose precursor is a layered ternary oxides with chemical composition of AMnO2, where A
represents alkali metals. The nanosheets were obtained by soft-chemical exfoliation of the
layered manganese oxides. They are attractive functional materials as a new family of
versatile manganese oxides with a wide-ranging application such as magnetic materials with
colossal magnetroresistance. A combination of SR excitation and the total reflection of
incoming X-rays provides enough signals for both analyses even from a monolayer of the
MnO2 nanosheets. In addition, mean oxidation states of constituent manganese ions in the
MnO2. sheets were estimated on the basis of a comparison of XANES spectra between the
precursor and exfoliated compounds and bond valence sum calculations using the bond length
obtained from the present EXAFS analyses. The obtained structural data disclosed that the
MnO2 sheets exhibited a slight elongation of the two-dimensional lattice and Mn-O
interatomic distance compared with the host material due to the delamination. These changes
correspond to below 1% expansion of the sheet area and 1~2 % expansion of thickness, which
can be understood by reduction of the mean oxidation number of constituent manganese ions
in the sheet through the exfoliation process.
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ULTRASOFT X-RAY REFLECTION AND EMISSION SPECTROSCOPIC
ANALYSIS OF Al2O3/Si STRUCTURE SYNTHESIZED BY ALD METHOD
E. O. Filatova1, E. Yu.Taracheva1, A. A. Sokolov1, S.V. Bukin1
A. S. Shulakov1, P. Jonnard2, J.-M. André2
1
Institute of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, 198904, RUSSIA
2
Lab. de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, Université Pierre et Marie Curie
CNRS UMR 7614, 75231 Paris Cédex 05, FRANCE

Metal oxides of high dielectric constant are candidates to substitute SiO2 as a gate dielectric in
complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) devices. Al2O3 is one of the attractive
“high-k” dielectric materials due to its considerably higher value of permittivity, higher
resistivity and higher thermal stability than silicon oxide.
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is one of the most promising method of forming MOS
structures for the development of modern micro and nanoelectronics devices. Because of the
extremely small size of the nanostructures, their formation requires the control of the growth
process at the monatomic layer. The electro physical properties of such structures are
determined not only by the characteristics of thin film but also by the characteristics of the
interface between an insulator film and semiconductor substrate. The investigation of
Al2O3(30 nm)/Si system grown by ALD method is presented in this work. This system was
investigated in the soft x-ray range using X-ray reflection spectroscopy and X-ray emission
spectroscopy as a nondestructive depth–resolved characterization tools. The angular spectral
dependencies of the reflection coefficient in the vicinity of Al L2,3- edge were obtained using
an s-polarized synchrotron radiation. The dependence of the shape of the aluminum and
silicon L2,3 x-ray emission on the primary electron energy was obtained on the RSL-1500
spectrometer.
The reflection spectra fine structure was investigated near Al L2,3- edge for different glancing
incidence angles in wide angular range. The absorption spectra were calculated from the
reflection spectra by means of Kramers–Kronig relationship. All calculated Al L2,3-
absorption spectra demonstrate two main peaks. Analysis of the correlation of the intensities
of these peaks, the energy position and the value of splitting between peaks allows to
associate these peaks with transitions to Al 3d and 4s states in amorphous Al. Analysis of the
shape evolution with increasing of the incidence angle (with increasing of the depth probing)
of the Al L2,3-reflection spectra and absorption spectra shows the heterogeneity in the depth
profile that evidences a non-homogeneous character of the Al2O3 film.
The extent and phase chemical composition of the interface of the Al2O3/Si system has been
studied using depth resolved X-ray emission spectroscopy. It was established that the
investigated film is a layer of mixed Al2O3 and SiO2 oxides, in which silicon dioxide is
present even on the sample surface and its concentration increases as one approaches the
interface with the substrate. It is assumed that such a complex structure of the layer is the
result of interdiffusion of oxygen into the layer and of the silicon from the substrate to the
surface followed by silicon oxidation.
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STANDARD AND TWO-WAVELENGTH X-RAY REFLECTOMETRY FOR
INVESTIGATION OF NANO-SIZE LAYERS

Sergey A. Aprelov1,2, Vyacheslav M. Senkov2, Nikolay N. Gerasimenko1

Alexander G. Touriyanski2,3, Igor V. Pirshin3
1
Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology (Russia, Moscow)
2
Institute of Roentgen Optics (Russia, Moscow)
3
Lebedev Physical Institute (Russia, Moscow)

The methods of X-ray reflectometry for the ultra-thin metal and silicide films on the silicon
measurement (thickness, roughness) were developed. Many scientific groups pay rapt
attention on such films (l ~ 10 nm) and also multilayered structures on the silicon substrates
because of the raising of the technological requirements (particularly the thickness of the
layer, the verge sharpness and so on). The problem become more complicated because of the
fact, that when creating the layers (or multilayered structures) with thickness ~ 10 nm, the
precision of the results is reduced due to the presence of the surface and intermediate
polluting layers (e.g. oxide) and the possibility of the reciprocal diffusion penetration of the
layers.
Using the method of X-ray reflectometry we analyzed the set of samples with Ni, NiSi and
NiSi2 films, that were received with the help of the magnetron sputtering and then annealed. It
was shown, that the method of X-ray reflectometry is used for the control of the technological
parameters of the thin films (thickness, roughness, thickness of the interface) on the various
technological stages.
There were taken the measurements of the nano-sized layers parameters using the methods of
the standard and double-wave X-ray reflectometry [1]. The measurements were taken on the
double-wave reflectometer “X-Ray MiniLab” (manufactured by Unisantis SA) and
experimental plant in Lebedev Physical Institute. For the solution of the inverse task – the
reconstruction of the distribution of the refractive index in depth distribution and the
definition of the boundary structure – the optimization method based on genetic algorithm
was used.
In addition to the reflectometry, there were made the extra investigations for the samples with
the NiSi and NiSi2 films, using the methods of the atomic-force microscopy (AFM) and
electronic spectroscopy for the chemical analysis (ESCA). It was shown, that the method of
the reflectometry can be successfully used for the identification of the polluting layers (oxide,
etc.) and for the exact measuring of the ultra-thin films and multilayer structures technological
parameters.
[1]A.G. Touriyanski, A.V. Vinogradov, I.V. Pirshin. X-Ray Reflectometer, US patent #6041098 (2000).

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SYNCHROTRON RADIATION INDUCED TXRF
Christina Streli

Atominstitut, TU Wien (Vienna Univ. of Technology)

Using Synchrotron radiation as excitation source in TXRF offers several advantages over X-
ray tube excitation in TXRF (Total Reflection X-ray Fluorescence Analysis) like detection
limits in the fg range and also efficient excitation for low Z as well as high Z elements due to
the features of synchrotron radiation. These low detection limits are achieved only using a
multilayer monochromator. A crystal monochromator with a smaller bandwidth reduces the
intensity, but allows XANES measurements in fluorescence mode to perform speciation at
trace levels.
SR-TXRF is performed at various synchrotron radiation facilities.
At HASYLAB, Beamline L a vacuum chamber for SR-TXRF analysis is now available which
can easily be installed using the adjustment components for microanalysis. The detector is a
VORTEX Silicon Drift Detector (SDD) with 50 mm2 active. Measurements were carried out
with the Ni/C multilayer monochromator set to 17 keV on a sample containing 100 pg of Ni.
Extrapolated detection limits of 4 fg have been obtained using the 50 mm2 SDD for 1000 s
live time. Various applications will be presented, especially of samples with very small
amount of sample: As SR-TXRF is more sensitive than tube excited TXRF the sampling time
of aerosol samples can be diminished resulting in a more precise resolution of atmospheric
events. Aerosol samples, directly sampled on Si reflectors in an impactor have been
investigated. Results will be presented.
Using the Si111 crystal monochromator also available at beamline L, XANES measurements
to determine the chemical state have been performed, but with lower sensitivity as the flux
transmitted by the crystal monochromator is about a factor of 100 lower than that transmitted
by the multilayer monochromator. Detection limits for Cr of 40 pg for 30 s acquisition time
have been obtained. Speciation of Cr in urban dust and pollen have been demonstrated.
Preliminary results of XANES measurements for As in xylem from cucumber plants fed with
AsIII and AsV are presented.
One of the main applications of SR-TXRF is the surface quality control of Si wafer surfaces.
Two SR-TXRF setups are dedicated for wafer analysis, one at SSRL, Stanford, California and
one at the PTB metrology lab at BESSY2 in Berlin. The setups will be described and results
presented. On other SR-TXRF setups for chemical analysis will be reported.
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TOTAL REFLECTION X-RAY ANALYSIS OF BROMATE
Nikolaos Kallithrakas-Kontos, Vasilios Hatzistavros, Pavlos Koulouridakis, Ioanna Aretaki

Technical University of Crete, Analytical and Environmental Chemistry Laboratory

University Campus, GR-73100 Chania, Greece

Bromate ions are a disinfection byproduct of drinking water ozonation due to bromine
oxidation (water ozonation is an alternative disinfection technique to water chlorination).
These ions are one of the emerging water contaminants and they have been considered as
probable human carcinogen, even at low concentration levels. New regulations with
maximum contaminant level of 10 ppb have been established and monitoring methods have
been suggested [1]. The official method for bromate analysis is Ion Chromatography but
interferences arise from other high concentration ions (usually chloride ones). Total
Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence (TXRF) can analyze bromine with good detection limits
without chloride interferences but it can not discriminate between bromide and bromate ions.
In the present work a new method of bromate analysis by TXRF is introduced. Bromate ions
were selectively concentrated on a PVC + Aliquat-336 membranes that have been prepared on
TXRF quartz reflector surfaces. Different complexation substances were introduced in the
membrane for bromine collection and o-dianisidin was proved as the best among them.
Membrane collection prior TXRF analysis has already been used [2] for mercury analysis;
Aliquat-336 is a reagent that has suitable for preparation of anion exchangers [3]. The
prepared membranes collect both bromide and bromate so bromide complexing materials
(masking agents) were introduced in the analysed solutions to prevent bromide collection; a
more than 95% suppression of bromide collection was managed without any alteration in
bromate collection. The reflectors with membranes were immersed in water (with masking
agents) solutions with 50 ppb bromate and bromide concentrations and they were left to
equilibrate for 24 hours; after this the reflectors were taken out of the solution and they were
analyzed by TXRF. The effects of various experimental parameters were examined Minimum
bromate detection limit lower than 1 ppb and good linearity at the concentration range 1-50
ppb was achieved.
Acknowledgment: Thanks are expressed to the European Union and to the Greek Ministry of Education for the
financial support of this research (Operational Programme for Education and Initial Vocational Training,
Environment, Pythagoras-II, Funding of research groups in Technical University of Crete, M 2.6, MIS 97511)

[1] SD Richardson and TA Ternes, Water Analysis: Emerging Contaminants and Current Issues, Review, Anal.
Chem. 77 (2005) 3807-3838
[2] N. Kallithrakas-Kontos, P. Koulouridakis, Anal. Chem. 76 (2004) 4315-4319.
[3] C. Fontàs, E. Anticó, V. Salvadó, M. Valiente and M. Hidalgo, Anal. Chim. Acta 346 (1997) 199-206

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X-RAY RESONANT RAMAN SCATTERING BELOW
THE Si-K ABSORPTION EDGE
J. Szlachetko1,3, R. Barret2, M. Berset1, J.-C. Dousse1, K. Fennane1
M. Szlachetko1, J. Hoszowska2, A. Kubala-Kukus3, M. Pajek3
1
Department of Physics, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
2
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), F-38043 Grenoble, France
3
Swietokrzyska Academy, Institute of Physics, 25-406 Kielce, Poland

The results of the first high-resolution study of x-ray resonant Raman scattering (RRS) below
the K-edge of silicon are reported in context of importance of the RRS as a limiting factor for
detection of light elements in Si by using the total reflection x-ray fluorescence (TXRF)
technique. In this experiment, which was performed at the ID21 beamline at the ESRF in
Grenoble, the x-ray RRS spectra were measured in the energy range 1790-1844 eV using a
von Hamos crystal spectrometer having energy resolution of about 1 eV. The measured x-ray
RRS spectra are compared with theoretical calculations based on the second-order
perturbation theory within the Kramers-Heisenberg approach. Using this approach the
oscillator strength distribution for unoccupied states in Si can be derived from the measured
RRS spectra, giving thus a complementary information to the XANES/EXAFS methods on
the x-ray absorption structure close to the K-shell edge of silicon. We demonstrate that the
measured x-ray RRS spectra for Si can be scaled using simple approximate formula based on
the Kramers--Heisenberg approach, which is of practical importance for TXRF applications.
The total cross sections for x-ray RRS, as well as for the observed 1s-3p photoexcitation,
measured below the K-shell absorption edge are discussed in details. Finally, the importance
of high-resolution studies of x-ray RRS at Si-K edge will be given in context of TXRF and x-
ray absorption techniques.
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ANALYSIS OF WINE SAMPLES BY MEANS OF TOTAL REFLECTION X-
RAY FLUORESCENCE (TXRF) ANALYSIS
Hagen Stosnach

Bruker AXS Microanalysis GmbH, D-12489 Berlin

A low power benchtop TXRF spectrometer was applied to different tasks connected to wine
analysis. In addition to the analysis of potassium, calcium, iron and copper, which are crucial
elements for the quality of wines, the applicability of TXRF spectroscopy for the control of
legal limits was evaluated.
An additional analytical task of increasing importance is the origin and falsification control of
wines by means of their trace element distribution.
The possibilities and limitations of TXRF spectroscopy for these applications plus several
additional analytical tasks connected to wine analysis are presented on the basis of recently
finished measurements and outlooks on future works.
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TOTAL REFLECTION X RAY FLUORESCENCE IN METALLOMICS:
PARTIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF METALLOCARBOXIPEPTIDASE
PRODUCED BY TRIPANOSOMA CRUZI
Gabriela Niemirowicz1, Juan J. Cazzulo1, Graciela Custo2, Cristina Vázquez2,3
1
IIB-INTECH, UNSAM-CONICET. Av Gral Paz s/n, INTI, Edificio 24
(1650) San Martin, Buenos Aires
2
Unidad de Actividad Química, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Av. Gral Paz 1499
(B1650KNA) San Martín. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
3
Laboratorio de Química de Sistemas Heterogéneos. Facultad de Ingeniería – Universidad de Buenos
Aires. P. Colón 850 – C1063ACU Buenos Aires, Argentina..

Metal ions are utilized by biological systems in fundamental processes and its presence or
absence results in health or diseases. The essential transition metals are used by cells as
cofactors of enzymes or proteins and they contribute to the stability and activity.
(metalloproteins). Therefore, the chemistry of a cell needs to be characterized not only by its
characteristic genome but also by the metal and metal distribution among the different species
and cell compartments, metallome. The term “metallome” introduced by R.J.P. Williams is
synonymus with the instantaneously determined concentration of all inorganic species within
a cellular system and denotes the metal-assisted function biochemistry. The metallomic
information will comprise the identities of individual metal species (qualitative information)
and their concentrations (quantitative metallomics). In this sense, the challenge of analytical
techniques in the metallomic field includes the detection first and the determination after of
metallic species in biological systems considering the analysis must to be carried in
microsample volumes (several microliters or micrograms).
This presentation shows the use of TXRF X-ray fluorescence with total reflection geometry
(TXRF) to characterize metallocarboxypeptidases produced by Trypanosoma cruzi, the
flagellate protozoan which is the causative agent of the American trypanosomiasis, Chagas
disease. Protein purification processes as well as sample preparation procedure for TXRF
determination are discussed. These results add to the knowledge of the peptidases present in
the parasite and may offer a new target for the development of a rational chemotherapy
against Chagas disease.

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SPECIATION OF NITROGEN COMPOUNDS IN NANOSCOPIC FINE
AEROSOL SAMPLES USING TXRF-NEXAFS
János Osán1, Szabina Török1, Burkhard Beckhoff2, Jan Weser2, Roger Fuoco3

1
KFKI Atomic Energy Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary
2
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Berlin, Germany
3
Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Italy

It is crucial to have analytical methods that enable to measure nitrogen compounds in the
aerosol from a short sampling period while retaining the information on the size distribution
of the particles. A near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) investigation in
conjunction with total reflection X-ray fluorescence (TXRF) analysis of minute depositions
on wafer surfaces is able to contribute to the speciation of the atmospherically important low-
Z elements (C, N and O) in nanoscopic (10–9 g) amounts of solid material collected on
silicon wafer surfaces.
Aerosol samples were collected at different locations, at the international airport of Budapest,
at a Hungarian background station, close to seashore in Italy and at the Italian base near Ross
Sea (Antarctica). Aerosol collection was performed using a seven-stage May cascade
impactor, on silicon wafers at stages 5, 6 and 7, with aerodynamic cut-off diameters of 1, 0.5
and 0.25 µm, respectively. The TXRF-NEXAFS measurements were carried out at the PGM
monochromator beamline of PTB at the electron storage ring BESSY II. Based on linear
combinations of standard reference spectra of (NH4)2SO4 and NaNO3, having identical
deposition dimensions and size distributions to the sampled aerosol particles, the ratio of
ammonium and nitrate could be quantified.
Nitrogen was present almost entirely as ammonium at stage 7 in all sampling locations. The
ammonium to nitrate ratio shows a decreasing trend with increasing particle size in the range
of 0.25–2 µm. More than 90% of nitrogen was present as nitrate in the continental stage 5
samples. The Antarctica samples collected at the same stage however showed a much lower
nitrate to ammonium ratio (55% to 45%). For all sampling locations, the variation of nitrate-
to-ammonium ratios could be well explained with the air mass backward trajectories.
Using TXRF-NEXAFS, the ammonium-to-nitrate ratio could be determined in Antarctic fine
aerosols collected from less than 2 m3 of air, i.e. considerably lower than the sampling
volumes usually used for ion chromatography analyses (30 m3). This reduced sampling
volume can enable the characterization of Antarctic aerosols to be done in higher temporal
resolution. For continental aerosols, a few minutes of sampling (less than 0.2 m3) was
sufficient for analysis, even in rural locations.
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RECENT PROGRESS IN LOW POWER
TXRF-SPECTROMETER TECHNIQUE
Ulrich Waldschlaeger

Bruker AXS Microanalysis GmbH

Today XRF-spectrometer with low power x-ray tubes and thermoelectrically cooled detectors
provide the customers with an analytical performance, which until a few years ago was
reserved for spectrometers with kW X-ray tubes and LN2 cooled Si(Li) detectors. Even for
low power TXRF-spectrometers the detection limit could be improved by an order of one
magnitude in the last 5 years. This progress was provided more by the improved quantum
efficiency of all components than by high power excitation sources.
Today TXRF-spectrometers have a well-developed technological base. Nevertheless, the
development has not been finished yet. The combination of a high brilliant X-ray source with
a focusing multilayer optic and a new SDD detector generation has made a further
improvement of the analytical sensitivity as well as of the analytical performance possible.
For a high analytical sensitivity covering a wide range of elements the application of different
excitation energies is necessary. Based on a monochromized 33 keV excitation source and an
improved SDD Detector, the K-line detection limits for Cd, Sn, Ag and Sb were significantly
improved.
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X-RAY SPECTROMETRIC METHODS TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED, IN-
SITU ANALYTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
MATERIALS/ARTIFACTS. AN OVERVIEW.
A.G. Karydas
Institute of Nuclear Physics, NCSR “Demokritos”
Aghia Paraskevi, 153 10Athens, Greece

The X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) technique is well established for more than thirty years as a
basic analytical tool for the non-destructive analysis of cultural heritage materials. Since the
pioneer applications of the method from the early 70’s [1, 2], many conservation laboratories
at museums are nowadays equipped with portable spectrometers that allow the analysis of
artifacts of different sizes or shapes utilizing the significant upgrade in X-Ray instrumentation
during the last decade, i.e. miniaturized solid state detectors operating at room temperatures
and low power, air-cooled X-ray tubes with optimized excitation geometries coupled together
with high performance focusing elements or crystal monochromators. By this way, the well
known analytical features of the XRF methods are also attained to a great degree during the
in-situ measurements. However, their successful implementation from the environment of a
specialized X-ray laboratory to the end-user in the cultural heritage field
(conservator/archaometrical scientist) is a challenge. Certain issues still remain to be
addressed, and further documented: The type of the analytical information that XRF can
provide according the analytical characteristics of the spectrometer, the type and state of
preservation of the cultural material analyzed. How and to which level of accuracy the
elemental excitation efficiency of a portable XRF spectrometer can be described in terms of
fundamental parameters? Is it possible and useful to obtain a universal basis of comparison
between the XRF analytical data that have been recorded by different portable spectrometers?
Apart the conventional XRF analysis in the millimeter scale, recent advances in the analytical
methodology enable the non-destructive, in-depth elemental analysis with resolution down to
few tenths of micrometers [3]. In addition, recently developed X-ray based portable
spectrometers can provide in-situ either structural analysis [4, 5], or near-surface chemical
analysis using for the excitation process alpha particles emitted by a radioactive substance [6].
Thus considering a portable X-ray based laboratory, critical pathways need to be established
in order to maximize the synergy of the techniques through improved analytical
methodologies [7]. The above topics are overviewed and selected examples of analytical
applications on different kind of cultural materials (pigments, metals, ceramics, etc) are
critically discussed with emphasis given to methodological topics.

1. R. Cesareo, F.V. Frazzoli, C. Mancini, S. Sciuti, M. Marabelli, P. Mora, P. Rotondi and G. Urbani, “Non destructive
analysis of chemical elements in paintings and enamels”, 14 (1972) 65-78
2. E.T. Hall, F. Schweizer and P.A. Toller, “X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis of Musuem objects: A new Instrument”,
Archaeometry 15 (1973) 53-78
3. B. Kanngiesser, W. Malzer, A. Fuentes Rodriguez and I. Reiche,”Three dimensional micro-XRF investigations of paint
layers with a tabletop setup”, Spectrochim. Acta B 60 (2005) 41-47
4. M. Uda, A. Ishizaki, R. Satoh, K. Okada, Y. Nakajima, D. Yamashita, K. Ohashi, Y. Sakuraba, A. Shimono and D.
Kojima, “Portable X-ray diffractometer equipped with XRF for archaeometry”, NIM B 239 (2005) 77-84
5. I. Nakai, S. Yamada, Y. Terada, Y. Shindo and T. Utaka, “ Development of a portable x-ray fluorescence spectrometer
equipped with two monochromatic x-ray sources and silicon drift detector and field analysis of Islamic glasses at an
excavation site in Egypt”, X-Ray Spectrometry, 34 (2005), 46-51
6. L. Pappalardo, F.P. Romano, S. Garraffo, J. De Sanoit, C. Marchetta and G. Pappalardo, Arhaeometry, “The Improved
LNS Pixe-Alpha Portable System: Archaeometric Applications” 45, (2003) 333
7. A. Adriaens and M. Dowsett, Proposal for a new COST action, (2005)

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COMBINED µ-XRF/µ-RAMAN VS. µ-XRD FOR PIGMENT
IDENTIFICATION IN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
AND PAINT MULTILAYER SAMPLES
Koen Janssens, Wout de Nolf, Bart Vekemans, Geert Van Der Snickt

University of Antwerp,.Department of Chemistry, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium

For the non-destructive identification of pigments and colorants in works of art, in

archaeological and in forensic materials, a range of methods can be used depending on degree
to which the material under investigation can be sampled, is accessible for analysis and the
structural complexity of the paint/pigment layer(s) of interest. Since in many realistic
situations, materials of considerable heterogeneity need to be investigated, methods allowing
information to be obtained from selected areas of the surface are strongly preferred.
Among the methods offering elemental information, µ-XRF (X-ray fluorescence)
spectrometry is one of the few techniques with which it is possible to obtain spatially resolved
information in a non-destructive manner on major and minor constituents of a variety of
materials. On the other hand, by means of µ-Raman spectrometry, in a similar manner, highly
specific identification of molecular species is possible. Both techniques, however, also have
their limitations. Since XRF only provides information on elemental constituents, it is often
not specific enough to allow for a full pigment identification while the presence of a strong
fluorescence background often limits the applicability of Raman micro-spectroscopy.
In order to allow for the simultaneous use of both complementary techniques, a combined µ-
XRF/µ-Raman spectrometer called PRAXIS, consisting of a remote measuring head, attached
to a easily transportable base unit, has been designed and constructed.
A third method, very frequently employed for phase identification of pigmented materials is
X-ray diffraction and its microscopic equivalent, µ-XRD, which can be considered to be the
'gold standard' for this type of investigations.
In this paper, the extent to which the PRAXIS spectrometer is able to identify inorganic
pigmented materials of various nature and stratigraphic complexity is compared to that of
synchrotron-based µ-XRD.
Examples from the analysis of two generic types of pigmented materials, i.e., (a) illuminated
parchments, usually featuring only one or two paint layers (in the case of recto-verso
decoration of the same page) and (b) (embedded) paint layer fragments sampled from large oil
paintings, will be discussed, with special emphasis on the green pigments employed.
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PORTABLE XRF ANALYZER WITH IMPROVED BEAM COLLIMATION
FOR INVESTIGATION OF SMALL ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
AND OBJECTS OF ART.
Stanislaw Piorek

Thermo Niton Analyzers, LLC

900 Middlesex Turnpike, Bldg #6, Billerica, MA 01821, USA

Field Portable XRF Analyzers are now very well accepted by alloy industries for sorting and
positive materials identification and by environmental professionals for soil screening. As the
result of pending RoHS Directive also a global electronic industry is interested in screening
analysis of a variety of small and very diversified parts and components using XRF method.
Portable XRF analyzers offer more than adequate analytical performance of nondestructive
testing combined with high throughput. Unfortunately, all portable XRF analyzers use a
“broad beam” geometry which is a serious drawback when small, surface mount components
are to be analyzed. To perform analysis of such small objects the primary beam of x-rays
should be confined to a spot of at least 2 to 3 mm in diameter. The existing capillary optics
systems are very expensive, relatively large and typically limited to about 25 keV energy
range. An alternative solution is to collimate the primary x-ray beam to the desired size,
although at the expense of overall tube output. In this paper we will describe portable XRF
analyzer with primary beam collimated down to 3 mm in diameter, equipped with miniature
camera for exact positioning of the instrument over the analyzed spot. Characteristics of the
collimated beam will be compared with those of a non-collimated system. Finally, we will
discuss practical applications of a collimated beam in analysis of small electronic
components, as well as in investigations of objects of art.
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THE EXPERIMENTAL MODEL OF THE TUNABLE SOURCE OF
MONOCHROMATIC X-RAYS AND POSSIBILITY OF ITS APPLICATION
FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF X-RAY ANALYSIS
Vladimir Baryshevsky1, Konstantin Batrakov1, Ilya Feranchuk2, Alexandra Gurinovich1,
Andrey Grubich1, Alexander Lobko1, Anatoly Rouba1, Boris Tarnopolsky1
Pavel Safronov1, Victor Stolyarsky1, Alex Ulyanenkov3
1
Research Institute for Nuclear Problems, Belarus State University
11 Bobruiskaya str., 220050 Minsk, Belarus
2
Belarus State University, 4 Nezavisimosty Ave., 220050 Minsk, Belarus
3
Bruker AXS GmbH,D-76187 Karlsruhe, Germany

The experimental model of the tunable source of monochromatic X-rays (TSXR) was
developed using parametric X-rays [1,2] produced by non-relativistic electrons passing
through a single crystal target. Tests had made with this model confirmed theoretical
predictions for X-ray output and characteristics [3]. Brilliance of the developed X-ray source
exceeds that for the conventional and rotor X-ray tubes, and even approaches to that for some
synchrotron sources, but being much more compact and accessible.
The distinctive feature of the developed source is the possibility to tune X-ray energy at fixed
electron beam energy. As the main experimental challenge for different types of X-ray
analysis (for example, XAFS) are getting an X-ray source that can be tuned in energy, the
presented source provides doubtless benefits.
In the present report the observed experimental spectra demonstrating X-ray energy tuning in
the range up to 10 keV at the fixed electron beam energy (50 keV, 75 keV, 100 keV) are
included along with estimations of radiation yield and description of the TSXR operation.
Prospects of TSXR applications XAFS and X-ray imaging are analyzed.
This work is accomplished within ISTC project B-626.

[1] V.G. Baryshevsky, I.D. Feranchuk // Phys. Lett. A57 (1976) 183
[2] V.G. Baryshevsky, I.D. Feranchuk // J. de Phys., v44 (1983) 913
[3] I.D. Feranchuk, A.P. Ulyanenkov, J. Harada, J.C.H. Spence // Phys. Rev. E 62 (2000) 4225

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CALCULATION OF X-RAY SPECTRA EMITTED FROM
A MICROFOCUS X-RAY TUBE WITH X-RAY OPTICS
Mathias Procop1, Vasile-Dan Hodoroaba1, Aniouar Bjeoumikhov2, Vladimir Arkadiev2
1
Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), D-12200, Berlin, Germany
2
Institut fuer wissenschaftlichen Geraetebau (IfG), D-12849 Berlin, Germany

Micro-X-ray fluorescence (µ-XRF) is becoming a new analytical tool in combination with the
scanning electron microscope (SEM) [1], [2]. Due to the much lower spectral background in
comparison with electron probe microanalysis the detection limits come in the order of some
10² ppm in case that an energy dispersive spectrometer is used, and even lower in case of a
wavelength dispersive spectrometer. Small, low power X-ray sources with focussing optics
are available as attachments to a SEM. The diameter of the illuminated specimen area ranges
between 50 and 100 µm.
The iMOXS source manufactured by IfG operates with a microfucus tube having a side
window and 12° target inclination. In order to have a means to calculate the tube spectrum we
measured X-ray spectra for the target materials of interest (Mo, Rh, W) in a SEM with an
energy dispersive spectrometer of known spectrometer efficiency (counts per incident
photons) and with a carefully determined solid angle. Measurements were carried out for
perpendicular electron incidence, for a take-off angle (TOA) of 35° and for high voltages
ranging from 5 to 30 kV.
From the measured spectra the intensity of characteristic lines was found after subtraction of a
physical background and deconvolution of K-, L- and M-series. These net line intensities
were divided by the spectrometer efficiency, the solid angle of detection and the accumulated
charge to get them as emitted photons per steradian per nC. Applying absorption correction
one gets the X-ray yield Y. We applied the XPP absorption correction method [3]. Log(Y)
versus log(U-1) plots (U denotes the overvoltage ratio) were extrapolated to find the yields
above 30 kV. From the yields the intensity of characteristic lines emitted for the conditions of
the X-ray tube (high voltage, current, target tilt, and solid angle of emission) can be
calculated. The related bremsstrahlung spectrum was calculated as a Kramers background
with a scaling factor determined before in the experiments. Finally, the tube spectrum was
multiplied with the transmission of the X-ray optics to obtain the source spectrum.
The transmission has been measured in a special test chamber and also calculated from a ray
tracing model.
Calculated source spectra were imported in commercial XRF quantification software. With
these more realistic excitation spectra specimens of several CRM’s were successfully
analysed using the standardless fundamental parameter mode of the quantification software.
[1] A. Bjeoumikhov et al., X-ray Spectrom. 34 (2005), 493.
[2] B.J. Cross & K.C. Witherspoon, Microscopy Today 12 (2004), 20.
[3] J.L. Pouchou & F. Pichoir, Electron Probe Quantitation, Plenum Press 1991, p.31.

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ENHANCING DEPTH SENSITIVITY IN CONFOCAL XRF ANALYSIS
AND APPLICATIONS IN MINERALOGY
Rolf Simon1, Usanee Kerdpin1, Frank Friedrich2, Werner Faubel2
Peter Weidler2, Rolf Nüesch2

Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, DE-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany, 1Institute for Synchrotron Radiation,

2
Institute for Technical Chemistry

Confocal X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy using focusing optics in the excitation as well as in
the detection channel has become a well established technique for obtaining elemental
composition as a function of probing depth, thus enabling three dimensional mapping[1].
Nevertheless in the standard arrangement when a polycapillary is used on the detection side
the depth resolution is generally restricted by the manufacturing properties of the capillary.
Experiments with varying excitation geometry at the fluorescence microscope facility of the
ANKA synchrotron source demonstrate that the depth sensitivity can be markedly enhanced
by choosing an incidence angle in the range of 15 to 30 degrees. Using a polymer CRL on the
excitation side yielding 2x4 µm2 beamsize and a XOS polycapillary with 14 µm focus
diameter at 17 keV on the detection channel depth resolutions down to 6 µm (Mo KD) and
10 µm (Cu KD) could be achieved. In addition to the increased depth resolution the sensing
depth limit of the measurement into the sample is pronouncedly enlarged, since radiation from
deeper layers can be obtained.
The enhanced depth resolution was successfully applied for depth profile measurements in
thin platelets of mica. In the course of a study regarding the delamination process of
Muscovite induced by metal cations, platelets of Muscovite have been exposed to a Cu-
solution for about 240 h. At the ANKA fluorescence station the Cu distribution was mapped
from the saturated border into the muscovite plate and normal to the surface of a 40µm thick
platelet. In order to look for potential exchange processes spatial correlations between Cu and
the constituents of muscovite have also been analyzed. Preliminary evaluations indicate
substantial Cu concentrations inside the platelet as the confocal technique allows
distinguishing between Cu ions located at the surface and incorporated into the mica. In
addition the results indicate that the potassium concentration is not influenced by the presence
of copper ions.
[1] B. Kanngießer et al. Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in Physics Res. B 211(2003) 259-264;
[2] L. Vincze et al. Analytical Chemistry 76(2004) 6786-6791

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ANALYSIS OF Zn-Fe ALLOY COATINGS BY USING MEASUREMENTS
UNDER TWO TAKE-OFF ANGLES
Yoshiyuki Kataoka1, Hisayuki Kohno1, Eiichi Furusawa1, Michael Mantler2
1
Rigaku Industrial Corporation,14-8,Takatsuki, Osaka 569-1146, Japan
2
Vienna University of Technology, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 8-10, A-1040 Vienna, Austria

Galvanneal is a steel product with a Zn-Fe alloy coating on the sheet steel surface. It is mainly
used in the automobile industries. The coating weight of the alloy layer and the Fe
concentration are important factors for the characteristics of the coated sheet steel.
The analysis of the coating weight as well as the Fe concentration are difficult tasks in
conventional x-ray fluorescence analysis even if fundamental parameter methods are used.
When Zn-Ka and Fe-Ka lines are measured, the obtained results for coating weight and Fe
concentration vary strongly with even small intensity changes of Zn and Fe so that the
precision of the analysis is unsatisfactory. When an alternative Zn-La line is measured, the
measuring depth is shallow and only the surface layer in the coating is accounted for. The Zn-
Fe coating layer consists of several metallic phases with different Fe concentrations, and their
compositions change against depth in the coating layer. Consequently, the analyzed result
from Zn-La lines does not represent the entire Zn-Fe coating layer.
We have developed a multi-channel spectrometer with two channels, differing by a low and
and a high take-off angle for each, Zn-K and Fe-K lines. For the quantification of coating
weight and Fe concentration a new thin film fundamental parameter method has been
developed, that allows to use intensity ratios of the Zn-K to Fe-K lines, for the low as well as
the high take-off angle. By this method the obtained accuracy has been greatly improved and
is now satisfactory for the intended practical application.
The spectrometer and the developed fundamental parameter method have also other useful
features, for example that the coating weight of pre-treatment layers (such as phosphate on the
Zn-Fe alloy coating) can be simultaneously analyzed. The spectrometer can also be used as
regular multi-channel spectrometer.
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QUANTITATIVE XRF ANALYSIS OF TRACE LEVELS
IN GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS
Bruno A.R. Vrebos

PAnalytical, Almelo,The Netherlands

Quantitative elemental analysis by means of XRF has progressed over the years, as
technology advances. Major strides have been made e.g. in the determination of low atomic
number elements (Be, B, C…) – using wavelength dispersive X-ray spectrometry – where the
detection limits have been reduced by more than a factor of 10; while the sensitivity increased
by a factor of over a 100.
The other area where marked advances have been made is in the determination of trace levels
of mid- and high atomic number elements in e.g. specimens of geological origin.
Some of the underlying technologies and their relevance to applications will be illustrated.
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EFFECTS OF ANGLES VARIABILITY ON QUANTITATIVE
ED-XRF ANALYSIS
Mario Milazzo, Antonio Maloni, Letizia Bonizzoni

Istituto di Fisica Generale Applicata, via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy

Quantitative analysis by ED-XRF can be obtained using the fundamental parameters method
based on the comparison with pellet standards in the approximation of constant irradiation
and detection angles all over the sample surface (ideal case).
In this contribution we review the problem of errors which are intrinsic of the method in the
more extended vision of considering realistic experimental set-up where angles are not
exactly constant and the examined samples can in general be of any non flat or irregular
surface and/or have different inclination from the one of the reference pellet. The errors are
accounted for in the form of corrective shape factors. In principle, these factors must be
separately calculated for each value of excitation and characteristic X-ray energies. Recurring
to an ideal experimental set-up with constant angles in each point of the examined sample
area, we obtain the result that the corrections due to irregular surface or incorrect sample
positioning tend to value 1, or more in general to a constant value independent of excitation
and emission energies, in the limit case when the direction of the exciting radiation coincides
with that of the detected fluorescence X-rays.
Assuming realistic tolerance values for in-going and out-going directions, as fixed in some
instrumental set-ups, the shape factors are estimated for regular or irregular distributions of
local surface postures and possible positioning of the piece under examination. So one obtains
quantitative evaluations of the limits that can be attained for the precision of the fundamental
parameters method applied to real objects out off the ideal condition of constant angles.
The use of Silicon Drift Detectors capable of very high counting rates should allow lowering
in reasonably short measuring time the statistical error under the above limits imposed by
geometry; in order to avoid errors deriving from intrinsic X-ray tube instability an
investigation aimed at achieving a system stable enough is still needed.
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ENHANCEMENT OF X-RAY FLUORESCENCE OF LIGHT ELEMENTS
BY PHOTOELECTRON SECONDARY EXCITATION

B. Beckhoff1, M. Gerlach1, M. Kolbe1, M. Müller1, G. Ulm1, A.G. Karydas2, Ch. Zarkadas2,

T. Geralis2, K. Kousouris2, N. Kawahara3, T. Yamada3, M. Mantler4
1
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Abbestraße 2-12, 10587 Berlin, Germany
2
Institute of Nuclear Physics, N.C.S.R ”Demokritos”, Aghia Paraskevi 15310, Athens, Greece
3
R&D Lab., Rigaku Industrial Corp., Akaoji 14-8, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-1146, Japan
4
Institut für Festkörperphysik, Technische Universität Wien, Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10
A-1040 Wien, Austria

Current methods in the quantitation of x-ray fluorescence analysis are generally based on
theoretical calculations that account only for photon-in photon-out processes. However,
modern applications of x-ray spectrometry require drastically improved relative uncertainties
of the analytical results, which demands that secondary processes (such as the excitation by
photoelectrons created as a consequence of primary ionizations) also be taken into account. A
straightforward approach for determining the impact of a secondary process on the
fluorescence intensity requires sufficiently accurate knowledge of the flux of the incident
monochromatic radiation, the solid angle of detection and the fluorescence count rate.
Reliable measurements of the incident photon flux and the detected count rate are obtainable
through the use of absolutely calibrated x-ray detectors. For several low Z elements ranging
from carbon to silicon, the energy dependence of the K-shell fluorescence enhancement by
photoelectrons was investigated by means of thin samples in the lower micrometer range. The
experimental results are compared with the corresponding theoretical calculations for selected
cases.
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EXTENSIONS TO THE SHERMAN EQUATION TO HANDLE FINITE
VOLUME EFFECTS IN FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETER METHODS
Peter Brouwer

PANalytical BV, P.O. Box 13, 7600 AA Almelo, The Netherlands

Fundamental Parameter methods are successfully used in XRF analysis. The strength of the
method is that it can handle wide concentration ranges and it forms the basis for standardless
analysis.
All Fundamental Parameter methods use predicted intensities coming from a sample in one or
another way. The predicted intensities are computed with the Sherman equation.
In it most simple form, Sherman’s equation describes the intensities coming from bulk
samples with ‘infinitely’ large thickness and area/volume. Extensions to handle thin films and
layered samples were published in the last decades and are applied successfully.
The effects of finite area/volume are less known nor described mathematically.
In this presentation the mathematics to handle situations were the area/volume of the sample
cannot be taken as infinitely large will be given.
Volume effects are applicable to micro-spot analysis, but also play a significant role in
samples with heavy elements in very light matrices like heavy metals in oil and plastics.
For this type of samples the so-called wedge effect is significant but often neglected. The
effect is caused by the fact that the volume that is excited by the x-ray source and the volume
from which characteristic radiation can be observed are not the same and vary depending
upon the density, the quantity and the area of the sample. Taking the wedge effect into
account will improve the result significantly. Results achieved on various types of oil will be
presented.
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DIRECTLY FROM THE EDX SPECTRUM TO CONCENTRATIONS
A NEW APPROACH FOR A UNIVERSAL CALIBRATION CONCEPT
Kai Behrens, Arnd Bühler, Dominique Porta

Bruker AXS GmbH, Östliche Rheinbrückenstraße 49, 76187 Karlsruhe, Germany

All common evaluation methods for “Standardless Analysis“in XRF are based on the use of
fundamental parameters, which reflect the physical properties of the sample and excitation
conditions. The theoretical intensities and consequently the concentrations of the analytes in
the sample are calculated in consideration of matrix effects.
The major limitation of ED-XRF for a universal calibration up to now is the strong line
overlaps and the countrate dependent resolution of the systems. Therefore, additional
mathematical peak deconvolution methods have to be implemented, so that in a first step, the
net peak intensities can be calculated. One major drawback is the additional step which is an
additional source of error. The second one is that all known models make use of many fitting
parameters and that the collection of a high number of pure element spectra is needed.
Because of the difference between the spectra of pure elements and of real samples regarding
their scattering properties and matrix effects the result are often mathematically correct but
analytically wrong. The applications for these fitting strategies are very limited and get worse
for complex samples.
To improve the “Standardless Analysis” with our S2 RANGER, we developed a new “Direct
Correlation” method, which allows the direct correlation between the concentrations and the
measured spectra without the intermediate step of determination of net intensities. Initial
concentrations as the only set of variables are variied until an optimal fit of the measured and
the “theoretical” spectra is obtained. The two major advantages are that only one fitting
parameter has to be handled and the “Direct Correlation”-method works without the
instrumentspecific collection of pure element spectra. The technical configuration of the S2
RANGER with its Si-Drift-Detector and its fast digital multichannel analyzer provides high
quality spectra with a high resolution even at higher countrates. The combination of the S2
RANGER and the “Direct Correlation”-method assures a high quality of the analytical
“standardless” result.
The strength of the unique Direct Correlation method will be demonstrated on typical daily-
routine XRF applications.
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REFERENCE-FREE XRF QUANTIFICATION EMPLOYING
L-LINES OF HEAVY ELEMENTS
Michael Kolbe, Burkhard Beckhoff

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, X-ray Spectrometry, Abbestr. 2-12, 10587 Berlin, Germany

Reference-free quantification in X-ray fluorescence analyses requires the accurate knowledge

of all experimental values both in the excitation and detection channels as well as of the
fundamental parameters involved. The experimental data are accessible through calibrated
devices such as photodiodes, diaphragms and energy-dispersive detectors. The latter are
calibrated with respect to their efficiency as well as to their response behaviour. The relative
uncertainty of the experimental data in total is about 2-3.2 %. Besides the instruments'
contributions, the relative uncertainties of the XRF analytical results are moreover affected by
the tabulated fundamental parameters of the elements, some of which only have estimated
uncertainties.
Using reference-free XRF and transmission measurements, we have compared different
fundamental parameter databases and included the energy dependency of the absorption jump
ratio in the algorithms. To further reduce the uncertainties of the standard-free XRF, a product
of the transition probability, the absorption jump ratio of the shell, and the fluorescence yield
can be determined by transmission measurements of self-supporting one-elemental foils.
Here, absorption correction factors depending on both the exciting and the fluorescent energy
are obtained. With this additional measurement a significant reduction of the relative
uncertainties for standard-free absolute fundamental parameter quantification from XRF
measurements can be achieved.
Furthermore, the iterative entanglement of XRF spectra deconvolution employing detector
response functions and of quantification is providing improved results.
We describe the progress of completely reference-free quantification using these techniques
taking for an example the L fluorescence lines of heavy elements such as platinum.
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EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS OF TARGET THICKNESS
A.Amokrane1,2, S.Ourabah1, M. Abdesselam1

1-Faculté de Physique, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene,

Alger, Algérie
2- Ecole Nationale Préparatoire aux Etudes d'Ingéniorat, Rouiba, Alger, Algérie

The determination of PIXE cross sections and the concentration of elements in a material
needs the knowledge of the target sample thickness. For this aim we have performed the
measurement of the thickness by tree different methods: absorption of X rays given by an 55Fe
source, transmission of alpha particles given by an 241Am source and Rutherford
backscattered of alpha particles produced by Van de Graff Accelerator with the use of the
RUMP simulation code. The results give a thickness with uncertainties lying between 1 to 8%
according the used method.
The comparison between the methods gives an advantage for the absorption of X-rays for its
simplicity and accuracy, when backscattering spectrometry is preferred as a complementary
technique for PIXE analysis.
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DENSITY PROFILE UNFOLDING FROM COMPTON SCATTERING
MEASUREMENTS IN REFLECTION GEOMETRY
Jorge E. Fernandez1, Marco Badiali2, Alessandro Guidetti2, Viviana Scot1
1
Laboratory of Montecuccolino-DIENCA, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, via dei Colli,
16, I-40136 Bologna, Italy
2
IMAL SRL, viale Rosalba Carriera, 63, I-41010 San Damaso (Mo), Italy

In this article it is reported a mathematical procedure which allows the unfolding of the
density profile from the measurement of an integrated scattering signal containing prevalently
the Compton component. An experimental device (patent claimed) has been used for the
measurements. It uses the white x-ray tube spectrum (unpolarised) as radiation source and
reflection geometry to maximize the Compton signal. The algorithm has been tested on light-
element inhomogeneous samples which were uniform and non uniform in density. Incomplete
primary volume and multiple scattering corrections are also discussed. The resulting density
profiles are in good agreement with direct measurements of the profile performed with other
means.
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X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY WITH DOUBLE REFLECTIONS
IN SINGLE CRYSTALS
Benjamin S. Fraenkel

Racah Institute of Physics, The Laboratory of X-ray And VUV Spectroscopy, The Hebrew University,
Jerusalem, Israel.

Forbidden X-ray reflections occur in crystal planes for which interference is destructive. For
special sharp directions along the reflection cone and specific crystal symmetries, however,
the forbidden reflection might be simulated by double reflections from two different planes in
the crystal [1]. The sum of the indices of the two planes equals the indices of the forbidden
reflection. Such reflections occur also with allowed reflections, but they would be heavily
overshadowed by the allowed reflection.
The main feature of a double reflection is that the beam of a monochromatic point source will
be reflected into a point on a film or 2D counter system held perpendicular to the beam [2]. If
two point sources are emitting the monochromatic radiation two points will appear on the
film. For an extended 2D X-ray source an exact monochromatic image of it will be seen on
the other end. As a matter of fact a separate image for each wavelength will be observed. Thus
size, shape and intensity distribution of the spot may be observed. If some part of the spot is
shadowed by Tungsten layers coming from the cathode, this will be seen. These and other
properties of Double Reflection X-ray spectroscopy, such as absolute wavelength
determination, will be discussed.
No strictly monochromatic sources exist. So the image belonging to one wavelength may
overshadow partially other images belonging in a continuous spread of wavelengths
representing the width of the "line". This might be overcome by minimizing the distance of
source, crystal, counter system - which is not possible in observations on controlled fusion
experiments. However, using the Double Reflection method combined with a curved crystal,
one would obtain sharp lines having spatial resolution of rotation velocity profiles, ion density
and ion temperature for individual spectral transitions along lines emitted by Tokamaks.
The intensity of double reflections is small compared to that of other lines. This is a result of
it being dependent on several crystallographic coefficients, such as the polarization. It is
strongly wavelength dependent. For each application the relative intensity has to be
computed.
1.M.Renninger, Z.Phys., 106 , 141 (1937).
2.B.S.Fraenkel, J. of X-ray Science & Tech., 5, 341, (1995).

E-mail: [email protected]

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MULTILAYER INTERFACIAL MIRRORS AS COMPONENTS
FOR SOFT-X-RAY WDS MONOCHROMATORS AND TUNABLE
RADIATION SOURCES
Jean-Michel André, Philippe Jonnard, Rabah Benbalagh

Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, CNRS,

UMR 7614, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75231 Paris CEDEX O5, France

Multilayer interferential mirrors (MIM) consisting in a periodic stack of bilayers with light
and heavy alternating materials are now widely used as reflective devices with low resolution
in the soft-x-ray domain.
In this communication, we will show that these MIM can also be used in the soft-x-ray
domain as primary components to make monochromators with medium resolution for WDS
and tunable radiation sources.
It is now possible to fabricate multilayer monochromators with medium resolution by etching
according to the profile of a lamellar grating, MIM with a large number of bilayers. It will be
shown both theoretically and experimentally that these multilayer gratings with appropriate
characteristics can be used as soft-x-ray monochromators whose spectral resolving power is
considerably improved with respect to mere interferential mirrors.
Moreover tunable soft-x-ray sources based on the interaction of medium energy electron
beams with periodic multilayer structures are presently developed in several countries. The
physical processes involved in this kind of source belong to the class of quasi-Cerenkov
emission. Among them, they are resonant transition radiation and parametric radiation. We
will present the basic concepts, some theoretical predictions and the first experimental results
concerning this new type of sources.
E-mail : [email protected]

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NOVEL GRAZING INCIDENCE X-RAY OPTICS

Rene Hudec1, Ladislav Pina2, Libor Sveda2, Veronika Semencova3, Adolf Inneman3
Michaela Skulinova4, Martin Mika4, Roman Kacerovsky4, Jan Sik5
1
Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ-251 65 Ondrejov,
Czech Republic
2
Czech Technical University, Faculty of Nuclear Science, Prague, Czech Republic
3
Center for Advanced X-ray Technologies, Reflex, Prague, Czech Republic
4
Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
5
ON Semiconductor Czech Republic, Roznov pod Radhostem, Czech Republic

We will refer on novel approaches and technologies for advanced grazing incidence X-ray
optics. They include (i) design and development of novel very wide field X-ray optical
systems based on lobster eye optics, (ii) application of innovative materials for X-ray optics,
with focus on precisely optically shaped Si wafers and thermally shaped glass foils, and (iii)
design and development of grazing incidence X-ray optics with multilayers, with focus on
replication of multilayers to allow X-ray micromirrors with extremely small apertures (of
order of 1 mm) with deposited multilayers to be produced. The X-ray optics described here
offers a wide range of laboratory and other applications which will be also discussed.
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

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NANOMETER MULTILAYERS AS MONOCHROMATORS
FOR X-RAY SPECTROMETRY
Maik Menzel1, Stefan Braun1, Andreas Leson1, Franz Schäfers2
1
IWS Dresden, Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoff- und Strahltechnik, Winterbergstr. 28, D-01277
Dresden, Germany
2
BESSY GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany

The principle of wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) analysis or electron

probe micro analysis (EPMA) is based on the excitation of characteristic radiation of the
chemical elements contained in the specimen under investigation. In order to separate the
emission lines of the different elements, monochromators like crystals or nanometer
multilayers are used. In this presentation we will focus on the development and improvement
of multilayer monochromators for the detection of light elements of the periodic table (Be –
S).
The photon wavelengths of the characteristic radiation of light elements are in the range of
0.7-11.4 nm. Correspondingly, the period thickness of the multilayers has to be in the same
order. However with smaller period thicknesses the requirements for the interfaces between
adjacent layers within the multilayer significantly increase. It has to be ensured that both
interface roughness and interface diffusion has to be minimized at the same time. Additionally
the stability of the deposition process must be extremely high since the multilayers consist of
up to 1200 single layers. In this presentation we will report about recent improvements of
different multilayer coatings (e.g. W/Si, W/B4C, Mo/B4C) in the period thickness range from
1-3 nm. We will present the improvement that was obtained and characterized by Cu-
K(alpha) reflectometry. Finally, we will show the performance of the multilayers at the
working wavelengths using synchrotron radiation at BESSY II.
E-mail: [email protected]

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SHAPED CAPILLARY X-RAY LENSES FOR µXRF
AND µEXAFS MEASUREMENTS
A. Bjeoumikhov1, N. Langhoff1, M. Erko1, S. Bjeoumikhova2
A. Erko3, I. Snigireva4, A. Snigirev4.
1
IfG GmbH, Rudower Chaussee 29/31, 12489 Berlin, Germany
2
IAP GmbH, Rudower Chaussee 29/31, 12489 Berlin, Germany
3
BESSY GmbH, Albert-Einstein Str. 15, 12349 Berlin
4
ESRF, BP 220 38043 Grenoble, France

Mono-capillaries with small diameters can be applied as a substitute for pinhole collimators in
local fluorescence analysis for obtaining small excitation spots on the sample as well as for
µEXAFS and µXANES measurements [1]. They can give an intensity gain on the order of
several thousands, especially when used in combination with synchrotron radiation sources.
Obtaining micro-focused beams with mono-capillaries can meet certain difficulties. First of
all, the number of reflections inside a capillary must be minimized. This can be achieved
using collimated or pre-focused synchrotron beam on a capillary input aperture, as well as by
utilizing a special shape of the capillary channel: elliptic or parabolic [2].
For a µEXAFS application, a quasi-parallel synchrotron radiation beam has been successfully
focused with an elliptic capillary to a focal spot size on the order of 1 µm with reasonable
total flux.
A further improvement in capillary optic resolution is possible using a parabolic shape of the
reflection surface. The main advantage of parabolic capillaries for focusing radiation is the
existence of a focus, which lies at some distance from the capillary exit so that reasonable
capillary-sample working distances can be realized.
In this paper we report on optical tests and applications of this new generation of
polychromatic focusing optics.
[1] J. Bartoll, S. Röhrs, A. Erko, A. Firsov, A. Bjeoumikhov, N. Langhoff, Spectrochimica Acta A, Part B 59,
(2004), 1587-1592
[2] F. Pinakidou, M. Katsikini, E. C. Paloura, P. Kavouras, Ph. Komninou, Th. Karakostas, A. Erko, Journal of
Non-Crystalline Solids 351 (2005) 2474–2480

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CHARACTERIZATION OF STRONGLY FOCUSSING
POLYCAPILLARY HALF-LENS
Gerald Falkenberg, Koen Janssens, Viviana Scot, Karin Rickers, Ning Gao, David Gibson

Hambuerger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

Notkestr. 85 22603 Hamburg, Germany

A prototype of a strongly focussing polycapillary half-lens designed and manufactured by X-

ray Optical Systems was characterized at HASYLAB beamline L.Although designed
primarily as secondary focusing element (positioned in front of the detector) for confocal
micro-XRF and confocal micro-XAS experiments, and therefore having a relatively short
total length (2 cm), it showed outstanding performance as a primary focusing device for
radiation produced by (high-emittance) synchrotron sources and x-ray tubes.
When used to focus the primary beam, edge scans using a chromium microfoil revealed beam
sizes of 3-6 micrometers FWHM in the range 22-12 keV, the beam size gradually increased to
19 micrometers in the 12-6 keV range. The high divergence of the focussed beam leads to a
depth of focus of about 30 micrometers; the working distance from the tip of the capillary to
the focal plane is 2 mm. Using an appropriate detector collimator it was possible to reduce the
spurious XRF radiation, emitted by the glass material of the capillary lens into the detector, to
the level emitted by sub ppm constituents in thin tissue sections.
A drawback of the present design is the high abundance of the halo (i.e., radiation transmitted
through the capillary without reflection) at energies above 12 keV. Wire scans at 17 keV
revealed a peak to background ratio of only 2000:1. However, by altering the lens design, it
should be possible to reduce the halo abundance considerably. The potential of the capillary
for microscopic trace element imaging is illustrated by several applications in the geological
and archaeometrical field.
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FEATURES OF PASSAGE AND FOCUSSING OF X-RAY BEAMS
IN POLYCAPILLARY NANOSTRUCTURES
Muradin Kumakhov

Institute for Roentgen Optics Moscow, UNISANTIS, Geneva, Switzerland

The technology of polycapillary optics is quickly improved during last years. The channels
and walls sizes achieve hundreds and tens of nanometers. Thus there is number of complex
phenomena at passage of photons through such structures. These phenomena demand the new
approach for their description.
At focusing on small focal spots (<10 micron) there are problems caused by channeling and
strong scattering on the lens exit. Besides, when thickness of a channel wall becomes less
than c / omega (where c – light speed, omega – plasma frequency of glass) X-ray photon is
not reflected any more but scatters.
In channels with several tens nanometers size the photon’s behavior becomes quantum (it
occupies one or several discrete levels in the channel, depending on its diameter). So the
photon has as abnormally big absorption, so abnormally big transmission, depending on its
quantum level in the channel.
There are some ideas given in the report about arising negative refraction for x-ray photons in
polycapillaries with nanometers channels. In this case the focusing of X-ray beams has
number of important features distinguishing it from ordinary focusing.
The received results are of an important value for the future development of polycapillary
optics and its applications.
E-mail: [email protected]

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GAS DETECTORS FOR X-RAY SPECTROMETRY
J.M.F. Dos Santos

GIAN, Departamento de Física, Universidade de Coimbra, 3004-516 COIMBRA, Portugal

Gaseous detectors are widely applied to x-ray spectrometry in important areas such as
astrophysics, medical instrumentation and high-energy physics. They are room-temperature
radiation detectors with large and very large detection volumes and/or areas capability. These
features, plus an inherent ruggedness and radiation hardness are important advantages over
solid-state detectors in many applications.
There are two main types of gaseous x-ray detectors, both relying on signal amplification
based on the primary electrons produced in the gas by the x-ray interaction. While detectors
relying on charge multiplication processes (PCs, MWPCs,…) may present intrinsically simple
construction and operation, gas proportional scintillation counters (GPSCs), relying on signal
amplification through a light amplification stage, present superior performance: much higher
pulse amplitudes with reduced statistical fluctuations and space-charge effects. Typical energy
resolutions of PCs and GPSCs are ~13 and 8%, 8% and 4.5%, 5.5 and 3.5%, for 6, 22 and
60 keV x-rays, respectively.
Space-charge build-up, from the slow drifting positive ions of the gas, presents a significant
drawback in the counting rate capabilities of PCs and MWPCs. The introduction of
micropatterned electron avalanche multipliers (MSPs, GEMs, MHSPs,…), with the cathodes
and anodes separated only by some tens of microns, have overcome this limitations as well as
the assembling constrains of placing thin, long wires closely spaced.
On the other hand, GPSCs require gas purity, leading to the necessity for vacuum baked
detectors with ceramic-to-metal joints and special gettering devices. In addition, the detection
areas are limited by the photosensor for the scintillation readout, commonly a PMT. These
constraints are the main reasons for its almost exclusive use in very specific applications
where detector cost, bulkiness and complexity are not limitative, e.g. astrophysics. Recent
achievements presenting simple, inexpensive and compact alternatives to multi-electron
focusing structures and efficient gas purification have been developed, allowing the
construction of GPSCs for portable and laboratory purposes. In addition, PMTs may be
substituted by CsI-based photosensors (with the CsI deposited over MSPs, GEMs or MHSPs)
or solid-state photodiodes to overcome the limitations associated with PMTs: power
consumption, complexity, fragility and bulkiness.
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SILICON DRIFT DETECTORS REFINED ON ENERGY RESOLUTION,
COUNT RATE PERFORMANCE AND RADIATION ENTRANCE WINDOW
H.Soltau, P.Lechner, A.Liebl, A.Niculae, R.Eckhard, G.Lutz,
L.Strüder, C.Fiorini, A.Longoni

PNSensor GmbH, Römerstr. 28, D-80803 München, Germany

MPI Halbleiterlabor, Otto-Hahn-Ring 6, D-81739 München, Germany
Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy

The Semiconductor Laboratory of the Max-Planck-Institute and PNSensor in Munich are

fabricating Silicon Drift Detectors (SDDs) since many years. These devices are continuously
optimized to meet the high quality spectroscopic requirements of XRS and TXRF by making
use of an ultrapure silicon process in a modern semiconductor facility, an advanced design
with a very small detector capacitance and the concept of an integrated first amplifying
transistor. We will report on recent developments improving energy resolution, count rate
performance and radiation entrance window quality. It is a main objective in SDD production
to reach optimum energy resolution for device operation close to room temperature, easily to
be achieved with Peltier cooling. Therefore a new fabrication technology has been developed
improving leakage current control. The excellent performance of the as-produced detectors
demonstrate energy resolution values between 126 eV and 133 eV at -20 deg C for 10 mm2
detectors and values better than 135 eV at -30 deg C for 20 and 30 mm2.
Due to its very small signal capacitance of about 100 fF the count rate capability of SDDs is
high. It ranges up to 106 cps or 107 cps for multi-element structures. Important is that by
operating the SDD system in pulsed reset mode by making use of the integrated reset diode
and feedback capacitance the energy resolution of the detector is not degrading with count
rate. Measured values of 128 eV @ MnK at a count rate of 100 kcps are presented. Moreover,
operating the SDD in CSA mode with pulsed reset delivers an excellent stable system with a
peak shift less than 0.05 %.Since the quality of the detector entrance window has a large
impact on the peak-to-background ratio and the light element detection capability, a great
effort is put into the optimization of the entrance window and its boundaries. By covering the
outer margin of the detector with a proper collimator, values of the peak-to-background ratio
of 10.000 are obtained. Measurements of a thin entrance window are shown with an energy
resolution of 65 eV for the Carbon line. The current focus of the investigations is the optimum
balance between light element detection capability and radiation hardness. Up to date SDDs
show a radiation hardness up to 1013 photons referring to a 10 year period of operation.
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IMPROVEMENTS IN SILICON DRIFT DETECTORS
O. Boslau1, T. Eggert1, P. Goldstrass1, J. Kemmer1
A. Pahlke1, F. Wiest1, M. Mikhailov2
1
Ketek GmbH, Gustav-Heinemann Ring 125, 81739 Muenchen, Germany
2
INRNE, 72 Tzarigradsko chaussee, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria

In the last years the performance of Silicon Drift Detectors (SDDs) has been improved
dramatically. The new generation of the KETEK VITUS-SDD shows energy resolutions
below 130 eV at 5.9 keV Mn Kalpha. While still thermo-electrical cooling is sufficient to
reach the detector operating temperature, active areas from 7 to 100 mm2 are available now.
Furthermore, the thickness of the detector crystals has increased to 450 micrometer and even
thicker drift detectors are under development. A large improvement has also been achieved
for the peak to background ratio of the VITUS-SDD that now reaches values of 10000 and
above. Present VITUS-SDDs do not only show excellent energy resolutions at higher x-ray
energies, but also for low energetic carbon and boron lines. Besides these performance
improvements, the handling of SDDs has become much more comfortable, too. All bias
voltages of the VITUS-SDD are easy to adjust and very uncritical in their values. They may
be varied considerably without loosing detector performance. So it can be stated today that
VITUS-SDDs can be operated as simple as PIN-diodes, while obtaining the performance of
Si(Li) detectors.
E-mail: [email protected]

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FABRICATION OF ARRAY DETECTORS WITH ONE HUNDRED
SUPERCONDUCTING-TUNNEL-JUNCTIONS AND TA X-RAY ABSORBERS
Masahiro Ukibe, Akihiro Kushino, Yiner Chen, Masataka Ohkubo

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

We have developed superconducting tunnel junction (STJ) X-ray array detectors to obtain a
large detection area, a high detection efficiency, and a high counting rate. The array STJ
detectors consist of one hundered Nb/Al-AlOx/Al/Nb STJs with a size of 200 x 200 micro
meter. Each STJ has a 4 micro meter-thick Ta absorber connected to the top Nb layer through
a thin insulating layer. The absorbers act as energy converter from high X-ray energies to
phonon energies, which are compatible with superconducting energy gaps. The array
detectors realize in total a detection area of 4 square millimeter and a detection efficiency of
over 90% for X-rays up to 6keV. In addition, it is possible to improve a spatial uniformity of
X-ray signal outputs of the Nb-based STJ [1,2] by using the Ta absorber due to a fast
diffusion of quasiparticles in the Ta absorbers. In order to minimize crosstalk, we have
adapted a coplanar transmission waveguide (CPW) structure having a 8 micro meter-wide
signal Nb line, 7 micro meter-wide ground gaps, 12 micro meter-wide ground Nb lines, and
an impedance of 50 ohm. The detector layer structure has been optimized by changing
thicknesses of each layer and an oxidization condition of the insulating layer to convert the X-
ray energies to the output signals efficiently. The fabrication processes and the detector
response to X-rays are discussed.
[1] H. Pressler, M. Ohkubo, M. Koike, M. Ukibe, T. Zama, T. Nakamura, M. Katagiri, Appl. Phys. Lett. 77,
4055 (2000)
[2] M. Ohkuboa, M. Ukibe, T. Zama, T. Ikeuchi, M. Katagiri, S. Ichimura, Nucl. Instr. and Meth., A520, 231
(2004)

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DETECTOR DRIVEN PERFORMANCE IN EDPXRF
Joachim Heckel

AMETEK MATERIALS ANALYSIS DIVISION SPECTRO A.I.

BRAGG polarization as well as secondary targets in a Cartesian geometry are well known as
tools to improve sensitivities and detection limits in EDXRF. The opportunites of using
polarized X-rays are often limited by using inadequate solid state detectors. Therefore, a new
generation of Silicon drift detectors (SDD) was examined for XRF applications and the
results will be presented. The high dynamic range, the stable and excellent resolution within
that range, a precise dead time correction together with a model to describe the incomplete
charge collection are the basis for new applications. The stability of the spectrometer and the
flexibility of the Cartesian excitation system open new opportunities to correct difficult line
overlaps, e.g. bewteen K- and L- lines.
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METALLIC MAGNETIC CALORIMETERS FOR HIGH RESOLUTION
SPECTROSCOPY
Andreas Fleischmann1, Loredana Gastaldo1, Hannes Rotzinger1, Markus Linck1, Andreas
Burck1, Daniel Haug1, Christian Enss1, Elvire Leblanc2, Martin Loidl2
1
Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 227
69120 Heidelberg, Germany
2
Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France

An increasing number of experiments and applications employ low temperature particle

detectors which are based on a calorimetric detection scheme and operated at temperatures
below 100 mK. In many cases this is due to the high energy resolution achievable with these
detectors. Equally important benefits are often the increased flexibility in the choice absorber
material and the fact that the detection efficiency can be arranged to be similarly high for
radiation of different ionizing character.
Metallic magnetic calorimeters (MMC) make use of a metallic paramagnetic temperature
sensor, which is in tight thermal contact with a metallic x-ray absorber. The paramagnetic
sensor is placed in a small magnetic field. Its magnetization is used to monitor the
temperature, which in turn is related to the internal energy of the calorimeter. High energy
resolution can be obtained by using a low-noise, high-bandwidth DC SQUID to measure the
small change in magnetization upon the absorption of energy. With recent x-ray detector
prototypes an energy resolution of a few eV for x-ray energies up to 6 keV has been achieved.
We discuss the thermodynamic properties, the energy resolution and general design
considerations of MMCs as well as their application in high resolution x-ray spectroscopy,
beta spectroscopy and absolute activity measurements of mixed photon and electron emitters.
E-mail: [email protected]

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TEN YEARS OF X-RAY HOLOGRAPHY
Gyula Faigel

Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics

With the appearance of nano-science the role of local methods is more and more important.
Hard x-ray holography based on the inside reference point concept is a local probe of the
atomic order in solids [1]. It gives the 3D real space image of atoms without the phase
ambiguity inherent to diffraction methods. In this presentation a concise description of the
basics of hard x-ray holography will be given. We will also introduce related methods.
Experimental and theoretical developments will be overviewed and illustrated by examples.
We will discuss new directions and future possibilities.
[1] G. Faigel, M. Tegze: Reports on Progress in Physics, 62, (1999), 355-392

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FLUORESCENCE TOMOGRAPHY AT THE ESRF BEAMLINE ID22:
RECENT ADVANCES AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
Pierre Bleuet1, Priscillia Soudant1,2, Alexandre Simionovici2

1 ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility), ID22 Beamline

2 Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon

X-ray fluorescence computed tomography (XFCT) is a recent imaging technique that can give
quantitative information about the distribution of chemical elements inside a sample. It is
based on the measurement of fluorescence radiation emitted from a sample when illuminated
with a synchrotron monochromatic X-ray focused beam, following a 1st generation scanner
sampling.
At the beamline ID22 of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, XFCT is now routinely
proposed to users and 3D reconstructions can be obtained at the micron resolution for those
elements having an atomic number higher or equal to Z=14 (Si). In this work we present the
latest XFCT instrumental developments carried out at ID22.
After a brief presentation of the beamline, we will start by describing the micro-mechanics
developments. In particular, a new in-house rotation stage has been designed that combines
compactness together with high accuracy and low wobble/eccentricity. A xyz piezoelectric
stage ensures high resolution and fast continuous scanning in helical mode for 3D analysis.
To measure low Z elements and reduce air scattering, dedicated helium chambers have been
designed. Both sample stage and helium chambers are compatible with our recently
commissioned 13 element detector as well as with single element Si(Li) or SDD fluorescence
detectors.
Once acquired, data are fitted to produce one sinogram per chemical elements. 3D
reconstructions are then computed based on the ITT (Integrated Tomographic Techniques)
algorithm. This work will be illustrated with recent results obtained at ID22 in various
scientific applications, among which biology and earth science.
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INVESTIGATION ON LECCE STONE POROSITY BY MEANS OF MICRO
AND NANO X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY
Simone Bugani1, Mara Camaiti2, Luciano Morselli1
Koen Janssens3, Elke Van de Casteele4
1
Department of Industrial Chemistry and Materials - University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4,
40136 Bologna, Italy
2
CNR - Institute for the Conservation and the Promotion of Cultural Heritage, Via Madonna del
Piano s.n.c., 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
3
University of Antwerp - Center for Micro and Trace Analysis, Universiteitsplein 1
B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium
4
Skyscan N.V., Vluchtenburgstraat 3, B-2630 Aartselaar, Belgium

Continuous chemical and physical changes occur on the Cultural Heritage, depending on the
establishment of a dynamic equilibrium with the environment, in which it is placed [1]. Its
conservation has become, in the modern time, a more and more complex issue, mostly
because of the increasing of the atmospheric pollution. In particular, regarding the stone
materials, different phenomena can take place:
- Formation of black crusts caused by the reactions of SOx with stone [2]
- Corrosion of the material due to the atmospheric pollutants, such as NOx [3]
- Internal cracks of the natural inner structure due to frost-thaw cycles [4]
Water plays a very important role in all of these decay processes.
Lecce stone has a very high porosity (~ 35% measured by mercury porosimeter), and high
capability to uptake water from the environment by capillary absorption (~ 12g of water
absorbed for 100g of stone). In order to reduce the capillary absorption of the water, and then
to prevent the deterioration, different kinds of hydrophobic organic products are applied on
the surface of the restored buildings. Because the efficacy of the treatments depends mostly
on the good penetration and distribution of the products in the pores, we have investigated the
porosity and the internal structure of the stone materials with X-ray Tomography.
We have characterized, with X-ray Micro tomography (instrument SkyScan 1172, camera
pixel size = 2.6 µm), different samples of Lecce stone with dimension of 3x3x3 mm3.
Afterwards, the samples have been treated with three selected products, widely used for stone
conservation: Paraloid B72 (Poly(ethylmethacrylate-co-methylacrylate), F-rubber
(Poly(hexafluoropropene-co-vinylidene fluoride)) and a solution of Alkylalkoxysilanes
oligomers.
The same samples were rescanned and porosity and other parameters of the material were
calculated and compared, before and after treatments, in order to emphasize the changes due
to the products application, in particular a decreasing of the porosity was observed.
At the same time small pieces of the (un)treated samples (ca 0.5x0.5x0.5 mm3) have been
analyzed with X-ray Nano tomography (instrument SkyScan 2011). In these last scans a
higher resolution (camera pixel size = 580 nm) has been achieved and it has been possible to
see the distribution of the products inside the pores: most of them were partially filled by the
products, while only a small part was completely full.
[1] Lazzarini, L. Laurenzi, Tabasso M.: 1987, “Il restauro della pietra”, Cedam ed., Padova p.15
[2] C. Sabbioni, “Contribution of atmospheric deposition to the formation of damage layers”Science of The Total
Environment, 167 (1995) 49-55
[3] A. V. Turkington et al. “Surface change and decay of sandstone samples exposed to a polluted urban atmosphere over a
six-year period: Belfast, Northern Ireland” Building and Environment, Volume 38, Issues 9-10, September-October 2003,
Pages 1205-1216
[4] H. Cai and X. Liu “Freeze-thaw durability of concrete: ice formation process in pores” Cement and Concrete Research,
Volume 28, Issue 9, September 1998, Pages 1281-1287

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PHASE-CONTRAST ENHANCED X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY
OF MALARIA TRANSMITTING MOSQUITOES
Dariusz Wegrzzynek1,2, Ernesto Chinea-Cano1, Andrzej Markowicz1,2, Samuel Bamford1,
Bart Knols1, Michelle Helinski1, Peter Wobrauschek3, Christina Streli3
Norbert Zoeger3, Rolf Simon4, Tim Weitkamp4, Christophe Frieh4
1
Agency’s Laboratories Seibersdorf, International Atomic Energy Agency, A-1400 Vienna, Austria
2
Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, University of Science and Technology, 30-059
Krakow, Poland
3
Atominstitut der Oesterreichischen Universitaeten, Technische Universitaet Wien, Stationallee 2, A-
1020 Vienna, Austria
4
Forschungsgruppe Synchrotronstrahlung, FZK Research Centre, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany

X-ray phase contrast tomography technique [1] was applied to support the development of the
sterile insect technique (SIT). The SIT, in combination with other methods, is used for
reducing the population of malaria transmitting mosquitoes [2]. The technology is based on
the idea of releasing an irradiated, and therefore sterile, population of male mosquitoes to the
environment of a given territory. The female mosquito mates only once per life cycle.
Therefore if mating occurs with irradiated (sterile) male, the eggs will not hatch breaking the
reproduction chain. The successful implementation of SIT requires that the irradiated
population of male mosquitoes is otherwise healthy in order to compete with the non-treated
males during the mating process. This demand implies that the treated insects do not undergo
morphological changes due to irradiation.
The morphology of treated and untreated malaria transmitting mosquitoes (Anopheles
arabiensis Patton, Diptera: Culicidae) was investigated with the use of X-ray phase contrast
tomography technique. Two groups of mosquitoes were selected for measurements: irradiated
mosquitoes, with a dose of 120 Gy from 60Co gamma source, and not irradiated control
population. Pupae and adult populations were studied. The mosquitoes were chemically fixed
before measurements, their abdomens were sectioned out from the insect body, mounted on
graphite rods and scanned in phase contrast X-ray tomographic setup. The measurements
were performed at the Fluo-Topo beamline in the ANKA Synchrotron Facility, Karlsruhe,
Germany. Monochromatic X-ray beam (12 keV) from a multilayer monochromator was used
to obtain phase-contrast enhanced projections of the analyzed samples. The projections were
collected with a CCD camera focused on a thin layer scintillator plate (cerium doped yttrium
aluminium garnet – YAG:Ce). Tomographic scans consisted of 180 projections, each
projection consisting of 1392 x 1024 pixels 16-bit grey level image. The 3D morphology of
the analyzed samples was reconstructed by applying the filtered backprojection algorithm and
by segmenting the resulting data with specialized software. The obtained reconstructions as
well as the details on the mosquito fixing procedure, data acquisition setup, and the
tomographic reconstruction algorithm will be presented.

[1] A.W. Stevenson, T.E. Gureyev, D. Paganin, S.W. Wilkins, T. Weitkamp, A. Snigirev, C. Rau, I. Snigireva,
H.S. Youn, I.P. Dolbnya, W. Yun, B. Lai, R.F. Garrett, D.J. Cookson, K. Hyodo, M. Ando, Nucl. Instr. Methods
in Phys. Res. B 199 (2003) 427–435.
[2] M.Q. Benedict, A.S. Robinson, TRENDS in Parasitology 19 (2003) 349-355.

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µXANES SPECTROSCOPY APPLIED TO THE STUDY
OF ORIGINAL IRON GALL INK CORRODED MANUSCRIPTS
Cédric Burgaud1, Wout De Nolf2, Koen Janssens2
Véronique Rouchon1, Bart Vekemens2
1
Centre de Recherches sur la Conservation des Documents Graphiques, Paris, France
2
Centre for Micro- and Trace Analysis - Department of Chemistry
Universiteit ANTWERPEN, Belgium

An important part of our hand-written European cultural heritage is drawn up with iron-gall
ink. This type of ink consists in a mixture of vitriol, tannins and gum arabic. The so called
“vitriol” mentioned in the ancient recipes is close to iron (II) sulphate. The tannins are
generally extracted from gallnuts and contain large quantities of polyphenolic acids that are
decomposed by hydrolysis into smaller molecules. Gallic acid is one of the major constituent
of these extracts. The association of vitriol and tannins leads to the formation of iron-based
solids, resulting in a dark colour which is characteristic of the ink.
When used on paper, iron-gall inks may induce high damages, especially when the papers are
stored in a humid and warm atmosphere. For instance, most of Leonardo da Vinci’s oeuvre
shows signs of degradations, Bachs’ written music is virtually falling apart, while numerous
manuscripts by Galileo Galilei are completely destroyed. These corrosion phenomena are
considered to be the result of two major degradation processes: first, the presence of tannins,
iron (II) and iron(III) in the ink leads to very acidic pH values (between 2 and 4) and the
cellulose is very sensitive to acid hydrolysis. Secondly, iron (II) catalyses cellulose oxidation
mechanisms initiated by Fenton like reactions, thus contributing to its de-polymerisation.
Iron is also expected to be one of the major actors of the cellulose degradation mechanisms.
Yet little knowledge is available on its chemistry within original iron gall inks, because of the
experimental difficulties related to the analysis of original samples, and also because of the
particularly rich chemistry of iron that allows a wide range of reactions: chelation with
polyphenols, or with cellulose, redox reaction with gallic acid, and with polysaccharides,
oxidation induced by oxygen, formation of oxo-hydroxy compounds, etc.
For a better understanding of the chemistry of iron in inked papers, we undertook
microXANES measurements on original manuscripts, more or less seriously damaged. On
most of them, iron was mainly iron(III). But some of the most damaged samples contain large
proportions of iron(II), with a very heterogeneous distribution. microXANES measurements
were also performed on laboratory samples. These consist in paper sheets impregnated with
different solutions combining several proportions of iron(II) or iron(III) sulphate and gallic
acid. Strong evolutions of the iron(II)/iron(III) ratios were measured within one year, showing
that iron is not in a stable state and that the natural ageing of the samples can not be neglected.
All iron(II) sulphate containing samples evolve spontaneously toward oxidation. On the
contrary, iron(III) sulphate containing samples evolve in different manners, depending on the
iron(III) sulphate concentration and on the gallic acid/iron ratio. Competing redox reactions
are taking place, such as oxidation of iron(II), probably induced by the air oxygen, and
reduction of iron(III) induced by gallic acid. This work shows that other reactions may also
happen, and some new insight on the chemistry of iron gall ink corrosion will be discussed.
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3D MICRO XRS - VALIDATION OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL

OF THE SENSITIVITY FOR QUANTIFICATION
Ioanna Mantouvalou, Yvonne Höhn, Wolfgang Malzer, Birgit Kanngiesser

Analytical X-Ray Spectroscopy Group, Technical University of Berlin

3D Micro X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (3D Micro-XRS) as a new analytical technique

has proven to be a useful tool for elemental distribution and chemical speciation
measurements [1,2]. In contrast quantitation for 3D Micro-XRS is still a research issue. We
developed a model of the spatial distribution of the sensitivity of the probing volume defined
by the overlapping foci of the confocal setup [3]. The model serves as a basis for further
quantitation procedures.
The sensitivity function replaces the calibration constant in conventional Micro-XRF. Due to
the energy dependence of the total reflection angle of the optics the sensitivity as well as the
characteristic width of the flux density are functions of the energy of the fluorescence. Both
the sensitivity function and the widths of the flux density define the experimental setup and
can be used to calibrate the system.
In this presentation, the validity of the model is shown. Measurements of thick reference
materials have been carried out at the BAM line at the Berlin synchrotron BESSY. The
sensitivity function shows the expected energy dependence. Additionally, the FWHM of the
optics could be calculated. The dependence of the measurement on the angle of impact on the
sample surface is in good agreement with the model used. Thus, it is shown that the
measurement of a few thick reference samples is sufficient to have a full calibration procedure
for the confocal setup.
As an application example the determination of layer thickness of a fuel cell will be shown.
[1] Kanngießer B, Malzer W, Reiche I, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B 211/2, 259-264, (2003).
[2] Denecke M A, Janssens K, Proost K, Rothe J, Noseck U, Environ. Sci. Technol. 39, 2049-2058 (2005)
[3] Malzer W and Kanngießer B, Spectrochimica Acta B 60 /9-10, 1334-1341 (2005)

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GRAZING-EXIT AND MICRO WAVELENGTH-DISPERSIVE X-RAY

SPECTROMETRY (GE-WDXRS AND MICRO-WDXRS)
Kouichi Tsuji1,2
1
Osaka City University
2
PRESTO-JST (Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology
Japan Science and Technology Agency)

Grazing-exit x-ray spectrometry (GE-XRS) is a related method to total reflection X-ray

fluorescence (TXRF). In the TXRF, the primary x-rays irradiate the sample surface at grazing
angles of incidence. On the other hand, in the GE-XRS, the characteristic x-rays are measured
at grazing-exit angles, usually less than 1 degree. According to microscopic reversibility and
reciprocity, GE-XRS can be applied to surface and thin-film analyses with low background,
similarly to grazing-incidence XRS (GI-XRS) and the TXRF.
Compared to the GI-XRS, the GE-XRS has unique advantages. Since the x-ray emission from
the sample is measured, we can use various exciting probes, not only x-rays but also electrons
and charged particles in the GE-XRS. In addition, these exciting probes can be irradiated the
sample at a right angle. This experimental geometry enables a localized analysis depending on
the exciting probe diameter.
GE technique can be applied for wavelength dispersive (WD) XRS besides energy dispersive
(ED) XRS. After brief explanation of GE-XRS and methodological characteristics using
commercially available instruments, instrumentations of GE-XRS applied for WDS and EDS,
and recent applications to XRF, EPMA and PIXE will be presented.
Another topic is micro-WD-XRF using a polycapillary X-ray lens, which is placed between
the sample and the WDX detector. Even if primary x-rays irradiated the sample in a large
area, it is possible to observe small region by using the polycapillary x-ray lens. Usually, for
this purpose, a polycapillary half lens is applied. Fundamentals of micro-WDXRF and
experimental results will be shown.
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HIGH-RESOLUTION WAVELENGTH-DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETER

Wolfgang Caliebe1, Pavel Machek2, Ulf Brueggmann1, Edmund Welter1
1
Hasylab at Desy, Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
2
Inst. of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen,35392 Gießen,Germany

We designed and built a high-resolution wavelength-dispersive spectrometer for high-

resolution measurements of fluorescence lines, and for inelastic x-ray scattering. The
spectrometer is located at beamline W1 of Hasylab/DESY. The sample is excited with a
highly monochromatic x-ray beam from a wiggler as a radiation source. The beam is focused
into a spot with dimensions 2 mm x 4 mm (v x h). The monochromaticity of the incident
beam is of the order of 1/2500, and the incident flux is about 10^11 photon/s. The
spectrometer is mounted inside a large vacuum tank to reduce absorption by air at lower
energies. The spectrometer operates close to backscattering geometry for best energy
resolution. The analyzer crystals are cylindrically or spherically bent Si single crystals, with
bending radius of about 1m, and diameter of about 100 mm. The scattered x-rays are detected
by a high-resolution CCD-camera. Detector and analyzer are mounted on Rowland circle, but
the sample is usually mounted inside the Rowland circle. This dispersive set-up together with
the rather large focal spot allows is to measure the complete fluorescence spectrum without
scanning analyzer and detector. Typical energy ranges are 10 eV at the Cr K-beta
fluorescence line or 40 eV at the Cu K-alpha fluorescence lines.
We have measured the Cr K-beta fluorescence line in different Cr compounds with different
oxidation states and local symmetries, and the Cu K-alpha fluorescence lines at different
energies close to the Cu K absorption edge. The Cr K-beta fluorescence line shows significant
dependence on the oxidation state and on the symmetry, but the maximum of the fluorescence
line does not show a linear dependence on the oxidation state, opposite to x-ray absorption
spectroscopy, where the energy of the edge correlates well with the oxidation state.
The shape and energy of the Cu K-alpha fluorescence lines depend on the incident energy
close to the edge, where resonant effects dominate. Below the edge, the energy of the
maximum of the emission line shifts with the incident energy (Raman effect), but above the
edge, the fluorescence line does not move. Close to the edge, the width of the fluorescence
line is also significantly narrower than for energies above the edge. Furthermore, weak
transition in absorption spectroscopy, which cannot be detected due to the life-time
broadening of the core-hole, can be separated from the main transitions in the white line.
We plan to perform additional experiments this spring.
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THE WDS ANALYSIS AT HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION:

APPLICATION TO THE STUDY OF Mo/Si MULTILAYERS
Philippe Jonnard, Hélène Maury, Jean-Michel André

Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, CNRS,

UMR 7614, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75231 Paris CEDEX O5, France

The optical properties in the x-ray range of Mo/Si periodic multilayers depend on the quality
of the interfaces within the stacks. If there is formation of interlayers due to diffusion
processes at the Mo-on-Si and Si-on-Mo interfaces, the optical performances of the device
will not be optimized. Then, it is important to characterize and quantify these interlayers, i.e.
to know their composition and thickness.
We show in this communication that x-ray emission spectroscopy induced by electrons,
analyzed at high spectral resolution by a WDS Johann-type spectrometer, is a convenient
technique to characterize in a non-destructive way the interlayers of Mo/Si multilayers. The
analysis is performed in the IRIS (Instrument de Recherche sur les Interfaces et Surfaces)
apparatus equipped with an InSb (111) crystal curved under a radius of curvature of 500 mm.
The detector is a gas-flow counter working in the Geiger mode. In this case the spectral
resolution E/¨E is about 5000 in the 1700-1900 eV photon energy range.
Because of the high resolution of the apparatus, the evolution of the shape of the Si KE
emission band (3p – 1s transition) as a function of the physico-chemical environment of the Si
atoms is easily evidenced. In fact this emission band describes the density of occupied Si 3p
states within the valence band. Because these states involve the less tightly bound electrons of
the solids, the shape of the Si KE emission band is sensitive the environment of the emitting
silicon atom and changes with from one silicon compound to another.
We study a series of Mo/Si multilayers, where the thickness of the Si layers is 2 nm and that
of the Mo layers is 2, 3 or 4 nm. It is clearly seen that the emission band from the Si atoms
within the multilayers is different from that of amorphous Si (a-Si), which should be observed
if no diffusion process takes place at the interfaces. By comparing the observed emission band
to that of a-Si and molybdenum silicides and using a simple diffusion model, we deduce the
composition of the interlayers. Their thickness is also deduced and estimated to be
0.4 ± 0.1 nm or 0.9 ± 0.2 nm depending on the samples.
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RAILWAY INDUCED PARTICULATE EMISSIONS –

A ONE YEAR SURVEY IN ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
Christoph N. Zwicky, Peter Lienemann, Robert Gehrig, Matthias Hill, Andrea Ulrich,
Adrian Wichser, Andreas Maccagnan

EMPA, Materials Science and Technology, Ueberlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland

Public transportation systems are promoted especially in urban areas to reduce the use of
individual vehicles. Compared to light duty vehicles, trains operated by electric engines have
obviously no emissions of combustion aerosols per passenger and distance. Nevertheless,
particulate emissions caused by railway traffic are detectable. Material abrasion from tracks,
wheels, brakes and the overhead traction line enhance the concentration of typical railway
specific elements in ambient air.
To get representative information about the contribution of railway traffic to the local
concentrations of particulate matter with particle sizes below 10 micrometers (PM10), a field
study was performed covering a time period of one year. The chemical composition of the
aerosol samples was determined with wavelength-dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectrometry
(WD-XRF). The measurement campaign involved daily sampling at three measuring sites
influenced by railway traffic together with an urban background site without local railway
exposition (Zeughaus). The sampling sites were situated at the entry to the main railway
station of Zurich (Röntgenstrasse, Gamperstrasse) as well as at a very busy railway line with
more than 700 trains per day (Juchhof). The aerosol particles were sampled on quartz filters in
a distance of ~10 m from the railway tracks. To study the distance dependence of the railway
induced concentrations of railway relevant elements such as iron, manganese and copper,
additional samples were taken at Juchhof in a distance of 36 m and 120 m from the railway
track. The substantial daily variations of the elemental concentration are due to
meteorological influences based on atmospheric dilution and transportation processes.
The results of the measurement campaign showed:
•At a distance of 10 m from the railway tracks the PM10 concentration was 1.5 – 2.0 µg/m3
higher than at the urban background site with an average PM10 concentration of 21.5 µg/m3.
•The additional fine particles caused by railway traffic consist mainly of iron.
•Compared to the average iron concentration at the background site of ~0.6 µg/m3 the iron
content of the aerosol 10 m from the railway tracks increased to ~2 µg/m3.
•The iron concentration decreased drastically with increasing distance from the railway track,
so did the concentration of the other railway relevant elements copper and manganese.
[1] N. Bukowiecki, M. Hill, R. Gehrig, P. Lienemann, C.N. Zwicky et al., Trace metals in ambient air: hourly
size-segregated mass concentrations determined by synchrotron-XRF. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY 39 (15): 5754-5762 (2005)

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THE WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE SYNCHROTRON MICROPROBE USED

FOR MATERIAL ANALYSIS AT ISASLINE.
Alex Von Bohlen

ISAS – Institute for Analytical Sciences, Bunsen-Kirchhoff-Straße 11 - 44139 Dortmund, Germany

Synchrotron radiation (SR) has been discovered to be an excellent excitation source for X-ray
fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) and detailed studies have been conducted to establish the
advantages of using synchrotron radiation for X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. Amongst
others, the high brilliance of the source in contrast to a conventional X-ray tube, the strong
polarization of the radiation and the low divergence of the beam applied to XRF have been
the subjects of investigations [1,2]. However, nearly all published papers in this area of
applications have dealt with SR induced energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
(SR-EDXRF).
Previously, it has been demonstrated that the operation of a wavelength dispersive (WDX)
spectrometer originally designed for an electron microprobe can be attached to a synchrotron
radiation source [3]. The WD spectrometer regularly used for X-ray emission spectrometry is
also suitable for micro-domain X-ray fluorescence analysis. Owing to the use of highly
brilliant SR as the excitation radiation, small areas down to a few square micrometers can be
analysed in a reasonable time. SR-WDXRF for material analysis offers the possibility of
performing local analysis with a good spectral resolution and with optimal excitation
conditions.
At the time a complete SR-WDXRF device was developed and mounted at ISASLine at
DELTA synchrotron facility in Dortmund, Germany. The spectrometer will be presented in
detail. Also the different capillary optics to achieve smaller excitation spots with higher
photon fluxes will be discussed. First experiments under normal atmospheric conditions as
well as under vacuum were performed. The analysis of low-Z elements (B, C, O, Na, etc.)
will be presented and the performance of the spectrometer will be illustrated by line- scans
and area maps.
[1] M. Haller, A. Knöchel, X-ray fluorescence analysis using synchrotron radiation (SYXRF). J. Trace
Microprobe Tech. 14 (1996) 461-488.
[2] W. Petersen, P. Ketelsen, A. Knöchel, R. Pausch, New developments of X-ray fluorescence analysis with
synchrotron radiation (SYXFA). Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 246 (1985) 731-735.
[3] A. von Bohlen, R. Hergenröder, C. Sternemann, M. Paulus, M. Radtke, H. Riesemeier. Wavelength
dispersive synchrotron microprobe used for material analysis. Instrumentation Science & Technology, 33 (2005)
137 – 150.

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HIGH RESOLUTION STUDY OF X-RAY RESONANT RAMAN

SCATTERING AROUND THE L3 EDGE OF Xe
Matjaž Kavcic1, Matjaž Žitnik1, Klemen Bucar1, Andrej Mihelic1
Jure Kokalj 1, Jakub Szlachetko2
1
J. Stefan Institute, P.O. Box 3000, SI-1001, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2
Physics Deprtament, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland

In this work the inelastic scattering of linearly polarized photons on Xe around the L3
absorption edge has been studied. The experiment has been performed on XAFS beamline at
synchrotron Elettra. A series of LD1,2 and LE2,15 x-ray emission spectra of Xe were
recorded along the polarization direction of the incoming photons using the high energy
resolution crystal x-ray spectrometer in Johansson geometry while changing the energy of the
incoming photon beam from 4780 – 5005 eV with the 1 eV step. The combination of high
resolution x-ray spectrometer and well energy collimated photon beam resulted in overall
experimental broadening of 1.1-1.4 eV which is well below the L3 atomic level width of Xe
(2.82 eV [1]). This enabled us for the first time the characterization of the resonantly
enhanced and narrowed emission lines originating from the decay of [2p3/2]nd,ns excited
states [2]. The measured spectra were decomposed into the radiative contributions from
excitations into the continuum and discrete states in order to obtain relative intensities and
energies of the lowest discrete transitions converging into the L3 edge.
[1] J.L. Campbell and T. Papp, At. Data Nucl. Data Tables 77, 1 (2001).
[2] M.A. MacDonald et al., Phys. Rev. A51 (1995).

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APPLICATIONS AND USES OF X-RAY FLUORESCENCE FOR A

CLEANER, SAFER AND HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT
Marc Dupayrat, Didier Bonvin and Ravi Yellepeddi

Thermo Electron SA, Ecublens, Switzerland

XRF techniques provide powerful analytical tools to characterize all types of materials.
Recent advances in WDXRF and EDXRF can be “exploited” usefully to analyze toxic
elements and compounds in aerosol filters, contaminated waters or soils, plastics, used oils,
recycling materials, food products and other consumable goods. Indeed, significant
improvements in the overall sensitivity, limits of detection with element specificity and ease
of use are helping to address environmental applications by XRF. In addition, regulations and
controls are also driving both industries and public institutions to comply for a cleaner, safer
and healthier environment. RoHS and WEEE regulations are one such example. EDXRF has
proven itself to be one of the most effective techniques for such applications. High
performance WDXRF is used for monitoring very low concentrations of toxic elements in
soils and sediments, raw materials and plastics. This presentation aims to cover a variety of
XRF applications in both industrial and public sectors related to the safety, quality and
cleanliness of the materials
E-mail: [email protected]

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STUDY OF ANGULAR, INTENSITY AND ENERGY DISTRIBUTION

OF 279 keV GAMMA RAYS COMPTON SCATTERED
FROM K- SHELL ELECTRONS
Bhajan Singh1, Gurdeep Singh2, B.S. Sandhu1, B.S. Ghumman1
1
Physics Department, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002, India
2
Physics Department, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-140001, India

Among the various processes of interaction of x-rays or gamma rays with matter Compton
scattering is the one which predominates in the intermediate energy range. The study of
Compton scattering has a varieties of application in the different areas like electron
distribution in an atom, non-destructive testing of samples of industrial and medical interest
etc. Generally, Compton scattering is considered to occur from an electron which is free and
stationary and the cross-section for this process is determined accurately by well known
Klein-Nishina formula. When the energy of the incident photon is comparable with the
binding energy of the electron in the inner shell (especially K-shell) of high atomic element,
the electron is no longer considered as free and stationary and the cross-section for free
electron is then corrected for a factor which take into account the binding effect of the
electron. Various relativistic and non-relativistic theories are developed to account for this
correction which is based on form factor approximation, incoherent scattering function
approach and S-matrix formulation. On the experimental side, there are some measurements
at this energy but the results are scanty and inconclusive due a number of parameters involved
in the determination of cross section. In view of this fact, we have performed the experiment
to determine the angular, intensity and energy distribution of 279 keV gamma rays Compton
scattered from K-shell electrons of molybdenum, silver and tin at various scattering angles
ranging from 30° to 150°.
Principle of measurements is that when a gamma ray is scattered incoherently by an electron
in the K-shell, the electron is ejected from the shell and as a result fluorescence K X-ray is
emitted. The probability that this type of scattering will be accompanied by the emission of K
X-ray is defined by the K-shell fluorescence yield of the atom. The measurements are made to
select scattered gamma rays in coincidence with the fluorescence K X-rays that follow the
ejection of K-shell electrons, with a slow fast coincidence set up having resolving time of
25 nsec. This method not only enables to distinguish between gamma rays scattered from K-
shell electrons and gamma rays scattered from free and more loosely electrons, but also
gamma rays scattered coherently from the K-shell electrons. Gamma rays of energy 279 keV
are obtained from a radioactive source of 203Hg of strength 400 mCi. The scatterer is viewed
by two NaI(Tl) scintillation detectors, one sensitive to scattered gamma ray of dimensions
51 mm x 51 mm and the other of dimensions 38.5 mm x 3 mm sensitive to fluorescence K X-
rays of the element. The observed coincidence counts are corrected for chance and false
events. Our experimental results for K-shell to free electron differential Compton cross-
section ratio increases with the increase in scattering angle and are lower than the Klein-
Nishina values at small scattering angles. Our experimental results are compared with the
available theoretical and experimental data.
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CHEMICAL EFFECTS IN THE K X-RAY EMISSION SPECTRA OF SULFUR

Matjaž Kavþiþ1,2, Jean-Claude Dousse2, Jakub Szlachetko2, Wei Cao2
1
J. Stefan Institute, P.O. Box 3000, SI-1001, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2
Physics Department, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland

In this work the chemical effects in the x-ray emission spectra of several different S
compounds have been studied by using high energy resolution x-ray spectroscopy employing
crystal spectrometer. Our previous study about chemical effects in the Ka spectra of S
compounds [1,2] has been extended also to the Kb emission spectra, which has been usually
adopted as most suitable for the chemical speciation of sulfur [3,4]. The Kb emission spectra
induced by irradiating the samples with the bremsstrahlung from the Cr x-ray tube have been
measured with a high resolution crystal spectrometer in Von Hamos geometry. The energies
and widths of the main components (Kb1, Kb’, Kb’’) in the Kb emission spectrum are given
as a function of the sulfur oxidation (valence) state. In addition the sulfur K x-ray absorption
near edge structure spectra (XANES) of the same targets were also recorded on the ID21
beamline at the ESRF synchrotron. The quantitative comparison of the chemical effects in the
Ka and Kb emission spectra as well as the XANES spectra has been made for different sulfur
compounds (sulfide, sulfite, sulfate) and the possibility for the chemical speciation of sulfur
has been discussed.
[1] M. Kavþiþ, A.G. Karydas, Ch. Zarkadas, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B 222, 601-608 (2004).
[2] M. Kavþiþ, A.G. Karydas, Ch. Zarkadas, X-ray Spectrom 34, 310-314 (2005).
[3] M. Uda, T. Yamamoto, T. Tatebayashi, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B 150, 55 (1999).
[4] K. Maeda et al., Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B 136-138, 994 (1998).

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EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION OF X-RAY RESONANT RAMAN

SCATTERING CROSS-SECTIONS FOR SEVERAL ELEMENTS AND
COMPOUNDS
Héctor Jorge Sánchez1, María Cecilia Valentinuzzi1, José Abraham1 and Carlos Pérez2
1
FaMAF, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, (Argentina)
2
Laboratorio Nacional de Luz Síncrotron (Brasil)

The x-ray resonant Raman scattering (RRS) is an inelastic process that occurs when an atom
interacts with an incident photon having an energy slightly lower than that of one of the
absorption edge. For an interaction in the 1s states, the two-state model considers a virtual K-
hole in the intermediate state and a final state with an L-hole (or M-hole), an electron in the
Fermi levels (or in the continuum) and a x-ray photon.
X-ray resonant Raman scattering was observed for the first time many years ago, nevertheless
there is a lack of knowledge about cross sections and their energy dependence. Some authors
have reported deviations between the measured values of mass attenuation coefficient and the
corresponding theoretical ones of the order of 10 %. For this reason a precise determination of
RRS cross sections will contribute to improve the current values of photoelectric absorption
coefficient. In addition, resonant Raman scattering can produce, under certain experimental
conditions, unexpected peaks in x-ray fluorescence spectra.
This work presents experimental measurements of x-ray resonant Raman scattering for Fe,
Cu, Zn and different copper oxides. In addition, measurements of RRS for the L-edge of Er
are also presented. The measurements were carried out in the XRF station of the LNLS using
monochromatic synchrotron radiation. Several energy scannings were performed to analyze
the Raman peak (below the threshold), the energy of the absorption edge, and the fluorescent
line (above the absorption edge) in order to determine the resonant Raman yield.
Data analysis includes several complex stages including non-linear fittings, theoretical cross-
sections convolutions, instrument-function deconvolutions, etc. The results agree very well
with previous measurements published by other authors for the case of Fe, Zn and pure Cu.
The results for the L-edge RRS cross sections are the first one ever reported. Finally, the
analysis of different oxides of Cu showed variations depending on the oxidation state.
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SHAPES OF THE K X-RAY SPECTRA OF HEAVY ATOMS PREDICTED
ON THE BASIS OF THE MCDF CALCULATIONS

Maja Lewandowska-Robak, Marek Polasik

Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Gagarina 7, 87-100 Toru\'{n}, Poland

The multiple ionization of inner shells in collision processes makes the origin of the measured
K X-ray spectra of target atoms very complicated. In order to be able to obtain from the
spectra the information about the L- or M-shell ionization probability it is vital to make use of
the results of theoretical calculations of the positions and intensities of various K X-ray lines.
Our aim has been to examine for a heavy atom the effect of the additional single and double
L- and M-shell ionization on the shapes and structure of the K X-ray spectra, by performing
theoretical calculations on various Pb KL1M0, KL2M0, KL0M1 and KL0M2 satellite lines [1],
corresponding to X-ray transitions from the initial states having apart from a K-shell hole also
an L-shell hole, two L-shell holes, an M-shell hole or two M-shell holes, respectively. We
have calculated the positions and intensities of the studied lines with the extensive
multiconfiguration Dirac-Fock method (MCDF) with the inclusion of the transverse (Breit)
interaction and QED corrections [2]. We have chosen to investigate Pb, since being a heavy,
but not extremely heavy, element (Z=82), it can be regarded as a representative one for heavy
atoms. It is also an element studied by experimentalists, e.g., in nuclear reactions [3,4]. We
have constructed example theoretical (the sum of the Lorentzian natural line shapes) spectra
of Pb for the KDl,2 lines, the KE1,3 lines, as well as the KE2 and KO2,3 lines. Each spectrum
corresponds to a probable experimental situation and is a summary spectrum including
contributions from all the above-mentioned satellite lines as well as from the K X-ray diagram
lines. It has been found that most of the satellite contributions overlap with one another and
also with the diagram contribution, so that only the KL2M0 lines (except for the KE3 and KE2
lines), as well as the KL1M0 lines (except for the KO2,3 lines) are reasonably well visible in
the summary spectrum. Other satellite contributions cause very small deformation of the
summary spectrum (like e.g., the KE1L0M1 and KE1L0M2 lines), are involved in a very
complicated structure (e.g., the KE2L2M0 lines and all the KO2,3 lines except for the KL2M0
ones) or cannot be recognized in the summary spectrum (like KDlL0M1 and $ KDlL0M2 lines).
Thus our theoretical spectra should be crucial in both interpretation (the decomposition) of the
spectra and designing new experiments (choosing the optimum conditions), involving the K
X-ray spectra of multiply ionized heavy atoms induced by various light or heavy projectiles.
[1] M. Polasik and M. Lewandowska-Robak, Phys. Rev. A 70, 052502 (2004); J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys.
38, 2407 (2005) and 39, 1169 (2006).
[2] M. Polasik, Phys. Rev. A 39, 616 (1989) ; 39, 5092 (1989); 40, 4361 (1989); 52, 227 (1995).
[3] V. L. Kravchuk et al., Phys. Rev. A 64, 062710 (2001).
[4] V. L. Kravchuk et al., Phys. Rev. A 67, 052709 (2003).

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IONIZATION EQUILIBRIUM IN MULTICHARGED ION PLASMA

WITH FAST ELECTRONS
Vasily Zakharov, Vladimir Novikov

Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Miusskaya sq. 4

Moscow, 125047 RUSSIA

Bremsstrahlung x-ray emission from plasma with fast electrons depends on ion charge in
plasma. Discharge and laser produced multicharged ion plasmas often have nonequilibrium
electron distributions with fast (high energy) electrons that may have a profound effect on
ionization balance.
In the report the influence of high energy electrons on ionization balance in the collision-
radiation equilibrium model is considered.
Nonmaxwellian electron distribution by the energy, found out by adding of fast electrons with
various concentration and energy, used for calculations of impact processes rates on the basis
of Hartree-Fock-Slater (HFS) quantum-statistical model in the average ion approximation.
The calculation approach for the rates of inelastic electron-ion interaction processes with
arbitrary electron distribution function based on the method of distorted waves (DW) with the
using of numerical and semiclassic wave functions for discrete and continuous spectra
calculated in self-consisted HFS potential. Results of calculations of the ionization
equilibrium in argon plasma in the temperature range of 5 – 1000 eV with fast electrons with
energies from 1 to 10 keV and relative concentrations 0.1 – 10 % are analyzed. Basically, the
calculations for the density of electrons ~ 1018/cm3 were made.
It is shown that fast electrons increase the impact ionization rates in multicharged ion plasma
and consequently significantly change its ionization equilibrium state. The bremsstrahlung
emission from plasma is recalculated with presence fast electrons.
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A THEORETICAL STUDY OF THE X-RAY SPECTRA EMITTED

BY CHLORINE IONS IN ECRIS PLASMAS
J. P. Santos1,2, M. C. Martins2,3, A. M. Costa2,3, P. Indelicato4, F. Parente1,2

1
Dep Física, Universidade Nova Lisboa
2
Centro Física Atómica da Universidade Lisboa
3
Dep.Física, Universidade Lisboa
4
Lab. Kastler Brossel, École Normale Supérieure et Univ. P. et M.Curie

The principle of Electron cyclotron resonance ion sources (ECRIS) has been proposed in the
sixties, yet a detailed understanding of the way they work, in order to improve their capacity
is not yet available. Atomic physics is a very important tool for studying the plasma. A brief
historical review and a discussion of future prospects can be found in reference [1]. In an
ECRIS the energy for plasma generation comes from resonant electron heating by
microwaves.. ECRIS are characterized by their capacity to produce substantial amounts of
highly charged ions and by high electron temperatures. X-ray emission, including
bremsstrahlung. Characteristic lines, caused by these high energy electrons due to electron-
ion collisions can be used for ECRIS plasma diagnostics. The shape of the continuum
spectrum may provide information about the electron temperature in the plasma. On the other
hand, characteristic radiation has also been seen as an indicator of electron temperature,
making use of the energy dependence of K-shell ionization by electron impact beyond
threshold. Furthermore, the degree of ionization of the ions can also be obtained from the K
X-ray lines energy shifts due to the removal of outer electrons [2].
In this work we study the contribution of the most important atomic processes, occurring in an
ECRIS, which contribute to the creation of excited states from the ground configurations of
Cl ions and lead to the emission of K X-ray lines. Theoretical values for inner-shell
excitation, K and KL ionisation cross sections, energies, and radiative and radiationless
transition probabilities for the de-excitation processes are calculated in the framework of the
Multi-Configuration Dirac-Fock (MCDF) method [3]. With reasonable assumptions about the
electron energy distribution, a theoretical K X-ray spectrum is obtained, which reproduces
closely recent experimental results.
[1] R. Geller, Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Sources and ECR Plasmas. 1996, Bristol: Institute of Physics
Publishing
[2] M. C. Martins, A. M. Costa, J. P. Santos, P. Indelicato and F. Parente, J. Phys. B, 34, 533 (2001)
[3] P. Indelicato and J. P. Desclaux, Phys. Rev. A 42, 5139 (1990)

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COMPARISON OF BACK-FOIL SXRF AND EPMA FOR THE ELEMENTAL

CHARACTERIZATION OF THIN COATINGS
E. S. Valamontes1, J. C. Statharas2
1
Department of Electronics, Technological and Educational Institute of Athens, 12210, Greece
2
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technological and Educational Institute of Chalkis
34400 Psahna, Greece

The focusing of high flux photon sources for X-Ray Microscope systems requires heavy and
expensive equipment, with X-Ray focusing elements and mechanical systems, not easily
available. An alternative to that equipment is the arrangement proposed by Cazaux [1]. An
incident electron beam is focused on a thin target and the specimen in thin film form is set on
the back of this target. The X-Ray beam of limited dimensions produced in the target is used
to ionize the sample. The X-Ray beam is scanned by scanning the electron beam. This setup
has been used in a SEM for Scanning X-Ray Microradiography and Microfluorescence [2].
Back-foil scanning X-ray microfluorescence, developed in a scanning electron microscope
and applied for the analysis of very thin coatings (1-200 nm) is compared with electron probe
X-ray microanalysis (EPMA). Both experimental results and Monte-Carlo calculations are
used in this respect.
In this paper, experimental results of the signal to background ratio (S/B) in the case of back-
foil XRF for different film thicknesses as a function of the detection angle ș, are examined.
When the angle is increased, the S/B ratio is improved, due to further reduction of the
background caused in turn by greater absorption of continuous radiation within the anode and
an increase of the analyzed film area. Back-foil scanning X-ray microfluorescence (SXRF),
used in optimized experimental conditions, is found to be more sensitive than EPMA,
especially in the case of very thin overlayers. The reduced background in the case of back-foil
XRF gives the possibility to increase the measuring time so that the sensitivity of the
technique is considerably improved compared to that of EPMA.
Lateral distribution of the total X-ray signal from a film in back-foil XRF is also examined.
The distribution is approximately Gaussian. The resolving power of the technique, defined as
the minimum distance between two points for which the X-ray signals are resolved, is a
few µm. This is much better than the resolving power in conventional XRF and of the same
order of magnitude as in EPMA.
[1] J. Cazaux, Rev. Phys. Appl. 10 (1975) 263.
[2] D. Mouse, X. Thomas and J. Cazaux, IIth Int. Congr. X-Ray Opt. Microan., London, Canada (1986) 63.

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DEPTH SENSITIVE INVESTIGATION OF PERSIAN TILES WITH 3D

MICRO X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY

Yvonne Höhn1, Ioanna Mantouvalou1, Wolfgang Malzer1, Birgit Kanngiesser1

Stefan Röhrs2, Ina Reiche2, Friederike Voigt3
1
Analytical X-ray Spectroscopy Group, Technical University of Berlin
2
C2RMF Centre de Recherche et Restauration des Musées de France, Paris
3
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

3D micro X-ray spectroscopy (3D micro-XRS) is an advanced method by which it is possible

to combine X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) and X-ray absorption near edge structure
spectroscopy (XANES) for investigation in a certain depth of the sample. First measurements
already showed that the method facilitates investigation on elemental distribution and
chemical speciation at the same spot in a certain depth of a material (Kanngießer et al. 2003,
Höhn et al. 2006).
New results on this methodological development are presented in order to evidence the
potential of this method and the problems to solve in order to apply it for the investigation of
complex materials. First analyses concern Cu-containing layered laboratory samples. Various
XRF and XANES-spectra at the Cu K-edge were measured at different positions in depth on
these well-known samples. The spectra revealed the complexity of fluorescence and
absorption phenomena that have to be considered while performing depth-resolved micro-
XRF and micro-XANES. Therefore, it is necessary to elaborate a mathematical treatment for
absorption correction of the XANES data.
In the frame of a French-German interdisciplinary project on Persian tiles from the 19th
century of the Qajar period (Voigt 2002), this new method already proved its versatility on
original samples. With the help of the non-destructive 3D micro-XRS measurements, original
Persian tiles, which are conserved in the Ethnological museum of Berlin, were analyzed non-
destructively with respect to the material employed, the manufacturing process, and
decoration techniques. First results are shown which help to clarify the questions concerning
the coloring pigments, the thickness of the glaze, the application method of the pigment layer.
B. Kanngießer, W. Malzer, I. Reiche, Nucl. Instr. Meth. B 211/2, 259-264 (2003).
Y. Höhn, I. Mantouvalou, W. Malzer, B. Kanngießer, I. Reiche, S. Röhrs, F. Voigt. BESSY annual report 2005
(2006) in press
F. Voigt, Qadscharische Bildfliesen im Ethnologischen Museum in Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Preußischer Kulturbesitz Berlin (2002).

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THICKNESS DETERMINATION OF NANO-LAYERS - CHALLENGES FOR

COATING THICKNESS ANALYSES
Wolfgang Klöck

Röntgenanalytik Messtechnik GmbH, Georg-Ohm-Str. 6, 65232 Taunusstein, Germany

Decreasing structure sizes in micro-electronic devices lead to smaller and smaller analysis
areas in the tens of microns range as well as metal layer thicknesses in the nm-range.
Detection and quantification of a few atomic layers on small features requires optimized
analytical strategies and methods. For quality control in micro-electronics analytical
techniques need to be developed to improve sensitivity for the quantification of nano-layers.
This poster contribution discusses possibilities for the analysis of thin layers and gives
examples of results obtained on multi-layers and alloy layer structures. In addition to that
application examples for micro-spot analyses in micro-electronics will be presented.
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µ-XRF AND µ-XANES AT CALCIFICATION FRONTS

OF HUMAN ARTICULAR CARTILAGE
N. Zoeger1, P. Wobrauschek1, C. Streli1, C. Jokubonis1, G. Pepponi2
G. Falkenberg3, R. Simon4, P. Roschger5, A. Tampieri6
1
TU Wien, Atominstitiut der Österreichischen Universitäten, Stadionallee 2, A-1020 Wien, Austria
2
ITC-irst, Centro per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica, via Sommarive 1838050 Povo, Trento, Italy
3
Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor HASYLAB am Deutschen Elektronen- Synchrotron,
Notkestr. 85, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
4
Institut fuer Synchrotronstrahlung, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Germany
5
Ludwig Boltzmann Institut of Osteology, Hanusch Hospital of WGKK and AUVA Trauma Centre
Meidling, 4th Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
6
ISTEC, Instituto di Scienca e Tecnologia dei Materiali Ceramici
via Granarolo 64, 48018 Faenza, Italy

One of the main threats to human health from heavy metals is associated with exposure to
lead (Pb), which is associated with chronic diseases in the nervous, hematopoietic, skeletal,
renal and endocrine system. Although much progress has been made to limit Pb exposure in
industrialized countries, primarily through the elimination of leaded gasoline, workplace
exposures and leaded pipes, most adults have already accumulated a substantial body burden
of Pb. Most of the affiliated Pb is deposited in human bones, where it is stored up to 20 years
and accounts for 90–95% of the total lead body burden. Pb is able to displace Ca2+ by cation
exchange processes in the hydroxyapatite crystal –the main constituent of bone-and is
liberated from it in cases of increased bone turnover such as osteoporosis, pregnancy,
hyperthyroidism and hyperparathyroidism. Besides these phenomenological studies on the
release of Pb from human calcified tissue analytical studies are essential to gain insight on
storage sites and storage mechanisms on a microscopic scale.
Therefore detailed synchrotron radiation induced micro X-ray fluorescence analyses (SR µ-
XRF) have been carried out to study the distribution of Pb in bones from human joints
(femoral heads and patellas). As a very recent result we found a highly specific accumulation
of Pb in the tidemark, which is a metabolically active mineralization front (thickness about 5-
10µm) between calcified and non-calcified articular cartilage and plays an important role in
developing osteoarthritis. From the results obtained for single tidemark bones one would
expect an accumulation of Pb in both tidemarks of bones showing tidemark duplication.
However, Pb shows a strong accumulation at the older of the two tidemarks, while it is not
present at the younger one. A comparison of the Pb distribution with the one of other
“tidemark-seekers” (e.g. Zn) exhibits a time difference in the accumulation of different metals
at the calcification fronts of human calcified tissue.
The finding of elevated Pb levels in cartilage compared to the subchondral region of the bone
(about 10 times higher) motivated a study on the chemical speciation of Pb in both
compartments of calcified human tissue. Comparing results from micro X-Ray Absorption
Near Edge Structure (µ-XANES) measurements in the tidemark with the ones from adequate
standard materials gives information on the chemical bond of Pb in human cartilage.
Results from a first µ-XANES experiment carried out at HASYLAB beamline L will be
presented in this paper. µ-XANES scans at the tidemark of a femoral head and patella, and on
a set of standard materials namely Pb-hydroxyapatite, PbO, PbS, PbCO3, and PbSO4 have
been compared and will be presented.
Although suffering from weak counting statistics one could estimate from the results, that
most of the accumulated Pb in the tidemark is bound to hydroxyapatite
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LIME IN THE AIR: AEROSOL PARTICLES

IN THE COLOMBO REGION, SOUTH BRAZIL
Darci M. Braga1, Ana Flavia L.Godoi1, Yaroslava Makarovska2, Sanja Potgieter-Vermaak3,
Balint Alfoldy4, Szabina Török4, Rene Van Grieken2, Ricardo H. M. Godoi1
1
Graduate Program in Environmental Management, Centro Universitário Positivo – UnicenP - R.
Prof. Pedro Viriato Parigot de Souza, 5300, Campo Comprido, Curitiba - PR - CEP 81280-330,
Brazil.
2
Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium.
3
School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag X,
2050 Wits, South Africa.
4
Health Physics Department, KFKI Atomic Energy Research Institute, P.O. Box 49, H-1525 Budapest
114, Hungary.

There is broad agreement that airborne particles have important consequences for health,
visibility, climate, and human health. For instance, a chronic exposure to particulates has been
associated with increased rates of asthma and other respiratory sicknesses, with loss of lung
function, and with increased risk of pneumoconiosis, also called mineral dust diseases. Two
important parameters should be taken in account in this context: the respirable fraction of
submicrometric aerosol particles which can deposit at the bifurcation of the conductive
airways and penetrate into the alveoli, and its composition. Due to the high amount of
limestone deposits in Brazil, the production of lime is one intense industrial activity in such
areas. The lime production begins with the quarrying and crushing of limestone and the
conversion into fine powder is obtained through heating in a kiln. Filter devices should be
used to control small particles emission, although the use is restricted. In the South of Brazil,
regional air pollution caused by the lime production has become a serious problem with
potential effects to human health and the regional environment. Colombo is a city near
Curitiba (capital of Paraná states) with 200,000 inhabitants. Between 2000 and 2004,
approximately 2 million tonne of lime were produced in this city. In Colombo city, the
association between the lime production and the number of persons who needed respiratory
treatment in a local hospital is accentuated, indicating that such activity can cause deleterious
health effects in the exposed workers and population. Microanalysis can be very useful to
characterize the composition of individual particles by investigating the presence of particular
elements, which allows us to discriminate between specific particles types. In the present
research, an electron probe microanalysis method, called low-Z EPMA, was applied. By the
application of the low-Z EPMA technique, the chemical composition of individual particles
was quantitatively elucidated, including low-Z components like C, N and O, as well as
higher-Z elements. Information concerning the bulk composition is provided by EDXRF.
Samples were further analysed for chemical and morphological aspects, determining the
particle size distribution and classifying them according to elemental composition. Five
classes have been detected based on major elements concentrations: alumino-silicate, carbon-
rich, organic and calcium carbonate and calcium oxide. In view of the chemical composition
and size distribution of the aerosol particles, local deposition efficiencies in the human
respiratory system were calculated for that particle classes. To the authors’ knowledge, this is
the first time that single-particle analysis using low-Z EPMA has been performed
systematically on lime aerosols from Brazil.
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BRONZE AGE ADOBE BRICKS FROM TURENG TEPE (EASTERN IRAN):

MINERALOGICAL AND GEO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISATION.
Liliana Panei1, Gilberto Rinaldi2, Maurizio Tosi3

1
Laboratorio di Sperimentazione Mineraria e Petrografica, Ministero Attività Produttive,
Largo S.Susanna 13, 00187 Rome, Italy,
2
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e delle Materie Prime, University of Rome
"La Sapienza", Italy, e-mail: [email protected]
3
Dipartimento di Archeologia, Cattedra di Paletnologia, University of Bologna, Italy,
e-mail: [email protected]

A study has been carried out on adobe bricks from Tureng Tepe, an archaeological site in east
Iran, north of the Gordan River.
Adobe bricks are made of clay and chaff, mixed, moulded and sun-dried.
A multianalytical approach was adopted; mineralogical, geochemical and physical features
were determined by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), Atomic
Absorption Spectroscopy (GFAA), sieving and sedimentation. The chemical analysis
involved the determination of trace elements.
The analyses were performed to identify the kind of raw materials used and to compare the
results with the data relative to clays, clay-water mixtures and fired materials that were
recovered on the archaeological site. The analytical data were statistically elaborated.
Some firing experiments were carried out on the clays to compare the fired and unfired
samples.
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IN SITU ANALYSIS OF NEOLITHIC BLACK AND RED ROCK ART

PIGMENTS FROM SALTADORA CAVES (SPAIN) BY PORTABLE EDXRF
SPECTROMETRY
Clodoaldo Roldán1, Sonia Murcia-Mascarós1, José Ferrero1, Valentín Villaverde2
Rafael Martínez3, Pere Guillem3, Esther López2
1
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales, Universidad de Valencia. P.O. Box 22085, 46071-Valencia
(Spain).
2
Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología, Universidad de Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 28.
46010-Valencia (Spain).
3
Museu de la Valltorta. Partida Pla de l‘Om, 12179-Tirig, Castellón (Spain).

Most prehistoric rock paints were produced using inorganic pigments, primarily iron and
manganese minerals that yield red and black paints, respectively. In Europe, the use of
mineral pigments has started in the Palaeolithic, and Neolithic rock art manifestations are
particularly abundant in eastern Spain. The rock art pigments are often fragile and precious
materials whose study requires both non-destructive and in situ analytical methods to identify
their elemental composition as complement to stylistic analyses. However, the manifestations
of the prehistoric rock art paintings are, in most of cases, in places of difficult access. This
fact supposes a severe restriction to the analytic studies that can be carried out in situ.
Our aim in this research was to demonstrate the usefulness of portable EDXRF spectroscopy
for in situ analysis to investigate the elemental composition of the prehistoric rock art
paintings (~7000 b.C.) located at the “La Saltadora” caves in Valltorta Valley (Coves de
Vinromà, Castellón, Spain). We have analyzed the collection of 20 figures placed in the hard
access natural shelter IX.2. These paintings represent human and animal figures in red or
black pigment.
A portable EDXRF spectrometer developed at the Material Science Institute of the Valencia
University was used to obtain the elemental composition of the wall paintings. The
spectrometer employed was an Eclipse-II X-ray tube (silver anode, Vmax =30 kV,
Imax =1mA) and a Si-PIN Peltier cooled detector (FWHM=180 eV) mounted on a
mechanical device with an XYZ stage. A 600W portable fuelled gasoline power generator
was used during the measurements.
This preliminary study was undertaken using only portable EDXRF spectrometry in order to
make the in situ characterization of not previously analysed rock art paintings that will
facilitate future sampling decisions to use other analytical methods to obtain additional
information about their chemical composition and structure, and the presence of extenders
and binders to determine the pigment preparation methods.
EDXRF analyses of black pigments, unusual pigments in the Neolithic rock paintings from
eastern Spain, show the presence of manganese minerals and were not considered for
radiocarbon dating sampling. Iron oxides are present in all red figures with similar X-ray
fluorescence spectra. A singular case is a red deer were the presence of arsenic was detected
as trace element only in a part of their surface. This fact can be attributed to the use of two
different iron based red pigments and therefore this figure is a good candidate for sampling.
In conclusion, the main chemical elements of the red and black paints were clearly identified
in all the samples and this study confirms that portable EDXRF spectrometry can be used for
the in situ identification of rock art pigments and can help us to take sampling decisions that
minimize the aggressions to the work.
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SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON XRF USE IN MUSEUM MEASUREMENTS –

THE CASE OF MEDIEVAL SILVER COINS
B. Constantinescu

National Institute of Nuclear Research and Engineering “Horia Hulubei”,

P.O. BOX MG-6, Bucharest 077125, Romania

We present two applications using in-situ XRF technique on medieval silver coins from the
National Museum of Romania’s History in Bucharest. The ED-XRF measurements were
performed with a spectrometer consisting of a 30 mCi 241Am annular gamma source and a
Si(Li) vertical detector (200 eV FWHM at 5.9 keV). When the medieval silver coins are
surface-corroded, a major disadvantage of ED-XRF is its relatively low information depth.
Applied to corroded objects non-destructively, it has to be considered that the results obtained
from the surface do not represent the chemical composition of the core, the surface of the coin
presenting an enrichment of the noble constituents. A very interesting case was the one of the
brakteaten pfennige (one side thin foil coins), minted by the medieval German princes and
bishops (Xth – XIIth centuries). The National Museum of Romania’s History has some
hundreds of such coins in its collections, and a quick sorting of them was necessary. A way of
solving this problem was to use in-situ ED-XRF measurements. Very few coins were high
fineness silver coins, for which the following composition: Ag=96%, Au=0.75%, Pb=0.65%,
Cu=2.05% was determined. However, most of the coins were silvered coins, with either
copper or bronze or leaded bronze (Pb=65%, Cu=22%, Sn=12%, Sb=0.4%) core , being
covered with a very thin silver layer. This thin silver layer contains a lot of mercury, which
remained from the silvering (plating) procedure using Ag-Hg amalgam. A possible
explanation for these numerous silvered coins can be the fact that the old German silver mines
were probably exhausted during XIth century, only in the XIVth century being discovered new
mines in Saxony (e.g. Freiberg and Schneeberg). However, during this period (Xth – XIIth
centuries) the construction of the great cathedrals had started, and there was a high need for
money; therefore, a strong debasement of these silver coins took place. A more extensive
study was performed on the medieval silver coins named groschen that circulated during the
late Middle Age on the Moldavian territory. The fundamental historical problem that raised
this study was the fact that Moldavia is a region where there are no silver mines. One possible
hypothesis was that the first monetary emissions of Moldavian Medieval princes were made
using foreign coins, which were melted and reused. Many types of silver medieval coins were
analyzed: Moldavian, Bohemian, Hungarian, Tatar, Walachian and Polish, all coined between
the XIVth and XVth century and the results of different coins groups were compared. The
conclusion is the precious metal was most likely obtained by melting foreign silver and
copper coins (for some of coins, copper is the main element, reflecting a high debasement).
One can find coins with composition similar to the foreign ones, depending on the military
alliances and commercial exchanges typical for the respective period (high Ag content for the
period when Moldavia was under Poland suzerainty and relatively lower Ag content for the
periods of alliance with Hungary).
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APPLICATION OF LOCAL X-RAY-FLUORESCENT ANALYSIS FOR

PAINTS ELEMENT COMPOSITION DEFINITION IN PAINTINGS
Alexander Scherbakov1, A. Sineychuk2, E. Lubavskaya3
1
Institute for Roentgen Optics, Moscow
2
Institute for Roentgen Optics, Moscow
3
State Art Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow

There are results received at studying separate products of arts from Art collection of State
Tretiakov Gallery (ancient icons and pictures). While studding the masterpieces, the method
of local fluorescent analysis with application of Kumakhov's X-Ray polycapillary lens has
been used. Results under the analysis of an ancient icon of artist A.Rublyov “Troitsa”
("Trinity") and many artists of Russian avantguarde like Shagal, Udaltsov and others are
submitted.
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NON DESTRUCTIVE SEMIQUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF RENAISSANCE

PICTORIAL MULTILAYERS BASED ON EDXRF ANALYSIS AND
REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY
L. Bonizzoni1, A. Galli2, G. Poldi1, M. Milazzo1
1
Istituto di Fisica Generale Applicata, Universita’ degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 16, 20133
Milano, Italy
2
CNR-INFM, Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Universita’ degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, via R.
Cozzi 53, 20125 Milano, Italy

The painting technique of Renaissance artists (XV-XVI cent.) is based on laying down
different pigment thin superficial layers (so called velature). The information of artist’s
palette can be achieved by stratigraphic analysis, preferably with non destructive techniques.
The traditional method of stratigraphic analysis is, in fact, based on optical observation of
cross sections and it requires micro-destructive sampling. The possibility of exploiting IBA
(Ion Beam Analyses), as PIXE and PIGE, has been recently considered, but in situ analyses
are not possible.
We propose the association of Energy Dispersive XRF analysis (EDXRF) with visible and
near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (vis-NIR RS) which are both achievable by portable
instruments. By XRF analysis one detects chemical elements of the pigment layer sequence
down to the ground level, while reflectance spectra are characteristic of the most external
layer. Inclusion of near infrared component allows in fact extending the analysis down to tens
microns of thickness. The identification of pigments in the most external layer by reflectance
spectra makes possible that composition of the underlying layers be inferred. The zones to be
investigated by our method are selected with infrared reflectography (from 0.8 to 1.1 micron),
which in most case allows to extract restored areas from the original ones. At the same time
infrared reflectography gives some additional information on painting materials.
Our method was tested on a set of more than 150 paint layers of different composition. We
used monolayers of pure pigment or mixed with lead white, monolayers of mixed pigments,
multiple layers of pure pigments or mixed with lead white, multiple layers of mixed pigments.
The choice of pigments was according to tradition from consulting treatises and essays on
painting from 13th century to the beginning of 20th century and looking at the stratigraphic
data published by various research institutes in the last 30 years.
The method allows the determination of layer sequence and the average thickness of each
layer can be estimated as well.
As example of in situ application we cite the examination of “Madonna col bambino e un coro
di cherubini” and “Pala di San Zeno” by Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506).
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SULFUR ANALYSIS ON STONE MONUMENTS

BY A FIELD PORTABLE EDXRF SYSTEM
Maurizio Diana1, Nazareno Gabrielli2, Stefano Ridolfi3
1
Senior technician for the Cultural Heritage, Rome Italy
2
Ex director of the Gabinetti di Ricerca Scientifica dei Monumenti
Musei e Gallerie Pontificie, Rome Italy
3
Ars Mensurae, Rome Italy

An important part of the world's cultural heritage is represented by stone monuments and a
very dangerous weathering process on stone monuments is induced by human activity, by air
pollution. One of the worst pollutants for stone monuments is connected to sulfur compounds
and in the last word to gypsum. Gypsum is a slightly soluble compound and it can be washed
away by rain, leaving the surface of the stone clean but eroded and ready to start the process
of corrosion again.
With field portable EDXRF instruments it is possible to conduct in situ investigation,
mapping, registration and evaluation of stone degradation phenomena connected to sulfate
formation on stone and stone like material by the quantification of sulfur concentration
directly connected to the gypsum presence.
The EDXRF instrument used in this work is a commercial system composed by a
miniaturized low power air cooled tungsten x ray tube and a SDD Peltier cooled detector.
The EDXRF instrument was calibrated with a series of standard expressly produced for this
work ranging from 0.25 % to 15 % of sulfur content. Correlating the counts of the sulfur peak
with sulfur concentration it is observed a straight line (R2=0,9979). Several maximum
excitation energies have been tried to find the best working point. The silicon escape peaks of
the calcium had to be kept in mind for their superimposition with the sulfur peak.
In this memory we are going to discuss the working method established and the results
fulfilled on several stone monuments as "La fanciulla di Anzio" an ancient roman statue kept
in the Roman National Museum, the tomb of pope Bonifacio VIII by Arnolfo di Cambio kept
in the Vatican Basilica, stone decorations from Locus Feronie and a gypsum copy of the
"Discobolus" kept in the Gypsum Museum in Rome.
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THE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI:

DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS BY MEANS OF A PORTABLE EDXRF SYSTEM
Stefano Ridolfi1, Roberto Cesareo2, Maurizio Marabelli3
1
Ars Mensurae, Rome, Italy
2
Dept. of Mathematics and Physics, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
3
Central Restoration Institute, Rome, Italy

The equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni (by Andrea del Verrocchio around 1480),
currently under restoration, was systematically analyzed, for diagnostic purposes, with a
portable EDXRF (Energy Dispersive X Ray Fluorescence) system in situ.
The statue was analyzed with 63 measurements; three series of measurements for each of the
21 chosen areas, with the aim of characterizing the patina, the superficial enrichments and the
alloy.
The areas of measurement have been chosen to include every sub-part of the statue
(composed by several sections soldered together), therefore every section has at least one
measurement.
Two of the three series of measurements were accomplished on the patinated surface at high
and low excitation energy in order to characterize the patina, while the third series of
measurements were achieved after a mechanical removal of a small portion of the patina to
characterize the bronze alloy with a high excitation energy.
The results regarding the quantitative analysis of the different alloys are presented. A cluster
analysis has been performed and the results sort out the different parts of the statue in
different homogeneous groups, such as the two legs of the anterior part of the horse, the front
part of the body of the horse, the head of the horse, the left posterior leg of the horse, the calf
of the rider and a soldering section that all belong to the same group. An example of a second
group is the tail, which is very rich in tin and stands on its own. Regarding the measurements
at low energy on the patina surface the elements sulfur, chlorine and potassium were
analyzed. Water samples of the venetian "canali" were collected to relate the elements found
on the patina with the marine aerosol.
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NON-DESTRUCTIVE INVESTIGATION OF OLD GRAPHICS PAPER

WITH THE USE OF X-ART M ANALYZER
S.V.Rimskaya-Korsakova, S.V.Sirro, A.S.Serebryakov

State Russian Museum, St.Petersburg

JSC “Comita”, St.Petersburg, Russia

Old graphics pieces from the Russian Museum and National Library collections were
analyzed with the use of X-Art M spectrometer – modified version of X-Art instrument
described in [1]. The main efforts were made to clear up the authorship and the time of
creation for these pieces taking into account that standard approaches used previously gave no
results.
The typical number of elements analyzed in the paper samples was about 15 varying from P
and S up to Pb. Relative element contents determination allows to attribute graphics pieces,
and the final goal of this work should be a supplement to the existing data base on the old
papers.
[1] Serebryakov A.S., Demchenko E.L., Koudryashov V.I., Sokolov A.D. Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescent
(ED XRF) analyzer X-Art for investigation of artworks. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research,
2004, v. B213, pp. 699-702.

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AUTHENTICATION OF POSTAL PIECES BY X RAY FLUORESCENCE

ANALYSIS WITH SPATIAL RESOLUTION
Héctor Jorge Sánchez, María Cecilia Valentinuzzi

FaMAF, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina)

The authentication of philatelic pieces is a complicated task that usually requires several
processes, including the inspection and evaluation of experts, the observation with optical
microscopes, UV assessments and IR examinations. Everyday, the utilization of more
complicated technologies is more and more frequent in order to obtain more accurate results.
Raman spectroscopy, electron probe microanalysis and diffraction techniques have been
reported. There are very few references of the application of XRF techniques to philately and,
certainly, applications of this technique to philately in Argentina are not known.
The utilization of XRF in philately can be very diverse but its basic application consists of
qualitative (quantitative if possible) elemental determination of the components of the
different inks used, either on stamps, postmarks or postage stamps. One of the most
immediate analysis consists of studying the inks of the postmarks. The presence or absence of
certain elements that are characteristic of inks (modern inks or inks of some predetermined
period) can decide the authenticity or fake of a piece.
In this work we present measurements by X ray fluorescence with spatial resolution of
postmark inks of several postal pieces, some of them recognized by experts as authentic ones
and others as fake ones. By means of qualitative analysis, different comparisons where
performed in order to evaluate the possibilities of this technique for the detection of
falsifications.
The measurements were carried out using a conventional spectrometer with sample-
positioning stages; microbeams were attained by micro-collimators and also a mono-capillary.
The results obtained in this work indicate that XRF with spatial resolution is a suitable
technique for the authentication of postal pieces through the identification of the elements that
constitute the used inks. XRF represents an excellent complement of other techniques and a
significant help to the evaluation performed by experts.
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XRF INVESTIGATION OF PIGMENTS IN WALL PAINTINGS BY

PARMIGIANINO
Gianni Antonioli, Danilo Bersani, Pierpaolo Lottici

Dipartimento di Fisica - Università di Parma, Viale G.P. Usberti 7/a, 43100 PARMA - Italy

During the restoration works in the Churches of San Giovanni Evangelista and Santa Maria
della Steccata in Parma (Italy), various submillimeter sized cross-section samples from
frescoes by Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola, 1503-1540) have been collected . These
samples are a selection of the main chromatic elements of Parmigianino's paintings; the study
of cross-sections provides information about the composition of each layer of paint. The
characterization of these layers is important both for the knowledge of the work of art and for
the development of proper restoration strategies.
X-ray fluorescence spectra recorded from uncoated samples without elaborate preparation
provide a reliable non destructive method for the identification of pigments, complementing
other techniques such as Raman Spectroscopy.
The XRF experiments were carried out on D15 beamline at LURE, Orsay (France). The setup
of the beamline allowed the acquisition of data with spatial resolution of 10 microns, in both
X and Y directions. The beamline was well adapted to obtain the elemental maps of the
samples. To visualize the elemental density, each element is then plotted separately on a
distribution map, using a MATLAB Mapping Function Program, developed by the authors.
The technique proved useful to identify the pigments that Parmigianino used in different
combinations, mixed together or applied in subsequent layers. Also, the evidence of extensive
restoration has been indicated by the presence of more recent pigments.
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X-RAYS TECHNIQUES FOR THE STUDY OF LASER CLEANING OF

BRONZE AND COPPER COINS
Domenico Aiello1, Alessandro Buccolieri2,6, Giovanni Buccolieri2,6, Antonio Cassiano3
Alfredo Castellano2, Laura Sandra Leo2,6, Antonella Lorusso4,6, Gloria Nassisi4
Vincenzo Nassisi4,6, Roberto Rucco3, Lorenzo Torrisi5

1
ENEL Produzione S.p.A., 72020, Tuturano (BR), Italy
2
University of Lecce, Department of Material Science, via Monteroni, 73100, Lecce, Italy
3
Museum Sigismondo Castomediano, viale Gallipoli, 73100, Lecce, Italy
4
University of Lecce, Department of Physics, via Arnesano, 73100, Lecce, Italy
5
University of Messina, Department of Physics, INFN-LNS, Ctr. Papardo, 31, 98166, S. Agata,
Messina, Italy
6
INFN, sect. of Lecce, C.P. 193, 73100, Lecce, Italy

The corrosion process of ancient bronze artefacts represents a very serious problem because
of their high historical and cultural significances. Owing to the interaction of metal with the
environment, thin layers of corrosion products, called patina, grow spontaneously on the
object surfaces and they can even create long-term problems for its stability [1-2]. The
chemical composition and physical properties of patina are influenced by a wide range of
factors, such as environmental (burial, marine, outdoor, indoor, etc), atmospheric (urban,
rural, industrial, etc) and meteorological (relative humidity, precipitation, pH value, etc)
conditions. Nowadays, lasers [3] are applied for cleaning processes of bronze patinas. A
fundamental step of the conservation treatment is the identification of corrosion products. For
this aim, the characteristic X-ray fluorescence technique, associated to pulsed laser ablation,
constitutes one of the best choices since they allow non-destructive, multi-elemental and fast
analyses without any specific sample preparation. In the present work, we estimated the
chemical composition of bronze and copper coins, and of the surface patina, laser removed,
by Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). In
particular, we measured the chlorine and sulphure concentrations [4-5] before and after the
laser treatments (UV excimer and IR Nd:Yag lasers). We used a versatile portable EDXRF
apparatus, with a W-anode working at 30 kV voltage and 5 µA current. X-Ray diffraction
analysis was performed by a Philips X’PERT automatic diffractometer Bragg-Brentano
configuration. Preliminary results confirmed that the laser ablation processes can be used on
bronze coins in order to remove corrosion products [5] and to diminish chlorine and sulphur
concentrations without damaging the coins matrix
[1] Strandberg H, Atmospheric Environment. 1998; 32(20): 3511-3520.
[2] Scott DA, Copper and Bronze in Art: corrosion, colorants, conservation. Getty: Los Angeles, 2002.
[3] Marakis G, Pouli P, Zafiropulos V, Maravelaki-Kalaitzaki P, Journal of Cultural Heritage. 2003; 4: 83-91.
[4] Cesareo R, Castellano A, Buccolieri G, Marabelli M, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research
Section B. 1999; 155: 326-330.
[5] Cesareo R, Castellano A, Buccolieri G, Quarta S, Marabelli M, X-Ray Spectrometry. 2004; 33(4): 289-293.

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3D-MICRO-XRF/XANES, MOBILE XRF AND MICRO-PIXE OF PERSIAN

TILES OF THE QAJAR PERIOD (2ND HALF OF THE 19TH C.)
Ina Reiche1, Stefan Röhrs1, Friederike Voigt2, Yvonne Höhn3, Ioanna Mantouvalou3,
Wolfgang Malzer3, Birgit Kanngießer3
1
UMR 171 CNRS-Centre de Recherche et Restauration des Musées de France (C2RMF), Paris,
France
2
Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Germany
3
Institute for Atomic Physics and Teacher Training, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

In the frame of a Franco-German interdisciplinary project, Persian tiles from the 19th century
of the Qajar period are investigated with the help of different non-destructive analytical
methods. The Persian tiles, which are conserved in museums in Berlin, Edinburgh, London,
and Paris, are analyzed with respect to the material employed, the manufacturing process, and
decoration techniques.
One of the most known Qajar potters and tile makers is Ali Muhammad Isfahani. Being native
from Isfahan he was working in Tehran between 1884-5 and 1893-4 AD. His workshop was
frequented by Europeans that visited Tehran during the last quarter of the 19th century and
brought different tiles to European collections.
A very important source on Ali Muhammads working procedures is a treatise on the process
of tile making which was published by Robert Murdoch Smith in Edinburgh in 1888. In
addition, Ali Muhammad sent samples of pigments, body materials and glazes used in his
workshop. These samples are still preserved and today kept in the Victoria & Albert (V&A)
Museum in London.
Due to the ability of Ali Muhammad and other Persian craftsmen to imitate every style
requested by a customer, the art historic approach of stylistic analysis is limited. Therefore,
scientific investigations have been started including different non-destructive XRF, XANES
and PIXE analyses [1,2,3] of the glazes, pigments and bodies of the tiles.
These analyses are aimed as a case study of the working procedures of the potter Ali
Muhammad Isfahani because of his importance in this genre and the material available,
ranging from written recipes over original workshop materials to the final objects in the
collections of the museums.
Results obtained on a series of representative tiles chosen in different European collections
are presented. Synchrotron-induced 3D-micro-XRF/XANES is performed on two tiles from
the Ethnological Museum, Berlin. Mobile XRF is used at the V&A Museum in London for
the investigation of Ali Muhammads body material, glaze and pigment samples as well as of
two tiles signed by him. External micro-PIXE is employed on some small tile fragments from
Isfahan and Tehran and tiles which are evidently made by other Persian potters of this time
selected in French collections.
[1] Kanngießer B, Malzer W, Reiche I, Nucl. Instr. Meth. B, 2003; 211/2, 259-264.
[2] Höhn Y, Mantouvalou I, Malzer W, Kanngießer B, Reiche I, Röhrs S, Voigt F, BESSY annual report 2005
2006 in press.
[3] Dran J-C, Salomon J, Calligaro T, Walter P, Nucl. Instr. Meth. B. 2004; 219-220, 7-15.
[4] Voigt F, Qadscharische Bildfliesen im Ethnologischen Museum in Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Preußischer Kulturbesitz Berlin 2002.

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QUANTITATIVE ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS OF DELLA ROBBIA’S GLAZES

WITH A PORTABLE XRF SPECTROMETER
AND ITS COMPARISON TO PIXE METHODS.
A. Gianoncelli1, J. Castaing1, A. Bouquillon1, A. Polvorinos2, P. Walter1

1Centre de Recherche et de restauration des Musées de France – UMR171, CNRS, Palais du Louvre,
Porte des Lions, 14 Quai François Mitterand, 75001, Paris.
2Sevilla University, Chemistry Faculty, Avda. Reina Mercedes s/n 41071 Sevilla, Spain.

A portable XRF spectrometer is under development at the Centre de Recherche et de

Restauration des Musée de France (C2RMF), in Paris. The instrumentation at its current stage
has been successfully used in many occasions to analyse various important works of art.
Recently it has been utilised for the analysis of two glaze sculptures located in the cathedral of
Sevilla (Spain) and attributed to the Della Robbia’s workshop.
Some of the XRF measurements have been carried out in air, other ones in He atmosphere.
The aim of this study is to perform a quantitative analysis only with a new portable XRF
spectrometer in order to determine the elemental composition of the glazes. The results will
be compared with the ones previously obtained with the PIXE and µ-PIXE technique at the
C2RMF on other Della Robbia’s works of art located at the Louvre Museum[1].
The data provide a subdivision of sculpture, which is compatible with what is shown from
historical documents and artistic considerations.
In the present work we will discuss also on the sensitivity and the accuracy of portable XRF
measurements.

The present work is supported by the European project EU-ARTECH (Access, Research and Technology for the
conservation of the European Cultural Heritage), contract number RII3-CT-2004-506171.

[1] Zucchiatti A., Bouquillon A.; Castaing J; Gaborit J.R., Archaeometry, Volume 45, Number 3, August 2003,
pp. 391-404(14).

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MEASUREMENT OF GOLD LEAF THICKNESS BY ATTENUATION
OR SELF-ATTENUATION OF X-RAYS

Roberto Cesareo1, Stefano Ridolfi2, Marina Donativi3, Stefano Quarta3

1
Dept. of Mathematics & Physics, University of Sassari, Sarrari, Italy
2
Ars Mensurae, Rome, Italy
3
Dept. of Material Science, University of Lecce, Lecce, Italy

The non-destructive determination of gold leaf thickness and composition in paintings and
frescos is important for a better understanding of the provenance of the gold and of the
technology of the epoch. Gold leafs are typically present in paintings and frescos of the Italian
Renaissance of the 13th and 14th Centuries, as background, heloes or decorations in paintings
and frescos. Gold leafs were obtained by hammering coins (for example venetian "zecchini"
or florentine "ducati"). Energy dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) is well suited for
analysis of works of art, it has been widely employed for analysis of pigments, and was
recently employed also in the determination of gold composition and thickness in the haloes
of Giotto's Chapel of the Scrovegni in Padua. It was deduced that the gold of the haloes was
of high fineness, and having a thickness of 1.1-2.1 micrometers. This conclusion was obtained
by using the altered L-lines of lead, which was employed by Giotto as preparation, in the form
of lead white.
Not always in the Renaissance paintings there is below gold a preparation containing a heavy
element which L-lines are absorbed by gold in an anomalous manner. In these cases,
however, the self attenuation of gold L-lines can be employed in a quite similar manner. This
possibility was usefully tested by using standard gold samples.
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ANALYSIS OF ILLYRIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURINES OF APHRODITE

AND OTHER CERAMIC OBJECTS USING EDXRF SPECTROMETRY
Nikolla Civici

Institute of Nuclear Physics, P. O. Box 85, Tirana, Albania

The modern scientific techniques and methodologies, developed especially for the study of
archaeological objects (archaeometry) can extract important cultural information. For
example, the ancient ceramic technology reflects a lot of parameters of a cultural society, such
as technological know-how, economy, trade, competition, hierarchy, religious influences and
so on.
In this paper we will present the results obtained during the study of some terra-cotta figurines
of Aphrodite and related ceramics. The objects were found under water close to the bank of
Seferan Lake which is situated about 2 km from the ancient Illyrian settlement of Belsh
(central Albania). The discovered objects included about 30 figurines of Aphrodite with
different sizes and shapes and 10 ceramic objects, mainly wares. Most of the figurines were
covered with a black layer of not uniform thickness. According to the archaeological
evaluations the objects belong to IIId century BC. No ancient ruins or buildings were found
near the lake. It is thought that the site could have been acting as an open sanctuary devoted to
Aphrodite where people offered to the deity by throwing figurine votive to the lake.
X-ray fluorescence was used for the determination of the type of raw materials used for the
manufacture of the terra-cotta figurines and for the investigation of the objects’ provenance.
This later objective was based on the comparison of the composition of Seferan objects with
the composition of the same period ceramics from the city of Belsh and other areas, such as
Durres and Apollonia, which have been the nearest big and developed cities that have had
close relations with the ancient center of Belsh. Raw clay samples collected around the lake
and also in the areas of Belsh, Durres and Apollonia were included in the comparison. The
composition of the black layer that covers some of the figurines was also investigated.
The analytical results obtained from all the samples allow us to conclude that, from the
viewpoint of composition, the objects found in Seferan Lake are not similar with the objects
from neighboring sites of Durres and Apollonia, which means that they should not be
imported. On the other side, the similarities observed with some of the objects from Belsh and
two of the raw clays indicate that with much probability these objects should be local
products.
The analyses performed on the black cover material showed that this layer was not of organic
nature, as was initially suggested, but is made of an iron rich material. It is not clear if the
black layer was intentionally prepared during the manufacture of the figurines or was created
due to the weathering of the objects under water.
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X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS OF PIGMENTS USED FOR THE

PAINTING "SAN FELICE IN TRONO” BY LORENZO LOTTO
Francesco Addducci1, Alessandro Buccolieri2, Giovanni Buccolieri2, Alfredo Castellano2,
Roberto Cesareo3, Laura Sandra Leo2, Fabrizio Vona4, Francesco Lofano1
1
University of Bari, Department of Physics, via Orabona, 70125, Bari, Italy
2
University of Lecce, Department of Material Science, via Monteroni, 73100, Lecce, Italy
3
University of Sassari, Department of Mathematics and Physics, via Vienna, 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy
4
Soprintendenza P.S.A.E. per le Province di Bari e Foggia, via Pier l’Eremita, 25-B, 70122, Bari,
Italy

The painting “San Felice in trono” (canvas, 139x57 cm.) was found by Bernard Berenson at
the end of 18th century, who attributed it to Lorenzo Lotto [1].
The picture, probably completed in 1542 and unique section of a polyptych, survived a fire of
the Cathedral of Giovinazzo (Apulia, Italy) in XVI century. Therefore, it was transferred to
Saint Domenico church in Giovinazzo, whereas it was found by Berenson and where it is still
located.
Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence analysis (EDXRF) was carried out in order to study
the pigments used by Lotto for this picture. In particular, it was possible to identify the
elements that compose the principal pigments (red, green, blue, white and yellow). The
analysis was performed with a portable apparatus [2].
Experimental results demonstrate the presence of lead all over the surface of the picture. This
may be due to a thin layer of white lead, under the painting, probably used by the artist as
preparation.
The red pigments are interesting; there are three types: one basically composed of Hg and S
(cinnabar), the second of Pb (minium) and the third of Fe and Hg with trace of S (a mixture of
cinnabar and red ochre). The green pigments are composed of Cu (malachite) or Fe (green
earth). The blue pigments are mainly constituted of Cu (azurite). The white pigments are only
composed of Pb (white lead) and the yellow is composed of Fe (yellow ochre).
Moreover, we proved that it is possible to study the stratigraphy of pigments in presence of
cinnabar and white lead. The cinnabar thickness may be approximately evaluated by
determining the ratio of the Pb-LD to Pb-LElines, that are differently absorbed by cinnabar.
[1] Berenson B. Lorenzo Lotto, London, 1955.
[2] Cesareo R, Castellano A, Buccolieri G, Quarta S, Marabelli M, X-Ray Spectrometry. 2004; 33(4): 289-293.

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EXTRACTING INFORMATION OF AN WORK OF ART:

“THE HORSE OF GRENADIER”
Alba Obrutsky1, Graciela Custo1, Ana María Maury2, Cristina Vázquez1,2
1
Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Centro Atómico Constituyentes. Av. Gral Paz 1499
(B1650KNA) San Martín. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
2
Laboratorio de Química de Sistemas Heterogéneos. Facultad de Ingeniería – Universidad de
Buenos Aires. P. Colón 850 – C1063ACU Buenos Aires, Argentina.

If an object is considered work of art and a study is required to verify certain properties
beyond the range of normal sight, the application of some methods is a tool of utmost
importance to evaluate, determine conservation conditions, verify possible restorations and
elaborate a general diagnosis of the object.
In this work, total reflection X ray fluorescence (TXRF) and infrared reflectography
(IRR)several analytical tools namely, were combined in order to get information of a painting.
TXRF is a microanalytical technique very suitable for the analysis of pigments doing the
microsample needed to perform the analysis.
IRR is one of the non-destructive testing methods traditionally adopted in the analysis and
diagnosis of paintings and is a very effective tool to discover invisible or hidden details in the
pictorial layer.
This paper describes the investigation made on an oil painting on canvas “Horse of
Grenadier” (Argentina, 1950) from Darwin Temprano. The study revealed an artist’s regret
under the pictorial layer confirmed by XRI as well as a possible repainting or restoration
procedures detected by TXRF.
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SUITABILITY OF THE NITON-XLP ANALYZER FOR IN-SITU PXRF

ANALYSIS OF PANEL PAINTINGS
Geert Van Der Snickt1, Olivier Schalm1, Koen Janssens1, Wout De Nolf1, Bart Vekemans1
Lizet.Klaassen2, Yolande Deckers2, Paul Huvenne2, Peter Eyskens3, Olivier Kerkar4
1
University of Antwerp, Department of Chemistry, Antwerp, Belgium
2
Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
3
Conservation/Restoration Department, Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
4
FONDIS Electronic, Paris, France

Since the 1970’s, XRF has been used extensively for the characterization of inorganic
components in works of art.
The success of XRF for conservation purposes is due to its wide application field (glass,
metals, ceramics, etc) and the fact that it is a non-destructive technique. Several technological
advances during the last decade have made it possible to develop user-friendly portable XRF
units which can be used for in-situ analysis of work of art. Within the framework of a
collaboration between the University of Antwerp, the Royal Museum of fine Arts in Antwerp,
and Fondis Electronics, it was possible to evaluate the suitability of this type of equipment for
the identification of pigments in polychrome paint layers in panel and easel paintings from the
15th-20th C.
Results from the analysis of paintings of well-known Flemish artists such as J. Van Eyck, P.-
P. Rubens, J. Jordaens, J. Ensor and J. Smits will be presented, allowing to objectively
document the gradual broadening of the pigment palette of these artists.
Of special interest are the ‘new’ pigments that 19th C. artists such as Ensor and Smits had at
their disposal compared to their predecessors. Next to that, benefits and drawbacks of the
PXRF instrument, equipped with a low power X-ray tube and a drift chamber X-ray detector
will be discussed through comparison with other methods and literature data.
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XRF APPLYED TO ARCHEALOGICAL SAMPLES

Adolfo Esposito, Giorgio Cappuccio, Federica Gonnella, Astrik Gorghinian, Alessandro Jaia
INFN-LNF
CNR

The use of XRF and XRD techniques in the study of cultural heritage artefacts has become
very popular in the last years due to the ' non destructive ' and ' non invasive ' properties of
these analysis and to the possibility of making in situ XRF measurements by portable
instrumentation.
In the National Laboratories of Frascati we are studying a considerable group of terra-cotta
samples, IV BC., coming from the excavation in Pratica di Mare (ancient Lavinium close to
Rome) by the application of XRF and XRD techniques. The aim is to identify the sample's
elemental composition (XRF semi-quantitative analysis) as well as the mineral composition
(XRD). Combining these two kinds of analysis it is possible to reconstruct the history of the
artefact by determining both its provenience and its technical construction.
The instruments used are:
- a Seifert two axis powder diffractometer with copper tube and a scintillator detector and
; a X;ray micro analyser prototype, produced by the Unisantis company, whose main
characteristic is the presence of patented Kumakhov's poly capillary optics, with a traditional
Si(Pin) detector and X;ray source. The capability of a such optic to focus the X;ray beam on a
spot less than 50 microns allows analysis of sample's small areas in a very short time.
The submitted paper will discuss the results up to know obtained.
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XRF APPLICATIONS IN ARCHAEOMETRY: ANALYSIS OF MARAJOARA

PUBIC COVERS AND PIGMENTS FROM SARCOPHAGUS CARTONAGE
OF AN EGYPTIAN MUMMY
Cristiane Calza1, Marcelino J. Anjos2, Maria Izabel M. S. Bueno3
Sheila Mendonça de Souza4, Tânia A. Lima4, Ricardo Tadeu Lopes1
1
Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratory – COPPE/UFRJ. Rio de Janeiro. Brazil
2
Physics Institute – UERJ. Rio de Janeiro. Brazil
3
Chemistry Institute – Unicamp. Campinas. Brazil
4
National Museum – UFRJ. Rio de Janeiro. Brazil.

This work presents two applications of X-Ray Fluorescence in archaeometry. In the first case
was evaluated the composition of decorated pottery pubic covers (tangas) from the Marajoara
culture. Ceramics from Marajó Island (located at the mouth of Amazon River, Brazil)
represent one of the most beautiful and sophisticated styles of the pre-Columbian art and its
decorative techniques show intricate designs of geometrical forms, representing a mythology
based on the local fauna. The period of major growth and expansion of Marajoara Culture
occurred between the 5th and 14th centuries and its disappearance occurred during the first
decades of the European domination as a result of wars and missionization. However, due to
the use of ceramics in funerary rituals, their art has survived until the present days. Decorated
pottery tangas were used by Marajoara girls, probably as part of puberty rites, and were
anatomically adjustable to the body, containing holes on its corners for string attachment. The
analyzed samples were two tangas and four fragments from the National Museum collection.
One fragment (sample 22245) presented a different design pattern that seemed to indicate a
different provenance. EDXRF was performed at the Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratory
(COPPE/UFRJ), using a Si(Li) detector from ORTEC with resolution of 180 eV at 5.9 keV
and a mini x-ray tube with Mo anode. The angle of the incident x-ray beam was 16° and the
detector was placed at 90° to the sample surface. The elements identified in the samples were:
K, Ca, Ti, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Ga, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr and Pb. Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
was used to evaluate the provenance of the samples, revealing that the samples were separated
in three distinct groups.
The second application involved the evaluation of pigments used in decorative paintings from
sarcophagus cartonage fragments of an Egyptian mummy, using X-Ray Microfluorescence
with Synchrotron Radiation technique. This female mummy (n.158) is considered one of the
most important pieces of the National Museum (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) because of its
unconventional embalming with legs and arms swathed separately. This embalming
procedure probably was used by a Theban family from the Roman period (1st century BC),
whose tomb was recently discovered. The results obtained for the cartonage samples were
compared to those obtained for a linen wrapping fragment of which provenance was known.
The objective of this work was to characterize the elemental composition of the cartonage
pigments and to verify if they were according to those used by Egyptian craftsmen in the
Roman period. The measurements were performed at the XRF beamline of the Brazilian
Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), using white beam and a Si(Li) detector with
resolution of 165 eV. The elements found in the samples were: Si, S, Cl, K, Ca, Ti, Cr, Mn,
Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Sr, Hg and Pb. The possible pigments were: Egyptian blue, Egyptian
green frit, green earth, verdigris, malachite, ochre, realgar, chalk, gypsum, bone white, ivory
black and magnetite. Hierarchical Cluster (HCA) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
were applied to the results.
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SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ORGANIC-INORGANIC

COMPOSITES : FROM "MAYA BLUE" TO MODERN HYBRIDS
Jörg Eric Dooryphee1, Pauline Martinetto1, Pierre Strobel1, Catherine Dejoie1
Manuel Sanchez del Rio2, Florence Porcher3
1
Laboratoire de Cristallographie CNRS, BP166 F-38042 Grenoble Cedex
2
ESRF, BP220, F-38043 Cedex
3
LCM3B CNRS, BP239, F-54506 Vandoeuve-les-Nancy

The main characteristic of organo-mineral hybrids is to exhibit original properties resulting

from the combination of those of the mineral host and of its organic guest. Historically, in
their search for stable dyes resisting heat and moisture, ancient civilisations elaborated
artificial hybrids : pigment lacquers (1st millenium BC), Maya Blue pigment (ca. 800 AD.), ...
by respectively fixing or encapsulating the dye molecule on a mineral or in a clay matrix.
Nowadays, the same approach is followed in the research on new organo-mineral composites
based on microporous materials and with potentials in optics and optotronics. The structure of
the ancient composite materials and the nature of the interactions between the molecule host
and its matrix are controversial. The complexity of ill-ordered clays or silicates, as observed
in many archaeological samples, is a limiting factor for obtaining accurate results. An
essential stage is the preparation of synthetic materials in sufficient quantity. We attempt to
describe these materials thanks to the elaboration of modern analogous materials, obtained by
incorporation of indigo dye in ordered aluminosilicate structure like zeolites (mordenite,
clinoptilolite, ZSM-5...). Starting with a "simpler" and reference matrix from a
crystallographic point of view, the type of bonding as well as the siting of the organic
molecule within the matrix is to be determined. The SEM X-ray microanalysis is performed
in order to check the chemical composition of the zeolites. The samples are also analysed by
X-ray powder diffraction in order to study possible changes in the crystalline zeolite structure
due to the presence of the organic molecule. Stability tests of the composites are carried out
by performing acid attacks of different intensities. The results are analysed in terms of
pigments decouloration and destructuration of the matrix lattice, revealed by X-ray
diffraction. Thanks to such analogues, we will be able to understand some ancient techniques,
and thus better describe the long-term preservation or degradation of the colours. This
objective is important for the safeguarding and the restoration of our cultural heritage, in
particular for the polychrome statuary, the murals and the easel painting.
[1] Sanchez del Rio M., MAartinetto P., Somogyi A., Reyes-Valerio C., Dooryphee E., Peltier N., Alianelli L.,
Moignard B., Pichon L., Calligaro T., Dran JC. Microanalysis study of archaeological mural samples containing
Maya blue pigment. Spectrochimica Acta part B59 (2004) 1619-1625.
[2] Gomez-Romero P., Sanchez C. Functional Hybrid Materials. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim (2004).

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THE SUITABILITY OF XRF ANALYSIS FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF

ARCHAEOLOGICAL CERAMICS, AS COMPARED TO INAA.
R. Padilla Alvarez1, P. Van Espen2, P. P. Godo Torres3

1
Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear (CEADEN), Habana, Cuba
2
Micro and Trace Analysis Center, University of Antwerp, Belgium
3
Centro de Antropología, Habana, Cuba

Chemical ‘fingerprinting’ of archaeological ceramics, when properly interpreted in the

associated contexts, has proven to be a powerful tool in solving archaeological tasks of
different degree of complexity. Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) has been
extensively used for ceramic compositional profiling, due to its capability to analyze a large
group of the elements, which are of more usefulness for differentiating ceramic fabric.
Although INAA requires a minimal invasion of the sample (only around 200 mg are required
for the analysis), sometimes it is difficult to collect even such small sub-samples, especially
when dealing with extreme valuable artifacts. Other drawbacks of this technique are the time
delay required to allow the decay of part of the activated isotopes prior to the analysis, the
high costs and availability. For archaeologists or museum curators would be of great
usefulness to account for a technique allowing classifying or determining the provenance of a
given ceramic object in an express and completely non-destructive way.
This contribution illustrates the capabilities of using a combination of improved sensitivity
polarized x-ray fluorescence (EDPXRF) and 241Am analysis for the study of archaeological
ceramic fabric. The suitability of this XRF approach is illustrated with the study of a group of
Cuban aborigine pottery, which was previously analyzed with INAA.
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IN SITU XRF STUDY OF THE XV C. MURAL PAINTINGS

IN THE TOWN HALL OF GDANSK
Aleksandra Kaminska1, Miroslaw Sawczak2, Marco Ferretti3, Gerard Sliwinski2
1
Agency for Integration of Conservation Activities - AICA,
Dubois St. 55, 80-419 Gdansk, Poland;
2
Polish Academy of Sciences - IFFM, Fiszera St. 14, 80-231 Gdansk, Poland
3
CNR – Instituto per le Technologie Applicate ai Beni Culturali, V. Salaria, CP1000016
Monterotondo St. (Roma) Italia

The X-ray fluorescence technique has been applied in-situ for non-destructive mapping and
identification of the pigments used in religious mural paintings of the Little Christopher
chamber in the Main Town Hall in Gdansk, Poland. The original frescos dating from the 15th
century were retouched and underwent a partial restoration in the late 1960's. The analysis
was completed by the Raman spectroscopic measurements on samples extracted from selected
locations of the wall painting.
The measurements were carried out by means of the portable XRF spectrometer completed at
the IF-FM PASci in Gdansk. The spectrometer is characterized by the X-ray tube excitation
operating up to 60 kV and 1 mA current, and the thermoelectrically cooled Si-drift detector of
10 mm2 active area. The resolution of 155 eV at 5.9 keV and low detection limit estimated for
a few hundreds ppm makes possible to detect the trace elements, too.
From the XRF data the mapping of elements in the painting was obtained. Basing on the
elements detected the presence of calcite, red lead, traces of vermilion, azurite and earth
pigments was concluded. In order to obtain a reliable identification of the pigment
compositions in case of colors such as brown, green and red the accurate micro sampling has
been performed for the additional Raman examination. The comparison of results obtained by
both the XRF and Raman techniques allowed to determinate the palette of original pigments
applied in the 15th and 16th century as well as the contemporary pigment materials used
during the restoration.
A further research to characterize the composition of the organic binding media in order to
determine the complete restoration guidelines is in progress.
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XRF AND MICROPIXE STUDY OF CALCITE SAMPLES FROM THE

PALEOLITHIC ROCK ART CAVE
ARCY-SUR-CURE (YONNE, FRANCE, 24000-28000 BP)
E. Sansot1, D. Baffier2, E. Chalmin3, L. Charlet3, M. Menu1
G. Orial4, F. d'Orlyé1, I. Reiche1

1
UMR 171 CNRS - Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France
2
DRAC Rhône-Alpes, 6, quai Saint Vincent, Lyon, France
3
UMR 9995 CNRS/UJF, Laboratoire de Géophysique Interne et Tectonophysique,
Domaine Universitaire, Grenoble, France
4
Laboratoire de Recherche des Monuments Historiques, Champs-sur-Marne, France

Conservation of Paleolithic rock art is a real challenge nowadays. Famous examples of rock
art are the Altamira, Lascaux, Chauvet and Arcy-sur-Cure paintings. These paintings are
conserved under very exceptional conditions in caves. However, they are threatened by
numerous alteration phenomena, among them the formation and interaction with calcium
carbonate concretions. The cave “Grande Grotte” of Arcy-sur-Cure (Yonne, France) with
prehistoric paintings is particularly concerned by this problem. Paintings are recovered by
calcite crystals whose growth process is particularly important in an archaeological,
geological and biochemical point of view. Indeed, different translucent and opaque calcites
can be observed on the cave walls. While opacity is harmful for the paintings which then are
completely hidden, transparent crystals should be favoured since they act as a protection for
the paint layers. Understanding of this calcite formation, and particularly of the interaction
with pigments, requires the exact knowledge of the calcite composition. Therefore, this study
focuses on the elemental analysis of calcite at the surface of rock art paintings by X-ray
fluorescence analysis (XRF) and micro-Proton Induced X-ray Emission (µPIXE) within the
frame of a large interdisciplinary research project on the alteration phenomena of Arcy-sur-
Cure paintings [1]. µPIXE is a very well-known method to quantify elements on a major,
minor and trace level (used at the accelerator AGLAE in the C2RMF) ; nevertheless, in situ
measurements in the cave are impossible by this mean. An alternative method for the
quantitative determination of the chemical composition of the calcites and pigments is XRF.
Different natural calcite samples from the cave, laboratory samples as well as synthetic
samples altered in situ in the cave were investigated. A methodology for quantitative analysis
of calcite is established on the basis of this set of samples by comparing XRF and µPIXE
results which can be at a later stage used for in situ measurements in the cave.
[1] Chalmin E, d’Orlié F, Zinger L, Charlet L, Geremia RA, Orial G, Menu M, Baffier D, Reiche I J. Geol.
Soc. London, accepted.

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P-PIXE/PIGE ANALYSIS OF EFFECTS OF DIAGENESIS AND

CONSOLIDATION TREATMENTS ON TRACE ELEMENTAL
DISTRIBUTION IN PALAEOLITHIC REINDEER ANTLERS
Céline Chadefaux1, Ina Reiche1, Laurent Pichon1, Céline Aballea2
1
Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France, CNRS, UMR 171, Paris
2
Restorer, Musée National de la Préhistoire, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac & Marseille

Bone materials record as biomaterials information about the ways of life in the past in their
structure and in their chemical and isotopic composition. Therefore, it is very important, as far
as archaeological and physicochemical views are concerned, to have access to these
information by chemical analysis and to preserve these materials.
This study presents a scientific approach of the alteration phenomena (diagenesis) and the
effects caused by consolidation treatments on the structure and the chemical composition of
Palaeolithic reindeer antler. Previous measurements of diagenetic parameters were performed
on each sample by FT-IR spectroscopy, X-Ray Diffractometry analysis and with Scanning
Electron Microscopy (SEM-EDX) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM-EDX), to
estimate their state of conservation [1,2].
The elemental composition of samples was determined by P-PIXE/PIGE using the external
microbeam line at the particule accelerator AGLAE [3]. PIXE/PIGE measurements were
performed for archaeological samples on cross sections to determine trace element profiles.
Samples were analyzed before and after consolidation to evaluate their state of preservation
and possible modifications of the elemental distribution caused by treatment. Point analysis
were carried out on a modern reindeer antler to compare its elemental content with the content
of an archaeological reindeer antler.
Thanks to P-PIXE/PIGE analysis, we noticed that the element content of Ca, P and Mg in the
treated samples was unchanged whereas Na content has increased and contents of S or F have
decreased compared to the untreated ancient reindeer antlers. Then, as far as elemental
distribution was concerned, P-PIXE/PIGE analysis didn’t reveal important modifications in
shape of profiles of Ca, P, Mg, Ba, S and F. On the other hand, profiles of Mn, Al, Si, Zn and
Na were weakly changed ; they show an homogenisation in their distribution across the
section.
So, these results indicate that consolidation treatments modify weakly the chemical
composition and the distribution of trace elements in reindeer antler sections. Then, we can
consider that consolidation doesn’t prevent the reading of archaeological information
contained in chemical composition of bone materials like reindeer antlers.

[1] Reiche, I et al. (2002). "The crystallinity of Ancient Bone and Dentine: New insights by Transmission
Electron Microscopy" Archaeometry 44: 447-459
[2] Reiche, I et al (2003). "A multi-analytical study of bone diagenesis: the Neolithic site of Bercy (Paris,
France) " Measurement Science and Technology 14: 1608-1619
[3] Calligaro, T et al. (2004). "Review of accelerator gadgets for art and archaeology. " Nuclear Instruments and
Methods in Physics Research Section B 226:29-37
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ACCESS TO THE LOUVRE IBA FACILITY THROUGH

THE EU-ARTECH EUROPEAN PROGRAM
Stefan Roehrs, Joseph Salomon, Lucile Beck, Jean Claude Dran, Thierry Guillou, Michel
Menu, Brice Moignard, Laurent Pichon, Philippe Walter

Laboratoire du Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées du France

C2RMF - UMR 171, Palais du Louvre 14, Quai François Mitterrand, 75001 Paris, France

Under the name Eu-ARTECH (Access Research and Technology for the conservation of the
European Cultural Heritage) a consortium among most internationally distinguished European
institutions operating in the field of cultural heritage has been formed. The objective of Eu-
ARTECH project is to create a permanent interoperability among the participating
infrastructures and establish co-operations with other infrastructures in the field in the
perspective of structuring a common European Research Area. The activities of the project
are:
1) Networking: exchange knowledge, diffuse good practice and common work-parameter
among infrastructures
2) Access to AGLAE and to a collection of portable instruments (MOLAB)
3) Joint Research Activities: JRA1 (new conservative treatment on out door monuments) and
JRA2 (development of methods for in-situ non-destructive non-contact analysis)
The Eu-ARTECH project has entered its “access phase” now in which the call for proposals is
open. Proposals can be submitted to obtain access to the Accélerateur Grand Louvre
d'Analyse Elémentaire (AGLAE) of the C2RMF which is open to Eu-ARTECH users 46 days
per year.
This infrastructure is equipped with an external beam line well fitted to in-air analysis of
artworks and has a long tradition in this field of research. AGLAE is serviced by a specialised
team with a wide experience in operating and optimising ion beams for archaeometric
analysis. Proton beams with energies up to 3 MeV can be produced. IBA experiments which
are routinely performed are PIXE and PIGE at various currents and with various beam spot
diameters from 20 µm up to 500 µm. µ-PIXE elemental mappings are also possible.
Furthermore RBS and NRA are extensively used.
Next deadline for proposals in 2006 is the 15th October.
This project is featured by the Sixth Framework Program of the European Commission.
Detailed information can be found on the internet at:
http://becu.chm.unipg.it/euartech/HOME.htm or http://www.c2rmf.fr
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ANALYSIS OF THE INVASION PROFILE DUE TO DRILLING FLUID

MUDCAKE FILTRATION BY X-RAY MICROFLUORESCENCE USING
SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
João Luis Ribeiro1, Ricardo Lopes1, Marcelino Anjos1,2
João Queiroz Neto3, Luis Bianco3
1
Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratory, COPPE/UFRJ, P.O. Box: 68509, Zip Code: 21941-
972, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 3Physics Institute, University of Rio de Janeiro State (UERJ), Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil; 3PETROBRAS/CENPES, Rio de Janeiro. Brazil.

The purposes of this study were to identify mudcake invasion profile and track solids
compounds of the drilling fluid that invaded the core. In this way, make a distinction between
carbonates and polymers, given their concentration and penetration at the porous media will
provide information about the potential damage (reducing permeability) caused for each
component [1]. The success of such treatments is based on the knowledge of the invasion
profile and their composition. Therefore, a better characterization of the invasion profile could
improve substantially the clean up procedures and the treatment selection. In this paper, the
spatial sensitivity of the µSRXRF technique [2] was used to evaluate and map the invasion
profile of drill-in fluid components in a synthetic unconsolidated sandstone sample, similar to
an oil field rock from the Campos Basin.
The measurements were performed at the X-Ray Fluorescence Beamline at Brazilian National
Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), in Campinas, São Paulo, using a polychromatic beam
with maximum energy of 20 keV for the excitation, orthogonal slits (200 µm x 200 µm) and
standard geometry (45° + 45°). The spectrum of fluorescence was recorded with a Si(Li)
detector with energy resolution from 165 eV to 5.9 keV at the atmospheric air. To determine
the invasion profile in unconsolidated sandstone, the core samples were prepared; cut in thin
slices and the surfaces polished was positioned in the holder. In this way, pixels of 200 µm x
200 µm were obtained and the counting live-time for each pixel was 60 s/step.
This first study was capable to identify the invasion profile for the major components of a
water-based drilling fluid and differentiate bridging agents from polymers inside the porous
media. These components are responsible for the majority of the damage caused in the
reservoir during drilling operations and the knowledge of the invasion depth and
concentration for each component can make the clean up process and the secondary
treatments more efficient. It was seen that the damage caused by polymers and bridging
agents is not the same along with the well extension and are bigger for higher pressures.
The µ-SRXRF technique using a synchrotron light source demonstrated to be an efficient and
powerful tool for petroleum industry applications, because it allows to identify and to map the
depth of invasion for bridging agents and polymers commonly used in drilling fluids.
[1] Navarrete, R.C., Himes, R.E., and Seheult, J.M., SPE Permian Basin Oil and Gas Recovery Conference,
Midland, TX, Mar. pp 21-23, 2000.
[2] Anjos, M.J., Barroso, R.C., Pérez, C.A., et al., Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, B 213,
pp 569-573, 2004.

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ANALYSIS OF ROCK-GEOLOGICAL MATERIAL FROM PLACES IN

TANZANIA BY WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE
X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETER
Y.I.A Koleleni

Physics Department, University of Dar es Salaam,

P.O.Box 35063 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

A number of precious stones and minerals are found just on the ground or unexplored inside
the earth of the Tanzanian surface. Principally those found at the surface differ in their source
of origin. When others are actually coming from the rocks in their present locations (primary
deposits), others are transported from other places (secondary deposits). The mechanism of
transportation may be rivers, sea or wind. The distribution of these valuable stones is
regionally irregular in Tanzania as a country. In some of the regions the deposits are higher
compared than others. At the same time, in some of the places the information is completely
unavailable and in many cases unexplored. In order to expose this to the decision makers and
investors, Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (WDXRF) Analysis have been used
with objective of identifying the composition of some of these stone and rock samples. The
samples identified and reported in this paper include: Iron ore, Green Aventurine, Amethyst,
Red Garnet, Sapphire nuts, Green Opal, Blue Kymete, Black Tormaline, Ethiopian/Sudanese
opal, Aquamarine and Granite. The samples were prepared as pellets after mixing with boric
acid or fused as discs for analysis. Typical results for the Iron Ore in % are SiO2(0.97),
Al2O(0.57), Fe2O(77.5), MnO(0.35), MgO(0.35), CaO(0.16), Na2O(<0.01), K2O(0.04),
TiO2(19.1), P2O5(<0.01), SO3(0.14) and that of the Amethyst SiO2(97.8), Al2O(0.11),
Fe2O(1.37), MnO(<001), MgO(<0.01), CaO(<0.01), Na2O(<0.01), K2O(<0.01), SO3(0.33).
The results imply that Tanzania is a very rich country in minerals but are currently unexplored
either because of lack of information or investment capital.
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THE USE OF SMALL-SPOT EDXRF FOR THE STUDY OF CORE

SEDIMENTS GEOCHEMISTRY
Ignacio Queralt1, Oscar Gonzalez1, Ramón Julià1, Gregorio García2, Jose Ignacio Manteca2
1
Institute of Earth Sciences “J. Almera”. Laboratory of X-ray Analytical Application
Solé Sabarís s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
2
Technical University of Cartagena. Paseo de Alfonso XIII, 48-52, 30203-Cartagena. Spain.

During last decade, the use of EDXRF instrumentation for the analysis of sediment drilling
cores has been successfully applied both for recent environmental pollution and
environmental changes recorded in quaternary sediments. Bearing in mind the fastness of
sediment deposition in river stream channels and lakes, many of the geochemical changes
occur at millimetre or sub-millimetre scale. Therefore, the chemistry changes should be
studied at this dimensional scale and the use of small-spot focus equipments seem a good
alternative to classical chemical analysis.
In this study we evaluate the accumulation of metals at short scale in sediment cores by means
of small-spot (0.6 mm focal beam) X-ray fluorescence analyser. The technique allows us to
obtain simultaneous data of the accumulation of different elements existing in sediments or
soil in open-air conditions.
We studied two types of cores collected in contrasted sedimentary environments. The first
ones were sampled in river stream sediments from a recent abandoned mining area,
(Cartagena-La Unión mining district, SE Spain) which was mined several centuries for Pb and
Zn recovery. The second sediment cores were obtained from lake sediments (Banyoles Lake,
NE, Spain) an area non-affected by strong mining activities impact.
The study of vertical distribution of heavy metals in mining sediments or mine soil profiles
can offer sound basis for understanding the mining processes and also the post-depositional
migration of metals for environmental studies.
Acknowledgments : This study has been performed in the framework of a project of the Spanish National
Research Programme (ref. CGL2004-05963-C04), entitled “Integrated study of water quality in mining
abandoned areas: Assessment on the surface and groundwater impacts and possible attenuation measures”.

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APPLICATIONS OF A 10 µM SPOT SIZE LABORATORY MICRO-XRF TO

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Jérôme Rose1, Perrine Chaurand1, Anne Bénard2, Philipp Böning1,3, Clément Suavet1
Jérôme Gattacceca1, Emmanuel Doelsch4, Daniel Borschneck1, Jean-Paul Ambrosi5
Edouard Bard1, 3, Pierre Rochette1 and Jean-Yves Bottero1

1
CEREGE UMR 6635 CNRS-Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III, IFR PMSE 112, Europôle
Méditerranéen de l'Arbois, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France
2
INERIS, Europole Méditerranéen de l'Arbois, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France
3
Collège de France, CEREGE, Le Trocadéro, Europole de l'Arbois BP80 13545 Aix-en-Provence
cedex 4 - France
4
CIRAD-CA, UR Risque Environnemental lié au Recyclage, Station de La Bretagne, BP 20, 97408
SAINT DENIS Cedex 9 Ile de la Réunion, FRANCE
5
IRD - Centre de Nouméa, Biogéodynamique Supergène et Géomorphologie Tropicale, 101
Promenade Roger Laroque - Anse Vata, BP A5 - 98848 NOUMEA Cedex-NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE

X-ray spectromicroscopy coupling micro-XRF and X-ray microscopy has been developed on
synchrotron source more then ten years ago. At the laboratory scale such techniques were more
confidential. Due to recent developments in terms of X-ray source and especially in terms of
focalization (capillaries, Zone plates…) laboratory micro-XRF equipment have been commercialized
in the last 4 or 5 years (Horiba-Jobin Yvon, EDAX, Shimadzu, COX…). Such laboratory instrument
are not only limited to material science but they are known to be very efficient in geosciences and
environmental science. In these last domains, the main issue is to assess the transfer of pollutant and/or
to localise spatially some element(s) of interest. Elements are often present at low concentration and
can not be detected by SEM-EDX. Otherwise, the studied samples are generally disordered,
heterogeneous, and/or fragile but X-ray spectromicroscopy is a non destructive method and allows
measurements on such samples.
In the present work we will present and discuss the advantages and limitations of micro-
XRF/microscope (XGT-5000, Horiba-Jobin-Yvon) equipped with of a 10 µm spot size on different
environmental applications. The X-ray beam is generated with a Rh X-ray tube at an acceleration
voltage of 15 to 50 keV with a current adjustable up to 1 mA. The X-ray beam is focused with an X-
ray guide tube, whose inner diameter is 10 µm, producing a finely focused and high-intensity X-ray
beam. The latter is calibrated by measuring the absorption of a tungsten wire of 5 µm thickness,
scanned through the beam. X-ray emission from the irradiated sample is detected with an Energy-
Dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectrometer equipped with a liquid-nitrogen-cooled high-purity Si detector.
The resolution of the detector is 145 eV at the Mn KD emission line. Furthermore, a scintillator
enables transmission measurements.
Many scientific topics benefit from the application of our micro-XRF. For example, the impact of
waste reuse can be assessed by determining the transfer mechanism of metal pollutants. Recent results
concerning by-products from steel industry indicate that vanadium is released from the initial matrix.
Lab- installed micro XRF helped to identify the mineral bearing phases of V.
First results concerning the composition of marine sediments are very promising. For example, the
ultra-high resolution analysis of a partly laminated sediment core from the Arabian Sea reveals
element variabilities at the seasonal scale (100 µm scale). This helps to determine the extend and exact
timing of individual phase transitions with respect to past climatic and oceanic changes.
Micro-XRF can also be very helpful to identify and classify extra terrestrial material by analyzing e.g.
Fe/Ni and Fe/Si ratio. This technique has been successfully applied to meteorites and micrometeorites.
Indeed such materials are rare, fragile and very small (down to a few tens of µm in size for
micrometeorites). One needs a non destructive technique. Moreover the surface is generally altered
and SEM-EDX failed to discriminate samples. Lab-micro-XRF appears as a very interesting routine
tool.

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EVALUATION OF DISTRIBUTION AND BIOAVAILABILITY OF

Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn AND Pb IN WATER OF THE UPPER COURSE
OF THE LERMA RIVER.
P. Avila-Pérez, G. Zarazúa, S. Tejeda, I. Barceló-Quintal, C. Díaz-Delgado.

National Institute for Nuclear Research, Autonomous University Metropolitan-Azcapotzalco,

Autonomous University of Mexico State

Distribution and Bioavailability of Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn and Pb in water of the Upper Course of
the Lerma River (UCLR) were evaluated by means a Total Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence
Spectrometry.The UCLR, giving rise to the Upper Basin of the Lerma River, is situated in an
area known as the Mexican Highlands. This area is an important center for industrial and
agricultural activity, with a high population density and enormous demands for water.The
overall balance of the aquifer indicates an imbalance between inflow and outflow, since the
outflow is greater than the inflow by 5 hm3/yr. The water quality of the Lerma River has been
deteriorating over time as a result of the inflow of both urban and industrial wastewater,
which has combined with the effect of a decrease in water volume. This reduction in
freshwater volume and the deterioration of the water quality has resulted in an important
decrease in lake and riparian life in the region. The surface water samples were collected in 8
sites distributed following the stream flow direction of the river. Four sampling campaigns
were carried out in each site in a year period. Water samples were collected by means of a
“Grab” device in a depth of 30 cm, after that, water samples were transferred in polyethylene
flasks, and they were immediately transported to the laboratory at ± 4°C. The water samples
were analysed in triplicate, using an TXRF Spectrometer "TX-2000 Ital Structures" with Si
(Li) detector and a resolution of 140 eV (FWHM) at Mn K-alpha. Mo tube (40 kV-30mA)
with a 17.4 keV excitation energy was used for a counting time of 500 seconds. Results show
that the concentration range of heavy metals in water are the following: Cr, from <5 to 56
µg/L; Mn, from 9 to 788 µg/L; Fe, from 98 to 8474 µg/L; Cu, from 10 to 225 µg/L; Zn, from
23 to 189 µg/L and Pb, from <3 to 30 µg/L. There are statistical differences in the
concentration of heavy metals between the different sampling sites and between different
sampling campaigns, it means that sampling zones 1 and 8 are different to others one and
there are differences between dry and wet seasons. The Pearson correlation results indicate
strong correlation between some heavy metals in the water, this significant correlation
(p<0.05) indicate a natural origin or/and a shared contamination source for these metals.
Some heavy metals in the water exceed in some sites the Mexican recommended limit for
living aquatic resource protection and irrigation water, representing a risk for living
organisms around the Lerma River.
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TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL ABUNDANCE OF PARTICLES IN SUSPENDED

MATTER OF WATER FROM LERMA RIVER IN MEXICO.
G. Zarazúa, P. Avila-Pérez, L. Carapia, S. Tejeda, J. A. García-Aragón.

National Institute for Nuclear Research, Autonomous University of Mexico State

Elemental composition, morphology and abundance relative of particles has been evaluated
in suspended matter of the Upper Course of Lerma River, by means of Scanning Electron
Microscopy coupled to Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometer (EDS) in a hydrological
cycle. The water samples were collected in 8 sites distributed following the stream flow
direction of the river. Four sampling campaigns were carried out in each site in a year period.
Water samples were centrifuged by 30 minutes at 5000 rpm and suspended matter was
colected on Millipore filters of 0.45 micrometers. 100 particles distributed in 1 cm2 of each
sample site and sampling campaign were analysed using an EDS “EDAX” coupled to high
vacuum scanning electron microscopy “Philips XL30”.In general, in all sites and in all
sampling campaigns, the aluminosilicate group, iron group and silica group are predominant
over the other groups. However, in the site number one, always the predominant group is the
sulfur with a particle abundance of 43 %. In wet season, the iron group presents the highest
abundance, probably due to natural contributions. The presence of typical anthropogenic
elements Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Sn, Pb, W and Hg in the intermediate sites and in all sampling
campaigns is result from industrial and urban activities. In general, the particle groups
decrease in the next sequence: aluminosilicate > silica > iron > sulphur > metals > calcium >
manganese > carbonate. The genetic particle types that describe the compositions of the
Lerma suspended matter are: authigenic, terrigenous, diagenetic, biogenous, and
anthropogenic. The analysis of suspended matter by EDS coupled to scanning electron
microscopy is useful in the evaluation of origin and heavy metals transport in surface body
waters.
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XRS METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FAST DETERMINATION OF METALS

IN USED TIMBER
Horst Guenther, Bernhard Koch, Hans Miessner, Thomas Dobe

I.U.T. Institut für Umwelttechnologien GmbH Volmerstr. 9B, 12489 Berlin, Germany

An analytical device based on XRS has been developed to perform fast determination of
metals and chlorine in used timber. The device consists of two radioactive sources to cover a
broad energetic spectrum:
A 109Cd source (ca. 100 mCi) emitting 3 Gamma lines in the range of 21 – 25 keV and a
55Fe source (ca. 250 mCi) with a Gamma line at 5,899 keV.
The X-ray fluorescence photons are accumulated by a Peltier-cooled Si-PIN-Diode, and the
obtained spectra are evaluated by an appropriate software (Picotax) using an appropriate
spectra deconvolution (Super Bayes).

The following detection limits have been achieved for the elements critical in used timber:.
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Threshold value by
Element German regulations Detection limit
mg/kg mg/kg
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Arsenic (As) 2 2
Lead (Pb) 30 30
Chromium (Cr) 30 20
Copper (Cu) 20 10
Mercury (Hg) 0,4 2
Chlorine (Cl) 600 350
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If desired, more elements are detectable.
Method and Device have been verified with several synthetical and real timber samples and
the results are compared with conventional laboratory analysis (AAS, ICP).
It has been shown that the described approach is an useful tool for first on-site analysis and
classification of used timber on disposals and deposits.
Of course, the method is also suitable for other environmental materials like soil samples,
electronic waste etc.
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ANALYSIS FOR CLEANING AND PROTECTION FROM VANDALS'

SMEAR ON STONE-LIKE MATERIALS AVALING OF A SPECIFICALLY
ASSEMBLED PORTABLE EDXRF SYSTEM
Stefano Ridolfi1, Roberto Cesareo2, Giorgio Cerichelli3
1
Ars Mensurae, Rome, Italy
2
Dept. of Mathematics and Physics, University of Sassari-INCA, Sassari, Italy
3
Dept. of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials
University of L'Aquila-INCA, L'Aquila, Italy

The vandals' smearing on the stone-like materials, the so called "graffiti", is particular form of
pollution that has become very heavy because nowadays it is usually used to mark the
territory of different groups of "communities" respectless for the artistic and cultural value of
the marked object. The media that the vandals use to mark the objects can be of different
kinds: ink, ink pads, pens, sprays and so on. It is understood that for any pair of
substratum/smearing element there will be an optimal solution for cleaning and subsequent
protection. It is therefore important, before the cleaning and protection operation, to
characterize the surfaces and pigments to clean, so that to choose the best solvent and
removing procedure. This characterization can be made directly in situ in a non destructive
way or in laboratory by extraction of a sample to study. It is clear that the study of the
materials in an "in situ" way would surely improve the work as far as cost and time are
concerned.
An X Ray Fluorescence system has been set up to analyze smearing pigments and substratum
to have a quick response directly in situ with a low cost of operation.
In this work we are going to present the specifically assembled EDXRF portable system with
his set up case and software. Results of several in situ campaigns are shown.
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ELEMENTAL CONTENT OF PM2.5 AEROSOL PARTICLES AT

DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND GÖTEBORG DURING
FEBRUARY 2005
Johan Boman1, Ardhendu Shannigrahi1, Annemarie Wagner1, Michael J. Gatari2
1
Department of Chemistry, Atmospheric science, Göteborg University
SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden.
2
Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30179,
Nairobi, Kenya

In February 2005 a large air pollution measurement campaign was conducted in Göteborg,
Sweden. The Göte – 2005 campaign was managed by the Atmospheric Science group at the
Chemistry department, Göteborg University. Its main focus was to study the influence of
winter inversions on the air pollution situation in Göteborg. Several measurement sites both
urban and rural in and around Göteborg were used. As part of that campaign the elemental
content of PM2.5 aerosol particles was studied.
Particles were collected on Teflon filters using plastic cyclones with a collection cut off
diameter of 2.5 micrometer. Samples were changed at noon every day on a regular basis. The
main sampling sites were on the roof of Femman, a commercial complex located in the centre
of Göteborg and the Chalmers campus area situated 2 km south of the city centre. Samples
were also collected at roof level on the high Lipstick building in the city centre and at the
rural site Råö, 35 km south of Göteborg.
The obtained samples were analyzed for trace elements by Energy Dispersive X-Ray
Fluorescence (EDXRF), based on three-axial geometry with a Mo secondary target. The
spectrometer was operated at 55 kV and 25 mA and the samples were analyzed using a
livetime of 1000 seconds.
The concentrations of S, Cl, K, Ca, Ti, V, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Br, and Pb were evaluated. The
results showed that S, Cl, K, Ca and Fe dominated in the sampled atmospheric aerosols, with
average concentrations of 1300, 600, 150, 50 and 100 ng/m3 respectively. The average
concentrations for the whole measurement period were very similar at the main urban sites,
but the concentrations of different elements were highly variable on a daily basis mainly due
to different weather conditions. Both the high urban site and the rural site showed lower
concentrations of most elements, compared to the urban sites. Especially Zn had a different
variation pattern at the high Lipstick site compared to the Femman and Campus sites. One
inversion period was identified during the measurement campaign. Although the particle
samples are collected during a 24 hour period giving an average of concentrations over the
whole day, the inversion period can be seen in higher concentrations of most elements, with
the exception of S, Zn and Br indicating differences in sources for the elements.
Janhäll, S., Molnár, P. and Hallquist, M., 2003. Vertical distribution of air pollutants at the Gustavii Cathedral in
Goteborg, Sweden. Atmospheric Environment, 37(2): 209-217

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SINGLE-PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION OF NIST SRM 70A

(POTASSIUM FELDSPAR), USING LOW-Z PARTICLE EPMA
M.S.I. Khan, H. Hwang, H. Kim, and C.-U. Ro

Department of Chemistry, Inha University, 253, Yonghyun-dong, Nam-gu, Incheon 402-751, Korea

A single particle analytical technique, named low-Z particle electron probe X-ray
microanalysis (low-Z particle EPMA), employing an energy-dispersive X-ray detector with
an ultra-thin window, has been proven to be useful in atmospheric aerosol research since the
low-Z particle EPMA allows the quantitative determination of concentrations of low-Z
elements such as C, N, and O, as well as higher-Z elements that can be analyzed by
conventional energy-dispersive EPMA and many environmentally important particles contain
low-Z elements in the form of nitrates, sulfates, oxides, or mixtures including a carbon matrix.
Eventually, the low-Z particle EPMA technique can provide size-segregated relative
abundances of chemical species observed in aerosol samples, which is valuable for the
characterization of atmospheric environmental aerosol samples. However, information on
size-segregated mass fractions of chemical species using a single particle analysis could be
useful considering that most aerosol analyses are done by the use of bulk analyses that
provide data for mass fractions of chemical elements, ions, and/or organic species. By
obtaining mass fractions of chemical species from the low-Z particle EPMA analysis, bulk
and single particle analyses will provide complementary information on chemical
compositions of aerosol samples. In this context, we analyzed a certified reference material of
potassium feldspar (NIST-SRM 70a). The measurements were carried out on a Hitachi S-
3500N LV-SEM equipped with an Oxford Link SATW ultra-thin window EDX detector in
Korea Basic Science Institute Chuncheon Center. Since we know the chemical compositions
of individual particles, the densities of the individual particles can be estimated and thus with
the combination of information on chemical compositions, densities, and sizes of individual
particles, mass fractions of chemical species observed in the CRM sample can be obtained.
Weight concentrations of chemical species obtained from a single particle analysis of 500
particles of the CRM sample were found not to be much different from those certified values,
in spite of totally different approaches employed between the single particle and bulk
analytical techniques. It is necessary to identify the uncertainty involved in the low-Z particle
EPMA analysis.
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SINGLE-PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION OF SEASONAL AEROSOL

SAMPLES COLLECTED AT A SUBWAY STATION PLATFORM
IN SEOUL, KOREA
S. Kang, H. Hwang, Y. Park, E. Choi, M.S.I. Khan, H. Kim, and C.-U. Ro

Department of Chemistry, Inha University, 253, Yonghyun-dong, Nam-gu, Incheon 402-751, Korea

In general, people spend their time inside more than outside, so that bad indoor air quality can
provide an adverse effect on human health. Among various indoor environments, the subway
station has unique characteristics, i.e. it is a very much closed space with various sources of
aerosols, e.g. due to running-trains, moving-passengers, and shopping activities at nearby
underground stores. And thus the aerosol particles might be accumulated in this somewhat
closed environment, resulting in the high concentration of particulate matters in the air. A
single particle analytical technique, named low-Z particle electron probe X-ray microanalysis
(low-Z particle EPMA), employing an ultra-thin window X-ray detector and enabling the
quantitative determination of even low-Z elements such as C, N, and O, was applied to
characterize samples collected in four different seasons at a subway station in Seoul, Korea.
The measurements were carried out on a Hitachi S-3500N LV-SEM equipped with an Oxford
Link SATW ultra-thin window EDX detector in Korea Basic Science Institute Chuncheon
Center. According to their chemical composition, many distinctive particle types were
identified, i.e., for all the samples collected at the subway station platform, the major
chemical species are observed to be carbon-rich, organic, aluminosilicates(AlSi), AlSi/C,
CaCO3, SiO2, and Fe2O3. Fe-containing particles that come from the wearing of brake block,
subway train wheel, and electric contact materials are the most abundantly encountered both
in coarse and fine fractions: the relative abundances of the Fe-containing particles are in the
range of about 50 % ~ 70 %. The Fe-containing particles are observed as various types of
Fe2O3, Fe2O3/C, (Si, Fe)Ox, (Si, Fe)Ox/C, and etc. The other abundantly encountered
particles are carbonaceous particles (either carbon-rich or organic) and those originated from
soil such as aluminosilicates, AlSi/C, CaCO3, SiO2. Some of those particles are believed to
come from outdoor air. By the application of the low-Z particle EPMA, it is demonstrated that
the single particle analytical technique can provide detailed information on various types of
chemical species in the indoor samples and there exist no significant seasonal variations in
chemical compositions of the samples.
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SINGLE PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION OF AEROSOL SAMPLES

COLLECTED DURING AN "ASIAN DUST" STORM EVENT IN 2004, USING
LOW-Z PARTICLE ELECTRON PROBE X-RAY MICROANALYSIS
H. Hwang, M.S.I. Khan, H. Kim, and C.-U. Ro

Department of Chemistry, Inha University, 253, Yonghyun-dong, Nam-gu, Incheon 402-751, Korea

Nearly every spring, usually from March to May, “Asian Dust” originating mostly in Central
China’s arid areas is transported into Eastern China, over the Yellow Sea to Korea. During the
Asian Dust’s long-distance travels, it can react with diverse chemical species and/or provide a
reaction site for chemicals in the air. For example, it would react with chemical species such
as SOx and NOx so that the transport of modified Asian Dust to the East Asian region could
result in the deposition of sulfate and nitrate, in addition to mineral dust, in this area. Hence,
increasing attention has been devoted to the study on the modification of physicochemical
properties of Asian Dust particles during long-range transport. A single particle analysis,
named low-Z particle electron probe X-ray microanalysis (low-Z particle EPMA), was
applied for the characterization of aerosol samples collected in Chuncheon, Korea, during an
Asian Dust storm event that occurred on 10-12 March, 2004. Four different samples were
analyzed, i.e., those collected just before the Asian Dust storm event, at the peak of the storm
event, at the late stage of the event, and at the end of the event. The measurements were
carried out on a Hitachi S-3500N LV-SEM equipped with an Oxford Link SATW ultra-thin
window EDX detector in Korea Basic Science Institute Chuncheon Center. All the four
samples are found to have experienced chemical modifications during long-range transport
because the samples contain a significant number of particles composed of chemical species,
such as nitrate and sulfate, which resulted from atmospheric reactions of CaCO3 and sea-salt
particles. This finding implies that CaCO3 and sea-salts particles reacted with sulfur and
nitrogen oxide species during long-range transport. The sample collected on March 10 just
before the storm event experienced the most extensive chemical modification during its
transport. For this sample, the overall relative abundances of reacted CaCO3 and reacted sea-
salt particles are 9.8 % and 44.2 %, respectively. By the application of the low-Z particle
EPMA, it is demonstrated that the single particle analytical technique can provide detailed
information on various types of chemical species in the samples. Further, it is observed that
chemical compositions of the four samples are significantly different, which could provide a
clue to how Asian Dust particles can interact with local air pollutants.
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SUSPENDED PARTICLES IN A WATER SUPPLY RESERVOIR: A CASE

STUDY OF THE PASSAUNA RESERVOIR AT CURITIBA, SOUTHERN
BRAZIL
Dionete G. Meger1, André V. L. Bitterncourt1, Ana Flavia L. Godoi1
Sanja Potgieter-Vermaak2, Patricia E. D. Lagos3, Charles M. S. Carneiro3
Yaroslava Makarovska4, Rene Van Grieken4, Ricardo H. M. Godoi1
1
Graduate Program in Environmental Management, Centro Universitário Positivo UnicenP, R. Prof.
Pedro Viriato Parigot de Souza, 5300, Campo Comprido, Curitiba PR, CEP 81280-330, Brazil.
2
School of Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag X3, 2050 Wits, South Africa.
3
Companhia de Saneamento do Paraná DMA - Diretoria de Meio Ambiente e Ação Social, Rua Eng.
Rebouças, 1376, Rebouças, Curitiba PR, CEP 80215-900, Brazil.
4
Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium.

Suspended particles, as well as the dissolved substances, play an important ecological and quality role
in water by attenuating light, providing reactive surfaces, influencing metabolic activity, and
contributing to the net sediment deposition. The composition of suspended particles is based on
saturated mineral phases in water columns, sediment re-suspended from bottom deposits, and the input
from human activities. The water quality, particularly in reservoirs, is crucial and it is naturally
maintained by flushing and sedimentation that remove phosphorus from the water. For instance, in
eutrophic reservoirs, these removal processes are countered by recycling of ions and metals from the
sediments, which can maintain the eutrophic state. However, if the level of phosphorus loading
exceeds the threshold, the eutrophication of the reservoir will become more severe and the water
quality will deteriorate substantially. Under such conditions it has been reported that the
concentrations of bloom-forming cyanobacteria increase three-to-five-fold. If this is the case, the water
reservoir management will become significantly more costly and difficult. Trace and microanalysis
techniques can be useful in the context of both acute environmental disasters and long term release of
pollutants, as a means of tracing pollution sources by means of a chemical fingerprint of such
heterogeneous materials, e.g. suspended particles.The magnitude and patterns of the suspended
particles were assessed in one of the Curitiba reservoirs, the capital of the Paraná State, in the South-
Eastern part of Brazil. The watercourses that cross the Curitiba metropolitan area are heavily polluted
and feed into the Passauna reservoir, one of the three main intakes with a capacity of 1.7 m3/s of
water. Data on the chemical composition of suspended particles in the Passauna reservoir are scarce or
nonexistent, even though it is important from a health point of view.The objective of this work was to
determine the nature of the anthropogenic and crustal particles in the Passauna reservoir. The samples
were investigated using both energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) and automated electron
probe X-ray microanalysis (EPXMA). A recently improved data reduction method was combined with
the X-ray analyses and used to determine the chemical and morphological characteristics of individual
micrometric-sized suspended particles. Special attention was paid to the phytoplankton community
composition, in particular diatoms, due to its controversial ability to remove phosphorus from the
water column. The elements could be classified into two main groups on the basis of the variability of
the elemental concentrations and the source of origin. In the first instance they originated mainly from
crustal re-suspension, and secondly they were related to anthropogenic sources. The chemistry of
different groups of suspended particles could be elucidated by the application of EPXMA with
subsequent cluster analysis of the results. Results obtained showed that the particles may be divided
into three groups, namely those of: (1) mineral, (2) organic, and (3) mixed origin. The contribution of
these groups to the total composition of suspended particles was evaluated. According to abundances
of the particle groups, two categories of particles in the reservoir have been distinguished and the
chemical differences will be discussed.
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CALIBRATION OF AN ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE

FACILITY FOR THE ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES
Panagiota, K. Rouni, Marios, J. Anagnostakis, Simos, E. Simopoulos

Nuclear Engineering Department, National Technical University of Athens

Aim of this work is the calibration of an Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence facility for
the analysis of solid environmental samples such as soil, ashes produced in coal-fired power
plants and sediments. The main components of the facility are: a 50 W (4-50 kV, 0-1 mA)
OXFORD X-ray tube with Mo target and a CANBERRA Super-SiLi x-ray detector with
160 eV resolution @ 5.9 keV. For the x-ray spectra collection an AMPTEK pocket MCA
connected to a PC is used. The x-ray spectra are analyzed with the in-house developed
computer code SPUNAL. For the sample preparation a 20 t hydraulic press is used to
compress the materials under analysis mixed with a binder additive, inside 40 mm diameter
aluminum cups. A thorough investigation has been performed for the determination of the
best source-target-detector geometry and the ultimate irradiation conditions - in terms of high
voltage, current and filtering - for the detection of the various elements of interest. For the
efficiency calibration of the facility several Certified Reference materials were used from
NIST (Montana soil nr. 2710, 2711, San Joaquin soil nr. 2709, Coal fly ash 1633b) and from
IAEA (Soil nr. 7, Lake sediment nr.1). For each different type of material a response factor
(ppm/cps) was determined for each element that was detected. Repeatability and
reproducibility experiments were conducted for each Reference material. The calibration
allowed for the quantitative determination of the following elements: Ca, Ti, V, Mn, Fe, Cu,
Zn, Pb, Rb, Sr, Ba, Cs. Furthermore, Arsenic may be indirectly determined taking into
consideration the interference of its KĮ x-rays with the LĮ x-rays of Pb. For most elements the
detection limit is about 100 ppm.
The facility is used for the determination of the elemental concentration of soil and sediment
samples from industrial areas of the Attica district, as well as ash samples from lignite and
biomass fired power plants.

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CADMIUM AND CHROMIUM (VI) DETERMINATION BY SMALL-SPOT

EDXRF AFTER MEMBRANE CONCENTRATION
Clàudia Fontàs1, Eva Marguí1, Manuela Hidalgo1 and Ignacio Queralt2
1
Department of Chemistry, University of Girona. Campus de Montilivi, 17071 Girona, Spain
2
Laboratory of X-ray Analytical Applications, Institute of Earth Sciences “J. Almera”. Solé Sabarís
s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

Cadmium and chromium are recognised as toxic elements that can produce many health
problems. Therefore they appear in all the Environmental Agencies regulations related to
water, soil and biota. The concern for a clean environment has prompted the development of
sensitive methodologies for their control and monitoring in the environment surveillance.
Whilst the cadmium adverse effect seems to be related to their concentration, chromium
hazard is related to its chemical form. Hexavalent chromium compounds are considered 100
to 1000 times more toxic than the most common trivalent ones.
From the experimental X-ray fluorescence techniques two different main problems are related
with the determination of Cd and Cr. Cr (VI) need to be carefully isolated from Cr (III) prior
to the XRF analysis. On the other hand, Cadmium levels are near the limit of detection for the
main XRF instruments. Additionally, for conventional WDXRF systems, based on Rhodium-
target tube, the Cd K-lines are situated in the region were the Rh K-lines and Compton
appear. The use of tungsten EDRXF systems imply that the Cd K-lines appear in the region
where the elemental sensitivity is growing down. Therefore, a selective pre-concentration
methodology for both elements seems to be a solution for their precise determination.
For this purpose, we investigated the use of membranes activated with the commercial anionic
exchanger Aliquat 336 (a quaternary ammonium salt) for collecting both Cr(VI) and Cd(II)
species. Different types of membranes have been investigated, such as the so-called
impregnated membranes, where a solution of the extractant dissolved in decaline fills the
pores of a polymeric support, and the polymer inclusion membranes, prepared by physical
inclusion of Aliquat 336 in a polymeric matrix made of cellulose triacetate or poly(vinyl
chloride). The extraction efficiency of the membranes was evaluated analyzing the depleted
feed by ICP-AES, and it was shown that short times of contact are needed to achieve high
extraction efficiency. Moreover, the analyses of the membranes by EDXRF were done in
order to check not only the content of cadmium or chromium but also the homogeneity of the
metal distribution along the membrane surface. In the case of Cr(VI), it was shown that
polymeric inclusion membranes made of PVC gave better results in terms of homogeneity, an
that a good linear relationship between metal content in aqueous phase and fluorescence
signal was obtained, indicating the feasibility of using activated membranes for
preconcentration purposes.

Acknowledgements
This study has been funded by the Spanish National Research Programme (CGL2004-05963-C04-02)

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ANALYSIS OF ILLYRIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURINES OF APHRODITE

AND OTHER CERAMIC OBJECTS USING EDXRF SPECTROMETRY
Nikolla Civici

Institute of Nuclear Physics, P. O. Box 85, Tirana, Albania

The modern scientific techniques and methodologies, developed especially for the study of
archaeological objects (archaeometry) can extract important cultural information. For
example, the ancient ceramic technology reflects a lot of parameters of a cultural society, such
as technological know-how, economy, trade, competition, hierarchy, religious influences and
so on.
In this paper we will present the results obtained during the study of some terra-cotta figurines
of Aphrodite and related ceramics. The objects were found under water close to the bank of
Seferan Lake which is situated about 2 km from the ancient Illyrian settlement of Belsh
(central Albania). The discovered objects included about 30 figurines of Aphrodite with
different sizes and shapes and 10 ceramic objects, mainly wares. Most of the figurines were
covered with a black layer of not uniform thickness. According to the archaeological
evaluations the objects belong to IIId century BC. No ancient ruins or buildings were found
near the lake. It is thought that the site could have been acting as an open sanctuary devoted to
Aphrodite where people offered to the deity by throwing figurine votive to the lake.
X-ray fluorescence was used for the determination of the type of raw materials used for the
manufacture of the terra-cotta figurines and for the investigation of the objects’ provenance.
This later objective was based on the comparison of the composition of Seferan objects with
the composition of the same period ceramics from the city of Belsh and other areas, such as
Durres and Apollonia, which have been the nearest big and developed cities that have had
close relations with the ancient center of Belsh. Raw clay samples collected around the lake
and also in the areas of Belsh, Durres and Apollonia were included in the comparison. The
composition of the black layer that covers some of the figurines was also investigated.
The analytical results obtained from all the samples allow us to conclude that, from the
viewpoint of composition, the objects found in Seferan Lake are not similar with the objects
from neighboring sites of Durres and Apollonia, which means that they should not be
imported. On the other side, the similarities observed with some of the objects from Belsh and
two of the raw clays indicate that with much probability these objects should be local
products.
The analyses performed on the black cover material showed that this layer was not of organic
nature, as was initially suggested, but is made of an iron rich material. It is not clear if the
black layer was intentionally prepared during the manufacture of the figurines or was created
due to the weathering of the objects under water.
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ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION OF VEGETABLES IN THE DAR ES SALAAM

MARKET USING WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE X-RAY
FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS
Y.I.A Koleleni

Physics Department, University of Dar es Salaam

P.O.Box 35063 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Several elements and their concentrations were found in vegetables collected from different
areas of Dar es Salaam City. The samples were analyzed with Wavelength Dispersive X-ray
Fluorescence Spectrometer. 1 gram of fine dried and grinded vegetables were prepared as
pellets for analysis for Species of Vigina Unguiculata (Kunde), Amarathus (African Spinach),
Cucuta maxima (Pumkin), Brassica Chinese (Spinach). The WDXRF SRS 300 operate at
20 kV, 5 mA and 60 kV, 50 mA for the two anodes respectively. In all the sample cases
Carbon and Oxygen were found to dominate with high concentrations between 32% and 47%.
This paper presents result of elemental concentrations originating mainly from the samples
which form an important main meal of the Dar es Salaam residence.

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COMPARISON OF FOUR DIFFERENT FILTER MATERIALS FOR

AEROSOL ANALYSIS WITH XRF
Yaroslava Makarovska, Katleen Van Meel, Anna Worobiec, Rene Van Grieken

Micro and Trace Analysis Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein
1, B-2610 Antwerpen, Belgium

Since several decades, the analysis of aerosol loaded filter has been an important task for XRF
and particularly of EDXRF. The choice of the right collection substrate is very important. Still
it appears that no overall and systematic comparison has been published on the suitability of
different filter materials for XRF. Several aspects such as “filter penetration effect”, pore size,
substrate chemical composition, the distribution of the particles on the filter surface should be
taken into account. Therefore it is advisable to estimate the quality of the filter materials
applicable for XRF analysis. Four filter materials differing in surfaces, internal structure and
composition were investigated: Nuclepore, cellulose nitrate, quartz and Teflon ® (PTFE).
Parallel indoor aerosol samples were collected on the investigated filter materials in the same
place. Thickness of layer and penetration effect were estimated during the investigation [1, 2].
For XRF measurement the EDXRF spectrometer Epsilon 5 from PANalytical (Almelo, The
Netherlands) was used. The spectrometry has a powerful X-ray tube, 3D polarizing geometry,
up to 15 secondary targets and a high-resolution HPGe-detector. The visual examination of
the filter substrate surfaces was performed on a Scanning Electron Microscopy coupled with
Energy Dispersive X-ray detector (SEM/EDX); type JEOL JSM 6300. A Si(Li) X-ray
detector coupled to a PGT (Princeton Gamma Tech, Princeton, NJ, USA) system was
employed for acquiring the X-ray spectra. The typical energy of electron bombarding was 20
keV and a beam current of 1 nA was used. From the preliminary results it was found that the
deposition on Nuclepore and cellulose nitrate filters give the most homogenous particle
distribution over the surface.
[1] R.E. Van Grieken, A.M.Markowicz, Handbook of X-ray spectrometry, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York,
2002, p. 1016.
[2] Ron Jenkins, R.W.Gould, D. Gedcke, Quantitative X-ray Spectrometry, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York-
Basel-Hong Kong, 1995, p.484.

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CONCENTRATION OF SOME ELEMENTS IN THE ADRIATIC COASTAL

SEA SEDIMENTS: CASE STUDY THE KVARNER BAY
Vladivoj Valkovic1, Jasmina Obhodas2, Mladen Crnjar2

1
A.C.T.,d.o.o., Prilesje 4, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
2
Ruder Boskovic Institute, Bijenicka c. 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
3
County Institute for Sustainable Development and Town and Country Plannin
Splitska 2/II, Rijeka, Croatia

Maritime transport of goods and people, including nautical tourism, is the most intensively
growing activity in the Kvarner bay (Northern Adriatic) consuming considerable amounts of
its marine resources. Heavy metals, which are present in the antifouling paints used by cargo,
passenger and pleasure boats, strongly impact marine environment diversity, health and
vitality of its ecosystem and its productive capacity. The purpose of the study was to
systematically investigate the distribution of major and trace elements along the Kvarner bay
coast and islands, especially in the most exposed regions, such as marinas, shipyards, small
harbours in the villages, ports and other places where ship repairs and paintings are
performed.
The elemental concentrations of some 20 elements in the sediment samples were investigated
by the use of energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (EDXRF). Contour maps for
concentrations of individual chemical elements in the surface layer of sediments were
produced indicating the level of sediment contamination from locations of potential pollution
sources. Results showed that contents of the toxic elements Zn, Cu, As and Pb in sediments
close to the areas closed to marinas or shipyard services were found to be several orders of
magnitude greater than background values. The protection and remediation measures could be
proposed based on these results. The treatment of waste waters in service areas of marinas and
shipyards is one of such measures considered.
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GEOCHEMICAL MAPPING OF CROATIAN SOILS OBTAINED BY GPS-GIS

SUPPORTED XRS METHODS
Jasmina Obhodas1, Darko Tibljas2, Vladivoj Valkovic1

1Ruder Boskovic Institute, Bijenicka c. 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

2Dipartment of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac bb
10000 Zagreb,Croatia

The present study was undertaken as a screening survey on geochemical properties of soils in
Croatia. The aims of the study were to determine average concentrations of some minor and
major elements in different types of soils in Croatia, to find out their large-scale variability
and to determine how their mineral and elemental composition was associated with
environmental parameters, such as location (latitude, longitude), rainfall, soil type, land use,
rockiness, stoniness, slope, natural drainage, erosion and soil moisture. The survey was
conducted as a part of the DIAMINE project (IST-2000-25237) oriented towards
investigation of neutron backscattering method as a demining technique. Namely, the
geochemical properties of soils are one of the parameters that might influence the field
application of the method. Since the information on soil properties is needed in many fields of
human activities, the obtained data can be widely used, especially in the advanced
environmental system modelling such as climatological, hydrological or soil-water-
vegetation-air transfer modelling.
Ninety soil samples were collected in different localities across Croatia. Their mineral and
elemental composition was investigated by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and by energy
dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF), respectively.
GIS-GPS approach was used to construct regional geochemical maps and to compare
obtained maps with geographical, geological and land-use data-basis. Data were subjected to
multivariate statistic analysis in order to obtain factors that control variability of minor and
major elements.
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EDXRF MONITORING OF ELEMENT TRANSPORT IN COLUMN

EXPERIMENTS
Dieter Rammlmair

BGR, Stilleweg 2, 30655 Hannover, germany

Columns have been designed to monitor the kinetics of heavy metals transport in running
experiments. The material for investigation is filled into polyethylene pipes of 80 µm wall
thickness, thin enough for emission of x-ray fluorescence of elements heavier than potassium.
The columns are connected to an automatic valve to adjust the water table at 10 cm from the
bottom of the column. Six columns are mounted on a rotating holder and can be brought
within defined time intervals ranging from daily at beginning to monthly basis in the later
stage of the experiment into the measuring position.
Measurements are performed with the geoscanner, based on a Mo-long fine focus XRD tube,
boosted by a glass slit capillary. The signal is monitored by a peltier element cooled drift
chamber detector. Standard operation occurs at 45 kV, 30 mA in 0,25 to 1mm steps and 10 to
30 sec signal acquisition time. The data are processed and results are presented in x-y-graphs.
In the water saturated zone of the columns primary minerals are getting dissolved. The
solution migrates by capillary transport and reacts on the way up to the top of the column
were secondary phases precipitate. Both, transported solution and precipitation provide
detectable signals good enough to document the solution and capillary driven element
migration in the column.
Element - position – time plots show the chemical changes at on measuring point over the
investigated time interval highlighting the difference in behaviour of individual elements
such as S, K, Ca, Fe, Cu, Zn, As, Pb, Sr, and others.
The obtained information is highly valuable to understand processes taking place within waste
rock dumps responsible for the formation of hardpans and acid mine drainage, and to estimate
the kinetics of such processes.
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NON-DESTRUCTIVE X-RAY AND NEUTRON TECHNIQUES FOR

ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF URANIUM AT THE
PREMISES OF REMEDIATED HUNGARIAN URANIUM MINE
Anita Alsecz1, János Osán1, József Pálfalvi1, Szabina Török1, Gerald Falkenberg2

1
KFKI Atomic Energy Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary
2
HASYLAB at DESY, Hamburg, Germany

Uranium ore mining and milling have been terminated in the Mecsek Mountains (southwest
Hungary) in 1997. Restoration of most of heap-leaching areas, tailing ponds has been
accomplished. The resources of drinking water of the city of Pécs lie in the vicinity area of the
remediated Hungarian uranium ore mine, therefore the continuous U monitoring of the water
effluents and creeks is important both from the point of view of the chemical cleaning
technology and public health. Mine tailings and waste rock piles are the main environmental
contamination sources of the territory of the mine. Therefore the chemical state of uranium
and other heavy metals is important for assessment of the environmental impact.
In this work, a simple and reliable method for U analysis of contaminated water based on total
reflection x-ray fluorescence (TXRF) is presented. The possible leaching of uranium depends
on its chemical state and distribution in the tailings sludge. Micro-X-ray absorption near edge
structure (µ-XANES) was applied for the determination of U oxidation state in tailings
particles enriched with uranium.
Water samples were collected from a spring and creeks with elevated uranium concentration.
A detection limit of 17.4 µg/l could be reached with TXRF using a Mo-anode X-ray tube and
a KETEK silicon drift detector. Concentrations of the water samples were in a wide range
with a maximum concentration of 25 mg/l uranium.
Tailing sludge samples were collected at the ground of tailings pond No. I of the mine.
Particles were dispersed on Nuclepore filters that were attached to the surface of a polyallyl
diglycol carbonate detector (TASTRAK). After irradiation with fast neutrons for 5 minutes,
the fission tracks were recorded in an optical microscope. From the stored images, the
positions of particles with elevated uranium content were located on the Nuclepore filters.
The oxidation state of U, As and Pb was determined by µ-XANES at HASYLAB Beamline L,
Hamburg, Germany. Major fraction of uranium in the tailings particles was present in the less
mobile U(IV) form not risking their leaching into the ground water. Arsenic was present
mostly as arsenopyrite and arsenate, but significant amount of As(III) could also be detected.
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CAPABILITIES OF MICROANALYTICAL METHODS FOR URANIUM

ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUAL MINE TAILINGS PARTICLES
Anita Alsec1, János Osán1, Bálint Alföldy1, Szabina Török1, András Várhegyi2
Elzbieta Stefaniak3, Anna Worobiec3, René Van Grieken3

FKI Atomic Energy Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary

2
MECSEK-ÖKO, Pécs, Hungary
3
Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Environmental problems caused by mining activities are of high importance all over Europe.
Mining and mineral processing operations produce the largest amounts of waste in all
industrial processes. Such wastes are deposited in waste dumps and tailings. One uranium
deposit exists in Hungary where the radiological monitoring of the site is continuous. The
nuclear spectroscopic methods are well established in order to study the problem concerning
radionuclides. However, very limited information is available on the distribution and
chemical form of uranium in the tailings sludge. In order to solve this complex analytical
problem, a combination of different analytical methods is necessary. One of the most applied
methods for studying the major elemental composition of particulate samples is electron-
probe microanalysis (EPMA). Detection limits of uranium determination by single-particle
EPMA were calculated using Monte Carlo simulations, as a function of particle diameter and
accelerating voltage. For a 25 kV accelerating voltage, 1 nA beam current and 50 s measuring
time, the detection limit of U were calculated as 4 wt.%. However, uranium and its decay
products are often present only at trace amounts in the particles, insufficient to detect by
EPMA. For most actinides that are long-lived radionuclides, micro beam X-ray fluorescence
(µ-XRF) has superior sensitivity to nuclear spectrometry in case of particulate matter. For
studying the micro-distribution of uranium and other heavy metals within one particle of a
few hundred micrometres, a tomography method based on µ-XRF was used. Micro-Raman
spectrometry was applied aiming structural and molecular characterization of individual
microparticles.
Tailings samples were collected from the uncovered part of tailings pond No. I of the
Hungarian uranium mine, dried in air and prepared on Nuclepore polycarbonate filter as well
as on Al foil. Using single-particle EPMA, the abundance of U-containing particles (over 4
wt.%) was found to be around 1 % in all samples. U was mostly associated to Ti-rich
aluminosilicate particles. It was possible to identify larger particles with lower U content
using laboratory µ-XRF. A particle of 250 µm diameter identified with µ-XRF was further
investigated with micro-XRF tomography resulting in an inhomogeneous U distribution
within the particle. Micro-Raman spectra were collected from U-rich particles identified by
EPMA on samples prepared on Al foils. From micro-Raman results the occurrence of
uranium was considered in the form of pitchblende and pyrochlore.
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POSSIBILITIES OF XRF SPECTROMETRY FOR TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
OF VEGETATION SAMPLES IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Eva Marguí

Department of Chemistry. University of Girona. Campus Montilivi, 17071 Girona (Spain)

The use of vegetation specimens as bioindicators of the degree of pollution with metallic
elements in monitoring studies is already a widespread approach in environmental research.
Commonly, plant analysis has been carried out by means of atomic spectroscopic techniques.
However, the use of these techniques involves sample preparation procedures for the total
destruction of the matrix by mineralisation, which may lead to problems of contamination or
disturbances of the measured concentrations by element losses due to incomplete digestion.
X-Ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) comply with the desired features for the analysis of
vegetation specimens including the multi-element capability, simple sample preparation, a
wide dynamic range, high throughput and low cost per determination. However, the use of
XRF technique for environmental purposes has been limited due to the poor sensitivity for
some important pollutant elements (such as Cd and Pb) and a somewhat worst precision and
accuracy compared to other spectroscopic techniques. In this sense, the implementation of
suitable quantitative strategies and the recent improvements in XRF instrumentation have
been evaluated in the present work to achieve reliable analytical results for plant analysis.
Besides, analytical figures of merit such as precision, accuracy and limits of detection have
been carefully determined in diverse configurations of XRF spectrometers (EDXRF, WDXRF
and Polarised-EDXRF) using different excitation sources in order to assess the capability of
XRF for environmental purposes.
Data obtained showed up the benefits of using Polarised beam EDXRF instrumentation since
the instrument can be designed to generate a range of excitation and polarisation conditions
optimised for different groups of analytes leading to an improvement of the achieved
sensitivity. Moreover using this configuration, we reduce the characteristic high degree of
scattering of the X-Ray source by organic matrices leading to an improvement of the limits of
detection.
On the other hand, the combined use of a gadolinium anode tube and high-energy Ge
semiconductor detector allow performing EDXRF analysis using K-lines of high atomic
number elements. In this way, the problems of reduced sensitivity and spectral interferences
inherent to the choice of L-lines for the determination of some important pollutant elements
such as the cadmium is feasible in the low mg·kg-1 range.
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HEAVY METAL ANALYSIS ON CANDLES

Nikolaos Kallithrakas-Kontos, Rumpini Moschochoritou

Technical University of Crete, Analytical and Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, University

Campus, GR-73100 Chania, Greece

Candle market is a developing market especially last years, with an estimation of a 10%-15%
per year increase and sales of the order of $ billions. Besides candle aesthetic significance
they may be a potential source of indoor air pollution [1]. The main problems are the heavy
metal and organic compounds emissions. Heavy metal emissions usually referred in the
literature are originated from candle metal core wicks.
As candle production is a high increasing market with numerous producers, a fast and reliable
analytical technique will be needed in the near future. In the present work the possibility of
direct candle heavy metal analysis with energy dispersive XRF was examined. A 109Cd
radioactive source was used for excitation and different types of candles were analysed.
Especially high contents of some metals (Cu, Zn, Fe) were detected on the surface of certain
type candles (gold color plated candles) while their cores did not show any pollution problem;
the surface metal contents were found equal to 0.8 mg/cm2 in the case of copper. The results
show that a more extensive study is needed and the problem of candle surface analysis could
have been underestimated.
[1] EPA Candles and Incense as potential sources of indoor air pollution, EPA-600/R-01-001, January 2001.

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ADAPTIVE MATCHED FILTERING OF XRF DETECTOR SIGNALS.

Georgi Georgiev, Ivaylo Peev

INRNE - Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
Sofia, Bulgaria

Matched filtering idea was proposed by V. Radeka and N. Karlovac back in 1967. Several
attempts for approximate implementation have been made since then. Matched filtering is
extremely efficient in XRF spectrometers due to relatively high detector noise (resulting in
resolution degradation). This paper discusses an adaptive procedure for exact coefficient
determination of optimal matched filter.
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APPLICATION OF KUMAKHOV’S POLYCAPILLARY OPTICS FOR

SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FOCUSING
Oleg Mikhin1, S. Nikitina2, A. Priladyshev2
1
Institute for Roentgen Optics, Moscow
2
IRO, Moscow, UNISANTIS, Geneva

Kumakhov’s polycapillary optics is one of the most efficient type of x-ray optics applied for
laboratory sources-based instruments used for spectroscopy and diffraction applications. In
this research we studied microfocusing properties of half-lenses with various parameters
using highly collimated monochromatic synchrotron radiation beam at the ESRF. The
Microoptics test bench at BM05 was used to evaluate optical performance of polycapillary
lenses in terms of resolution, efficiency and gain. We found that half-lenses allow focusing
effectively a parallel synchrotron beam to the focal spot of about 10 microns. As a result the
increase of the flux density in the focal spot was more than three orders higher as compared
with a direct or unfocused beam. The obtained results show real applicability of the
Kumakhov’s policapillary systems in microXRF and other applications where high density of
x-ray radiation is required.
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PROPERTIES OF POLYMER X-RAY REFRACTIVE LENSES FOR

SPECTROSCOPY
A. Last, V. Nazmov, E. Reznikova, J. Mohr

Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Mikrostrukturtechnik, Postfach 3640

D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany

For spectroscopic experiments like micro-fluorescence analysis, EXAFS, XANES or micro-

diffraction micro focused X-ray beams are used. X-ray compound refractive lenses (CRLs)
are one of the cheapest and most simple ways to micro focus X-rays. Unfortunately, the focal
distance of the lenses is altered at a change of the mono-chromator energy as the refraction
index of the material is a function of wavelength. To keep the object, the lens and the image
position at a change of the monochroma-tor energy, X-ray refractive lenses generating a large
focal depth are required for static spectroscopy experiments. By lithography processing of
polymer it is also pos-sible to fabricate lenses with quasi-parabolic profile providing a large
focus depth with uniform intensity distribution in the focal spot for a relative energy change
of 0.1.
Our SU-8 polymer lenses for photon range from 1 keV to 100 keV have been tested in
spectroscopic setups. We have fabricated planar parabolic lenses with focal spot sizes with
FWHM < 0.5 µm and an intensity gain of more than 100. Lenses optimized for different
wavelengths and with focal lengths of between several millimetres and several tens of
centimetres were fabricated on one substrate. The focal length of the lenses can be adjusted to
the needs of the experimental setup by breaking away parts of the lens arrays. This can be
done independently for the x- and y-focussing direction. By moving the lens substrate as well
as the detector in a distance of about 10 cm and stepping from one lens to the next, the whole
spectral range can be scanned. The lens apertures are in the range of some tens of micrometers
to several hundred micrometers.
In the paper we will present recent results concerning the improved focal spot size of less then
500 nm for circular focal spots and less then 150 nm for linear focal lines.

E. Reznikova, V. Nazmov, J. Mohr, Deep X-ray lithography characteristics of SU-8 photo-resist; Nucl.Instr.Meth.Phys.Res.
B (2005) in press
M. Drakopoulos, R. Simon, M. Grigoriev, Refractive lenses fabricated by deep SR lithography and LIGA technology for X-
ray energies from 1 keV to 1 MeV; AIP con-ference proceedings 705 (2004) 752-755.
V. Nazmov, E. Reznikova, A. Somogyi, J. Mohr, V. Saile. Planar sets of cross X-ray refractive lenses from SU-8 polymer;
SPIE Proceeding 5539 (2004) 235-243.

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POLARIZATION DEPENDENCE OF X-RAY REFLECTION AND

ABSORPTION SPECTRA OF HEXAGONAL CdS CRYSTAL IN THE
ENERGY REGION OF S L2,3 – AND Cd M4,5 –EDGES
E.Yu.Taracheva1, E.O.Filatova1, J.-M. André2
1
Institute of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, 198904, RUSSIA
2
Lab. de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, CNRS UMR
7614, 75231 Paris Cédex 05, FRANCE

A strong polarization dependence of the reflection and absorption spectra of strongly

anisotropic hexagonal BN crystal were early established [1]. Hexagonal CdS crystal is a
weakly anisotropic crystal. Moreover this crystal is a cubic crystal from the nearest neighbors
point of view. The purpose of this work is to analyze the influence of the spatial crystal
anisotropy of weakly anisotropic hex. CdS crystal on the x-ray reflection and absorption.
The reflection spectra were measured in the vicinity of the S L2,3–, Cd M4,5– absorption edges
for different grazing incidence angles using s- and p- polarized synchrotron radiation. The
absorption spectra were calculated from reflection spectra using Kramers-Kronig relationship.
The weak polarization dependence of the reflection and absorption spectra was established in
the vicinity of the S L2,3–absorption edge. The orientation dependence of the SK –absorption
spectra obtained earlier [2] was used for the explanation of the obtained polarization
dependence. Common analysis of the S K– and S L2,3–absorption spectra shows, that the
polarization dependence in the vicinity of the S L2,3–absorption spectra is caused by the
transitions to the final states of p-like symmetry. According to selection dipole rules, the
probability of the transitions from the initial 2p- states to final states of the p – like symmetry
is low. The transitions from the initial 2p- states occurs to the final states of the s – like
symmetry mixture with the p – like symmetry. The weak polarization dependence of the
reflection and absorption spectra is caused by the weak trace of the p- states splitting by the
crystal field.
The strong polarization dependence of the reflection and absorption spectra was established in
the vicinity of the Cd M4,5–absorption edge. It is shown that the polarization dependence of
the absorption spectra in the vicinity of the Cd M4,5–absorption edge is defined by the
transitions to the final states of p-like symmetry splitting by anisotropy crystal field. Because
the probability of the transitions from the initial 3d- states to the final states of the p-like
symmetry is great the polarization dependence is strong in the vicinity of the Cd M4,5–
absorption edge.

[1] E.O.Filatova and V.A.Lukyanov. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 14 (2002) 11643-11654

[2] E.O.Filatova, J-M Andre, E.Yu.Taracheva, A.G.Tvaladze, V.L.Krazman, A.A.Novakovich, and R.V.
Vedrinskii. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 16 (2004) 4597-4606

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PRESENT STATUS AND UPGRADING PROJECT OF X-RAY

FLUORESCENCE BEAMLINE AT BSRF
Yuying Huang, Wei He, Wei Hua, Tiandou Hu

Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, P. O. Box 918, Beijing 100049, China

X-ray fluorescence analysis facility has been developed since 1988 at the Beijing Synchrotron
Radiation Facility (BSRF). In 2003 the 4W1B dedicated beamline and its experimental station
was set up and commissioned. A recent upgrade with a double crystal monochromator and a
K-B focusing mirror improved significantly the beamline capabilities. A single multilayer
monochromator was also tested in order to enhance the intensity of monochromatic light for
XRF experiments. With the available setup and the K-B mirror a X-ray microprobe with a
spot size of 20x20µm2 is achievable allowing with a white beam a minimum detection limit of
trace elements down to a few ppm (µg/g).
The beamline allows also performing XAFS experiments with the double crystal
monochromator and several microanalysis experiments in biomedicine, geology and
environmental science have been performed.
A new wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer with multi-curved crystals
system was installed and successfully tested. The instrument is based on three spherically
curved Si (220) crystals working with resolution smaller than 1 eV at 6.5 keV and with a large
solid angle acceptance. Some experimental results of X-ray emission (XES), resonant
inelastic scattering (RIXS) and high-resolution X-ray absorption near edge spectrum
(XANES) collected with such device will be presented.
Due to the scheduled storage ring upgrade from BEPC to BEPCII, the electron energy and
current will be increased by 2.2 GeV and 120 mA to 2.5 GeV and 250 mA respectively within
the next 12 months. As a consequence the upgrading project of the XRF beamline and its
experimental facility at BSRF has been approved and should be ready for users at the end of
2006. The new beamline will have a toroidal focusing mirror and a multilayer monochomator.
The layout of the new beamline and its characteristics will be presented

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METROLOGY AND TEST BEAMLINE AT SOLEIL

Mourad Idir , Pascal Mercere1, Thierry Moreno1, Aurélien Delmotte1, Marie-Christine Lépy2
1

Johann Plagnard2, Philippe Stemmler3, Gérard Soullié2

1
Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers Saint-Aubin - BP 48, 91192 GIF-sur-YVETTE Cedex,
France
2
Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel, CEA Saclay -91191 GIF-SUR-YVETTE Cedex, France
3
CEA DAM , DCRE/SCEP/LDDP

The objectives of this project is to design and install at the SOLEIL synchrotron radiation
source a calibration and metrology test facility for the R&D of optical components and
detectors. We propose to build, on a bending magnet, three branches dedicated to VUV, soft
x-rays and hard x-rays energy ranges to cover 10 eV to 15 keV. This installation will first
address the needs of the SOLEIL experimental groups (Optics and Detectors) and will be used
by a large community. This beamline will also be valuable as a general-purpose beamline to
prepare, test and set up a wide range of experiments. A complementary important aspect of
this installation is the realization of primary standard: the metrology beamline of SOLEIL
could become the national primary standard source in collaboration with the Laboratoire
National d’Essais (LNE). The beamline has been designed to provide great flexibility. We
describe in detail the beamline design, capabilities, and end station instrumentation
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COMBINATION OF MICRO X-RAY TECHNIQUES: THE SYNCHROTRON

RADIATION LABORATORY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AT ANKA
Jörg Göttlicher, Ralph Steininger, Rolf Simon

Institute for Synchrotron Radiation, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, D-

76344-Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen

Environmental samples are generally complex (e.g., contaminated soils, dump sediments),
consisting of mixtures of mineral phases (often with micrometer and nanometer particle
sizes), microbes, and in some cases vegetable material. Elemental distribution, spatial
resolved speciation, and phase association of trace levels of contaminants are the ideal basis
for risk assessment and development of remediation strategies. This problem is best addressed
by a combination of microfocussed synchrotron X-ray techniques centralized at the ANKA
storage ring in the Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory for Environmental Studies (SUL). It
consists of a microfocus X-ray beamline (SUL-X) at a wiggler source that will enable
elemental mapping using X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF), chemical speciation with X-ray
absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and mineral phase determination by X-ray diffraction (XRD),
successively at the same sample position. Furthermore, the laboratory is supplemented with
an infrared microscope (SUL-IR) at an edge radiation IR beamline. A typical procedure of
characterizing heterogeneous samples will consist in the first stage of an X-ray fluorescence
mapping or profiling to obtain an overview on the distribution of elements and to detect 'hot
spots' of contaminants, e.g. arsenic, lead. The beamline can be switched from monochromatic
mode to 'white light' to increase the photon flux on, e.g., diluted samples for XRF analyses.
The beam position on the sample is thereby preserved. To detect the X-ray fluorescence
radiation a solid state Si(Li) detector is available. Subsequently the species of the element of
interest can be determined on selected sample locations using ionization chambers for X-ray
absorption spectroscopy in transmission mode or for diluted samples in fluorescence mode
with the 7 element Si(Li) detector. A CCD detector is available to determine mineral phases
on a micrometer scale which helps to assign contaminants to hosts. To meet the increasing
demand of speciation of low Z elements like Al, Si, P, S for environmental questions XAS at
energies down to the Al K edge (1.5 keV) will be offered after removal of an interim Be-
window. Adjustable beam dimensions from about 1mm2 to 10µm2 in combination with
automated sample positioning and a precise diffractometer will allow a comprehensive
characterization of heterogeneous samples: a need to improve the knowledge on the behavior
of pollutants in the environment. The beamline is planned to be upgraded later with a
superconducting short-period undulator. SUL-X is currently being commissioned, and
examples from first measurements will be shown.
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XSW - X-RAY STANDING WAVES IN SIMULATION AND EXPERIMENT

Markus Krämer1, Alex Von Bohlen1,
Christian Sternemann2, Roland Hergenröder1
1
ISAS – Institute for Analytical Sciences, Bunsen-Kirchhoff-Str. 11, 44139 Dortmund, Germany
2
Experimentelle Physik E1a / DELTA, University of Dortmund, Maria-Goeppert-Mayer-Str. 2, 44221
Dortmund, Germany

XSW (X-ray Standing Waves) is a technique to measure element distributions and thicknesses
in thin films and layered samples on a nanometer scale. Unlike other XSW techniques,
Grazing Incidence XSW (GI-XSW) utilized in this work does not demand a crystalline or
periodic sample structure. Main requirements are monochromatic, coherent radiation and a
flat reflecting surface. The technique is suitable for conducting and non-conducting, organic
and inorganic samples, metals, nonmetals and semiconductors. Samples need very little
preparation, vacuum is only necessary if very light elements are to be observed. Use of
synchrotron radiation significantly increases signal intensity and widens the choice of
accessible photon wavelengths, and thus the lateral resolution as well as sensitivity for a
chosen element of interest.
Several kinds of samples were measured using synchrotron radiation from DELTA
synchrotron at Dortmund University. These XSW scans were compared to results of a
simulation program developed to analyze XSW scans, as well as to visualize the XSW
principle.
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CHEMOMETRICS BASED XAS CHARACTERIZATION OF TITANIUM ON

TITANIUM-OXIDE-MODIFIED CHROMATOGRAPHIC SILICA.
Karen Goraieb, Kenneth E. Collins, Maria Izabel M.S Bueno

Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) - Campinas/SP - Brazil

Silica (SiO2) is a weakly acidic material with high mechanical resistance and is the most
widely used support for High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) [1,2]. Such
silicas are porous and amorphous [1] with surfaces that are covered with silanol groups
(SiOH) [1,2]. These groups are used to anchor the functional (alkyl) groups essential for
reversed phase HPLC applications. Unfortunately, silica also has some disadvantages, limited
pH stability [1,2], with most applications being limited to the pH range of 2-8 and the
stationary phases (SP) made from silica often show peaks tailing with basic compounds due to
residual silanols. This reduces the applicability of silica as a SP or support for many HPLC
analyses. One alternative is to place a metallic oxide layer on a chromatographic silica
support. Some examples are the preparation of a SP on silica having covered with oxide
layers of titanium [3,4] or zirconium [5,6] oxides. Procedures to graft titanium [7,8] and other
metals onto silica for non-chromatographic applications are described in literature.
Alkoxides of titanium react readily with silanol groups, forming Si—O—Ti linkages [7]. The
proposed stoichiometry of this reaction has two silanol groups reacting for each molecule of
titanium alkoxide [7]. These metal oxide layers may give some protection to the underlying
silica in acidic or basic media. In this work, different types of silica were modified with
titanium alkoxide and characterized by X-ray Absorption (XAS) allied to Chemometrics. The
XAS analyses were done at the National Synchrotron Light Laboratory, LNLS (in Campinas,
Brazil), and the spectra were obtained with 3-Win DCM software. For comparison, the XAS
spectra were normalized and treated with WinXAS 2.3 software to give the coordination
number of Ti on SiO2 and the bond length of Ti-O. Also, with the XAS spectra, a matrix was
constructed and analyzed by Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Partial Least Squares
(PLS) chemometric techniques carried out using “The Unscrambler 9.2” software. PCA
analyses showed that it is possible to differentiate the type of silica employed in the reactions
with the alkoxide, to classify the silica with a layer of oxide of titanium with respect to (a) the
Ti coordination number and (b) the bond length. PLS analyses showed that it is possible to
calibrate the Ti coordination number and the bond length, making all the calculations of the
XAS experiments easier.
[1] L.R. Snyder, J.L.Glajch and J.J. Kirkland; “Pratical HPLC Method Development”; John Wiley, 5th edition,
1988.
2] Nawrocki J. J. Chromatogr A, 779, (1997)29
[3] Morais L.S.R. and Jardim I.C.S.F. J. Chromatogr A, 1073, (2005)127-135
[4] Fonseca D.A. at al J. Chromatogr A, 1030, (2004)209-215
[5] Faria A.M. at al Anal. Chim. Acta, 550, (2005)137-143.
[6] Ohta K., J. Chromatogr A, 920, (2001)69-77
[7] Gushikem Y at al J. Mater. Sci., 35, (2000) 449.
[8] Fraile J.M. at al J. Catal. 204, (2001)146–156

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DOUBLE ACCEPTOR LEVELS IN THE BAND GAP OF BORON-DOPED

DIAMOND SEMICONDUCTORS ANALYZED BY SOFT X-RAY
ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY AND DV–XA CALCULATIONS
Yasuji Muramatsu1, Toshihiko Takebe2,3, Akitaka Sawamura2, Junji Iihara2, Akihiko Nanba3
Takahiro Imai3, Jonathan D. Denlinger4, Rupert C. C. Perera4
1
Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, 2617 Shosha, Himeji Hyogo 671-2201, Japan,
2
Analysis Technology Research Center, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., 1-1-1 Koya-kita
Itami, Hyogo 665-0016, Japan,
3
Semiconductor R&D Laboratories, Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd., 1-1-1 Koya-kita,
Itami, Hyogo 665-0016, Japan
4
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

Boron (B) doped diamond is a p-type wide-gap semiconducting material, which has
promising technological applications such as electron nano-emitters and high-power
amplifiers. We have recently observed the electronic structure transition between the
semiconducting and metallic states in the band gap of B-doped diamonds by soft x-ray
emission and absorption spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation. In semiconducting thinly-
B-doped diamonds, the BK x-ray emission spectra, which reflect the B2p density of states
(DOS) in the valence bands, are enhanced with a steep-edge-feature near the Fermi level. In
addition, a localized x-ray absorption peak, which is interpreted as the acceptor level, is
clearly observed just above the Fermi level. However, two absorption peaks, which are
regarded as the double acceptor levels, are observed in the CK x-ray absorption spectra. In
order to understand the electronic structure of B-doped diamonds from the soft x-ray
spectroscopy, we calculated the DOS of B-doped diamond cluster models using discrete
variational (DV) –XDmolecular orbital (MO) calculations and then compared the measured
x-ray spectra to the calculated DOS spectra with an emphasis on the double acceptor levels in
the semi-conducting band-gap of the carbon (C) matrix.
In the C matrix, the C atoms have two chemical states. One state is the C atom, which is
bonded to dopant B atoms and the other is the major C atom, which is not bonded to the B
atoms. From the DV-XD calculations, we did not observe a significant difference in the MO
energy levels of the lowest unoccupied C2p orbitals (acceptor levels) between these two C
atoms. However, there is a difference in the MO energy of the occupied C1s orbitals between
the C atoms. The MO energy of the C atom that is not bonded to the B atoms is deeper than
that of the C atom that is bonded to the B atoms. Therefore, it is concluded that the measured
double acceptor levels in the band-gap of C matrix is understood by the chemical shift of the
inner C1s orbitals due to the chemical state difference of the C atoms in B-doped diamond.
One acceptor level in the band gap of the B atoms is reasonable because the B atoms have one
chemical state in thinly-B-doped diamond, which is B atom bonding with the C carbon atoms.

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SPECIATION OF CARBONITRIDE NANOLAYERS

Olaf Baake1, Peter Hoffmann1, Andreas Klein1, Wolfgang Ensinger1
Burkhard Beckhoff2, Beatrix Pollakowski2, Jan Weser2, Gerhard Ulm2
Nadeshda Fainer3, Marina Kosinova3, Valentina Trunova3
1
Darmstadt University of Technology, Materials Science, Petersenstr. 23, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
2
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Abbestr. 2-12, 10587 Berlin, Germany
3
Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry SB RAS, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia

The aim of this work is the determination of the chemical bonds character of novel and
technologic relevant layered systems of boron and silicium carbonitrides.
For such carbonitrides a wide application range is predicted. One reason of this prediction is
founded in their mechanical properties. They have a high mechanical steadiness and stability,
even at high temperatures [1]. Because of their chemical resistance they are inert against a lot
of aggressive chemical media. Therefore, in form of layers these carbonitrides are suited for
mechanical and chemical protection (wear and corrosion) of a substrate material.
The carbonitrides are often produced by plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition
processes with precursor materials like hexamethyldisilazane and bis(trimethylsilyl)
carbodiimide for SiCxNy [2] or trimethylammoniumborane [3,4] for BCxNy, respectively.
Furthermore, it will be tried to produce complex layers out of reactions of small molecules as
acetylene, ethylene, ammonia, hydrogen, nitrogen etc [5].
Furthermore, the conversion of the precursor materials (often a polymer) into an amorphous
ceramic material and their conversion at high temperatures (ca. 1000°C) into crystalline
components are procedures which are not fully understood [6].
From this point of view it is an important question whether the produced “carbonitrides” are
new materials with well-defined bonds or are mixtures of carbides and nitrides.
For the speciation of the carbonitrides methods as TXRF-NEXAFS, XPS, TEM-EELS and
Raman spectroscopy should be applied. With samples of SiCxNy and BCxNy the first TXRF-
NEXAFS measurements at the electron storage ring BESSY II were realised. The spectra
show partly sharp peaks, which could be identified as defined electron bonds (ʌ* or ı*), but
partly they are showing also broad bands, which are generated by energetic similar electron
levels. The same samples were measured by XPS. The binding energy spectra are showing
sharp peaks, which are originating from energetically well-defined core-level electrons.
Both methods are a promising beginning to clear up the chemical bond structure of the given
carbonitride samples. Additional measurements by these both techniques and by TEM-EELS
and Raman spectroscopy can be expected to solve some of the given questions.
[1] J. Haug et al. Chem.Mater. 2004; 16: 72-82
[2] T. Stelzner et al. Surface & Coatings Technology 2005; 200: 372-376
[3] M. Kosinova et al. Nucl.Instr.Meth.A 2001; 470: 253-257
[4] M. Kosinova et al. Chemical Vapor Deposition XVI and EUROCVD 14 2003; 1: 708-715
[5] D. Probst private communication
[6] S. Traßl et al. J.Eur.Ceram.Soc. 2000; 20: 215-225

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XANES ANALYSIS OF Ru VALENCE IN La2RuO5

Iztok Arcon1,2, Andreja Bencan2, Marija Kosec2, Alojz Kodre3,2
1
Nova Gorica Polytechnic, Vipavska 13, SI-5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia
2
Josef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
3
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

To improve on the electrical characteristics of the conventional perovskite materials for Solid-
Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) operating at 1000°C RuO2 or electrically conducting ruthenates are
investigated as electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction. In the La-Ru-O system, a large number
of compounds were synthesized: La3RuO7, La4.87Ru2O12, La7Ru3O18, La8Ru4O21, La3Ru3O11,
LaRuO3, La3.5Ru4O13 and La4Ru6O19. We prepared a new compound with the formula
La2RuO5 [1]. The reported crystal structure is not only different from those already reported
for the La–Ru–O system but appears to have no equivalent structure in oxides.
The main evidence for the new structure comes from powder XRD studies. Primarily, the
symmetry class of the structure is determined: it belongs to the monoclinic system with the
space group P21/c. The stoichiometry, however, is not directly determined by XRD: only
after a suitable model structure is devised, the true occupation of the unit cell by the
constituent atoms can be obtained in Rietveld refinement. At this stage of the study, the
results of x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) can be crucial [2,3]: in XANES technique, the
effective valence of the investigated atom is determined directly, while EXAFS method yields
directly the interatomic distances and coordination numbers which can be used in devising of
the model structure and as useful constraints in its refinement. These results will be discussed
here. The Ru K–edge absorption spectra (EXAFS and XANES) of the La2RuO5 and the
reference samples were measured in a standard transmission mode at X1 station of
HASYLAB at DESY (Hamburg, Germany).
In XANES, a linear relation between the absorption edge shift and the valence state of the
investigated atom has been established [2,4] for compounds with the same type of ligand. We
calibrated the relation for Ru with La-rutenates LaRuO3, La3.5Ru4O13 and La4.87Ru2O12 with
known Ru valence states and the same octahedral oxygen coordination as indicated for the
new compound. Its energy shift of the Ru K-edge in the XANES spectrum gave the average
Ru valence state as 4.0+/-0.1. This surprising finding strongly supported the stoichimetry
La2RuO5 as estimated from XRD.
The analysis of the EXAFS signal provided the first information on the Ru atom neigborhood,
on which the model for the Rietveld refinement of the unit cell of the new compound was
devised. Finally, the local structure around the Ru atoms from the refinement [1] was used in
the FEFF6 code to calculate ab-initio the photoelectron scattering paths and hence a
theoretical EXAFS spectrum of the sample. The perfect quantitative agreement with the
measured EXAFS spectrum proves that the refined crystal structure contains no systematic
defects around Ru atoms and confirms the proposed La2RuO5 stoichiometry of the new
compound.
[1] Ph. Boullay, D. Mercurio, A.Bencan, A.Meden, G. Dra•ic, M.Kosec, J. Solid State Chem., 170 (2003) 294-
302
[2] K.W. Hyung, T.Y. Kwon, Y. Jeon, Solid State Communications, 125 (2003) 259-264
[3] S. G. Ebbinghaus, A.Weidenkaff, R. J. Cava, J. Solid State Chem , 167 (2002)126-136
[4] J. Wong, F.W. Lytle, R.P.Messmer, D.H Maylotte, Phys. Rev. B, 30 (1984) 5596-5610

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X-RAY SPECTROMETRY WITH HIGHLY ORIENTED PYROLYTIC

GRAPHITE (HOPG)
H. Legall1, H. Stiel1, V. Arkadiev2, A. Bjeoumikhov3
1
Max-Born-Institut, Germany
2
IAP - Institut für Angewandte Photonik, Germany
3
IfG -Institute for Scientific Instruments GmbH, Germany

For X-ray spectrometry in the keV range with laser plasma sources highly efficient collecting
optics are required. Such optics for x-ray spectrometry can be realized with thin films of
Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite (HOPG). These films provide highest integral reflectivity
combined with high spectral resolution. The main advantage of these HOPG films in contrast
to ideal crystals is the opportunity to realize arbitrary shaped crystal optics with these crystal
films. An x-ray spectrometer based on these HOPG films developed for laser plasma
diagnostics and EXAFS spectrometry will be presented. The spectrometer was tested for the
use in time resolved x-ray spectroscopy with sub-ps time resolution.
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LONG TERM CORROSION MECHANISMS OF IRON

IN ATMOSPHERE - X-RAY ABSORPTION ANALYSES
OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL CORROSION LAYERS
Delphine Neff1, Judith Monnier1, Solenn Reguer1, Ludovic Bellot-Gurlet2
Ludovic Legrand3, François Mirambet4, Philippe Dillmann5
1
Laboratoire Pierre Süe, CEA/CNRS, bat 637, 91191 Gif/Yvette cedex, France
2
LADIR, CNRS UMR 7075, 2, rue Henri Dunant 94320 Thiais, France
3
Laboratoire Analyse et Environnement, UMR 8587 CNRS-Université d’Evry-CEA
Université d’Evry Val d’Essonne, rue du Père Jarland, 91025 Evry, France
4
LRMH, 29, rue de Paris, 77420 Champs sur Marne, France
5
Laboratoire Métallurgie et Culture, CNRS IRAMAT UMR 5060 and Laboratoire Pierre Süe, UMR 9956, CEA
Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France

Nuclear waste storage is envisaged in France over multi-secular periods: the wastes could be
confined in a glassy matrix which could be included in metallic overcontainer ensuring water
and air tightness of the whole system. Up to now envisaged metallic material is low carbon
steel as it is known to corrode uniformly. Corrosion behaviour of steel is well known and can
be predict for 50 years but for longer periods studies have to be completed. The aim is now to
understand the long term corrosion mechanisms to ensure a reliable prediction. Their
specificity is linked to the characteristics of ancient corrosion layers whose thicknesses are of
several hundredth micrometers. Thus the corrosion layer plays a role in the corrosion
processes but their influence is not well determined. Previous studies have shown that some
phases present in the corrosion scale could be reactive. They have focused until now on the
lepidocrocite (g-FeOOH) that can be reduced during the wetting stage of a wet-dry cycle
typical of atmospheric corrosion. The reduced phase formed is supposed to be very active in
the corrosion process but it was not evidenced by in-situ Mössbauer experiments [1].
Therefore the aim of this study is to understand the corrosion mechanisms and the role of the
phases formed during the corrosion process. The first step consists in analysing ancient
corrosion layers formed on archaeological artefacts in order to determine their crystalline
organisation.
In this study ten well dated archaeological samples coming from French monuments have
been analysed by several complementary microprobes techniques. The samples are prepared
in order to carry out the analyses on cross sections. Samples were first analysed by X-ray
microdiffraction: goethite and lepidocrocite (a-FeOOH and g-FeOOH), two well crystallised
phases are identified. But a doubt subsists on the presence of magnetite (Fe3O4) or maghemite
(g-Fe2O3). Therefore Raman microspectroscopy has been involved because this technique
allows to discriminate these two phases: it has been evidenced that magnetite is in fact rarely
present in the corrosion products of the artefacts of the corpus. Nevertheless the presence of
ferrihydrite, a poorly crystallised compound has been suspected [2]. To confirm these
analyses, X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure microspectroscopy under synchrotron
radiation (µXANES) has been used on the samples and the presence of ferrihydrite evidenced.
As this phase could be also highly electrochemically reactive [3], new corrosion mechanisms
are proposed based on the reactivity of several phases constituting the corrosion scale.
[1] Stratmann, M. and H. Streckel, On the atmospheric corrosion of metals which are covered with thin electrolyte layers - II. experimental
results. Corrosion Science, 1990. 30(6/7): p. 697-714.
[2] Neff, D., et al., Raman imaging of ancient rust scales on archaeological iron artefacts for long term atmospheric corrosion mechanisms
study. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 2006. 37: p. sous presse.
[3] Lair, V., et al., Electrochemical reduction of ferric corrosion products and evaluation of galvanic coupling with iron. Corrosion Science,
in press.

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ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSES BY COMBINING TXRF - NEXAFS AND IR-

SPECTROSCOPY: SPECIATION OF BROMINE IN ORGANICS AND
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ORGANIC MATRIX
B. Beckhoff1, O. Hahn2, J. Weser1, M. Wilke3, G. Ulm1, O. Jann2
1
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Abbestraße 2-12, 10587 Berlin, Germany
2
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung, Unter den Eichen 44-46, 12203 Berlin, Germany
3
Universität Potsdam, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Karl-Liebknecht-Str.24, 14476 Golm, Germany

Many polymers in building materials and consumer products contain flame retardants (FR).
The most common organic FR are brominated organic compounds. Due to their worldwide
output several FR are now ubiquitous and can be found in sediments, biota, and – moreover -
in fine dusts. The major task of FR, reduction of risk of fire, is contrary to possible risks from
the toxicity and eco-toxicity of FR [1].
Due to detection limits of conventional methods the analysis of trace constituents in fine
dusts is complicated. In order to simulate prospective experiments based on cascade
impactors for sample collecting, some polymers containing brominated flame retardants were
abraded mechanically on an ultra-pure silicon wafer surface. The chemical speciation of
bromine is obtained by use of Total-Reflection X-ray Fluorescence Analysis (TXRF) in
combination with Near-Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (NEXAFS) analysis [2].
Synchrotron radiation based infrared spectroscopy (SR-FTIR) in reflection mode is used for
the characterization of the polymer matrix. Analysis of the X-ray Absorption Near Edge
Structure at K and L absorption edges in the hard x-ray range are employed frequently in the
characterisation of element speciation. Due to the small penetration and information depth of
only a few nanometers in total reflection beam geometry, self absorption effects are negligible
even for the analysis of L edges in the soft x-ray range. In addition, the TXRF method offers
drastically reduced scattering contributions and thus lowest detection limits.
In the present investigation monochromatized undulator radiation available at the PTB
laboratory at the electron storage ring BESSY II in Berlin, Germany, was employed to probe
the Br-L3 and Br-L2 absorption edges of some samples deposited on a silicon wafer surface.
For the excitation of the present specimens the plane grating monochromator beamline for
undulator radiation provides a spectral resolution of about 300 meV and permits the photon
energy to be varied in steps of 250 meV. The PTB provides a reference-free TXRF
arrangement providing knowledge of the incident radiant power, of the solid angle of
detection and of the detection efficiency.
The initial results demonstrate some potential of the TXRF-NEXAFS method to successfully
contribute to the elemental speciation, even of trace elements. The shape of the various
TXRF-NEXAFS structures reflects the chemical environment of the element bromine in the
different organic matrices. Synchrotron based FTIR spectroscopy in reflection mode provides
the classification of different polymers within reasonable measurement times. The TXRF-
NEXAFS offers the option for reference measurements without the need for any chemical
sample preparation, thus reducing undesired modifications (e.g. GC/MS).
[1] S. Kemmlein, O. Hahn, O. Jann, Atmospheric Environment 39-40 (2003) 5485.
[2] G.Pepponi, B.Beckhoff, T.Ehmann, G.Ulm, C.Streli, L.Fabry, S.Pahlke, P.Wobrauschek:, Spectrochim. Acta
B 58 (2003) 2245.

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XAFS STUDIES OF THE LOCAL STRUCTURE OF MN DOPED MAGNETIC

SEMICONDUCTORS
Iraida N. Demchenko, Krystyna Lawniczak-Jablonska, Janusz Sadowski
Marcin Klepka, Anna Wolska

Institute of Physics PAS, al. Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668, Warsaw, Poland

In recent years a rapid development of spintronics is observed. The goal is to create

conceptually new devices which will utilize spin of electron. To achieve this goal it is
necessary to fabricate effective injectors of polarized spin and to learn how to manipulate the
spin and detect it. One expects that integration of magnetic materials with conventional
semiconductor technology should be achieved. The key to the spintronics success is
availability of suitable materials for device manufacturing.
In this report one of the model semiconductor spintronic materials, namely Mn doped GaAs
grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) is considered. GaMnAs can be grown by MBE at
low substrate temperatures (between 200 and 300°C, depending on the Mn content). It
exhibits paramagnetic to ferromagnetic phase transition for Mn content higher than 0.5 at%.
The highest ferromagnetic phase transition temperature (Tc) reported so far in GaMnAs is
close to 170 K, for GaMnAs containing about 8% Mn. Tc is proportional to the Mn content
and to the concentration of valence band holes. High Tc can be achieved in the material from
which compensating defects are removed in the post-growth annealing procedures. The
composition of GaMnAs is limited to about 10% Mn due to the Mn segregation into MnAs
precipitates observed above this limit.
These precipitations were considered as a drawback up to now. However, since MnAs is a
metallic ferromagnet with Tc of about 40°C, the GaAs:MnAs granular system constitutes an
interesting material with small ferromagnetic nanoparticles immersed in the semiconductor
host lattice. Such composite material could be considered as a good semiconductor
(applicable for integrated circuits) filled with small magnets providing built-in magnetic field
at room temperature. This field would affect semiconductor band structure, in particular,
leading to differentiation of semiconductor spin states, which is essential for a spintronic
material.
We have studied the GaAs:MnAs samples with different Mn contents prepared under
different conditions. In order to determine the local atomic structure around Mn atoms we
analyzed the XANES and EXAFS spectra at the K-edges of Mn for GaAs:MnAs as well as
for the reference binary samples, like: MnAs layers and homogeneous GaMnAs alloys. Both
techniques are sensitive to the local structure around selected element. This feature makes
them effective tools for studying the multicomponent materials. Moreover from analysis of
XANES spectra it is possible to distinguish between hexagonal and/or cubic MnAs or
metallic Mn inclusions. In the case when several Mn compounds are present in the
GaAs:MnAs system the percentage of Mn atoms in the particular compound was evaluated
using principal component analysis (using XANDA program). Together with the evaluation
of the content of each compound we have considered EXAFS scattering from multiple
precipitation phases.
Acknowledgements : This work was partially supported by the IHP-Contract HPRI-CT-2001-00140 of the
European Commission.

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XAS INVESTIGATION OF Fe IONS IN CHITOSAN COMPLEXES

M. Klepka1, K. Lawniczak-Jablonska1, N. Nedelko1
A. Slawska-Waniewska1, M. Walczak1, C.A. Rodrigues2, C. Bordini2
1
Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotnikow 32/46, 02 668 Warsaw, Poland
2
NIQFAR CCS, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, CEP 88302-202, Itajaí, SC, Brasil

The extensive research of metallo-organic chelating compounds is inspired by perspectives

of biomedical, ecological and industrial applications. One of these types of metallo-organic
materials are transition metal - chitosan complexes [1].
Chitosan is produced commercially by deacetylation of chitin, which is the structural
component in the exoskeleton of crustaceans (crabs, shrimp, etc.). It has the ability to form
multiple complexes [2]. Both materials are important natural polymers. They easily
biodegraded, are biocompatible and bioactive and possess attractive physical and mechanical
properties. From the application point of view a very important aspect is their ability to bind
metal ions, including heavy and toxic ones [1]. Consequently, chitosan and its derivatives
have a variety of current and potential applications e.g. in biomedical products, cosmetics,
food processing and removal of metallic impurities in wastewaters. Recently, the iron
containing biopolymers have been examined as possible drug carriers and controlled release
beads for various model drugs [3]. Different methods are used to increase the sorbent
functionality of the chitosan. The crosslinking of polymer chains after complexation with
metal ions seems to be a prospective method and is frequently used. Moreover, at the low
temperatures the iron crosslinked chitosan (CH-Fe-CL) exhibits magnetic ordering [4]. From
the magnetic studies it was suggested that Fe-chtosan are composed of randomly dispersed
polymer chains and can be classified as a topologically disordered material in which the
distribution of Fe-Fe bond orientations are random. It has already been found that Fe ions can
either be penta- or hexa-coordinted and that there are two different Fe sites and more than one
polymer chain is involved in formation of these complexes. In spite of wide interest in this
class of materials, there is not much reported about x-ray studies of atomic structures of the
crosslinked chitosans and many basic questions concerning atomic structure waits for answer.
Two iron chitosan samples were investigated: (1) the Fe crosslinked chitosan CH-Fe-CL with
the iron content of 118 mg/g and (2) N–carboxymethylchitosan complexes with Fe ions (N-
CMC-Fe) at the concentration of 7 mg/g.
The measurements of XANES (X-ray Absorption near Edge Spectra) and EXAFS (Extended
X-ray Absorption Fine Structure) at the K-edge of Fe were carried out at the A1 station. The
samples were cooled down to liquid nitrogen temperature and the x-ray fluorescence detection
mode was used.
The XANES spectra of chitosan will be discussed in respect to reference samples and
magnetic properties. Two investigated samples have different radial distribution of atoms
around Fe. The local atomic order was proposed on the base of EXAFS spectra analysis.
Acknowledgements: This work was partially supported by the Grant No. 72/E-67/SPB/5.PR UE/DZ
27/2003-2005 and by the IHP-Contract HPRI-CT-2001-00140 and G1MA-CI-2002-4017 (CEPHEUS)
of the European Commission.

[1] Majeti N. et al., React. Funct. Polym. 46, 1 (2000).

[2] A. J. Varma, et al., Carbohydr. Polym. 55, 77 (2004)
[3] M.O. Taha, et al., Pharmazie 55, 663 (2000)
[4] N. Nedelko, et al., Phys. Stat. Sol. (c) 3, 1 (2006)

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THE SPECIATION OF IRON IN MINERALS USING THE L3,2 EDGES

MEASURED BY XRF-NEXAFS
Max Wilke1, Burkhard Beckhoff2, Isabel Sommerweiß1, Gerhard Ulm2
1
Universität Potsdam, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Karl-Liebknecht-Str.24, 14476 Golm, Germany
2
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Abbestraße 2-12, 10587 Berlin, Germany

Analysis of the X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure (XANES) at K and L absorption edges
in the hard x-ray range are employed frequently in the characterisation of element speciation
in geological samples. Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS) is also an established
method requiring, however, very thin specimens to allow for the electron transmission. For
the analysis of L edges in the soft x-ray range on thick bulk samples, either photo and Auger-
electron yield or fluorescence yield can be used when performing XANES or Near-Edge X-
ray Absorption Fine Structure (NEXAFS) analysis. The detection of electrons ensures a
constant information depth, whereas in the fluorescence detection mode self-absorption
effects have to be accounted for with increasing concentration of the element of interest. The
detection of electrons provides rather surface-sensitive data in contrast to more bulk-sensitive
data in the case of photons.
In the present investigation monochromatic undulator radiation available at the PTB
laboratory at the electron storage ring BESSY II in Berlin, Germany, was employed to probe
the Fe-L3 and Fe-L2 absorption edges of various minerals such as clinopyroxenes from
eclogites as well as clinopyroxenes and orthopyroxenes from earth-mantle rocks. For the
excitation of the specimens the plane grating monochromator (PGM) beamline for undulator
radiation provides a spectral resolution of about 150 meV and permits the photon energy to be
varied in steps of 125 meV. The PTB set up a completely reference-free XRF arrangement
providing knowledge of the incident radiant power, of the solid angle of detection and of the
detection efficiency. In addition, a 135 nm thick Mn coating on a 2 µm thick Al foil could be
placed into the detection channel to modify the spectral distribution detected in favour of the
Fe-L fluorescence lines of interest. Employing radiation of high spectral purity, the
transmittance of this Mn coated Al foil was determined at the PGM beamline to correct the
detection efficiency in the XRF-NEXAFS experiments. Based on theoretical absorption
coefficients and the known sample compositions, self-absorption corrections were performed.
Self-absorption was significant for samples with FeO contents > 1.8 wt %. The results will be
discussed in view of the determined Fe3+/Fetot ratio of the minerals in comparison to data
obtained by other methods.

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EXAFS TECHNIQUE IN USE TO INVESTIGATE LOCAL IRON

NEIGHBOURHOOD INSIDE COMPOUNDS APPLICABLE
IN CANCER THERAPY.
Monika Walczak1, Krystyna Lawniczak-Jablonska1, Mariusz Czuba2
Marcin Klepka1, Alfreda Graczyk2,Sergey Nikitendo3
1
Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Science, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
2
Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, ul. Stefana Kaliskiego 2, 00-908
Warsaw, Poland
3
ESRF, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, BP220, 38043 GRENOBLE CEDEX, France

The new class of compounds, being diaminoacid derivatives of protoporphyrin IX could serve
as photosensitizers in techniques of photodetection and photodynamic therapy (PDT) of
malignant tissues, employed nowadays in many clinical applications [1]. Diaminoacid
(alanine - Ala, arginine - Arg, serine - Ser, phenylalanine – Phe) derivatives of protoporphyrin
IX compounds were produced at the Laboratory of Biochemistry and Spectroscopy at Military
University of Technology in Warsaw in Poland and shows features of the ideal
photosensitizer, which should have such specificity to be able selectively load in the
malignant tissue and produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) upon illumination with definite
wavelength of light. ROS are responsible for cells’ destruction and death. Particularly
derivatives with good water-solubility generate a lot of interest. It has been shown that due to
the presence of selected amino acids residues attached to the protoporphyrin ring, these novel
compounds penetrate more easily into tumour tissues and also clear from healthy tissues
faster than other protoporphyrin-based photosensitizers [1-3]. Nevertheless, the knowledge
about chemistry and physical properties of these materials it still not sufficient. The one of
open questions is the localisation within the compounds’ structure and role of iron ions.
Without detail information about new photosensitizers’ structure these drugs cannot be
officially used in the medical treatment. Therefore the bonding of Fe-ion in several
diaminoacid derivatives has been the subject of our investigation. Using EXAFS we tried to
determine local environment of Fe-ion in relation with results of previous spectroscopic
measurements in range of visible light. The measurements of Fe K-edge of x-ray absorption
were performed at the ESRF beamline BM26A in the transmission mode. The samples were
cooled down to helium temperature to limit x-ray destruction of biomaterials and reduce
temperature structure disorder. The radial distribution of atoms around Fe obtained by Fourier
transformation of measure EXAFS spectra averaged from several acquisitions and taken in k -
range up to 13 Å-1 will be presented. The radial distributions of atoms around Fe in some of
diaminoacid derivatives differ only in details, but some has significantly different shape.
From EXAFS chi function adjusting by EXCURVE98 program we postulate that the most
common structure of the new class of photosensitizers is protoporphyrin IX with diaminoacid
attachments and with iron atom in the centre of protoporphyrin IX ring. The information
about the nature of chemical bonding one can get from the XANES (x-ray absorption near
edge structure). Judging from the shift of the Fe-edge the ionic state of Fe in measurement
compounds is identical or very similar to that in Fe2O3. This evidence that the ionic state of
iron in the investigated materials is +3.

We acknowledge the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility and we would like to thank Sergey Nikitenko for
assistance in using beamline BM26A.

[1] A. Graczyk, et al., Laser Technology VII: Applications of Lasers, vol. 5229 (2003) 91-96.
[2] S. Ye, et al., Optica Applicata, vol. XXXIII, no. 2-3 (2003) 489-503.
[3] S. Ye, et al., Optica Applicata, vol. XXXIII, no. 2-3 (2003) 505-519.

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TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE DEPENDENCE OF THE Yb VALENCE

STATE OF SOME INTERMETALLIC Yb-TM-Ga PHASES

Ulrich Burkhardt, Roman Gumeniuk, Marcus Schmidt, Walter Schnelle

Yuri Prots, Leonid Vasylechko, Yuri Grin

Planck-Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany

The valence state of Yb of the ternary phases YbNiGa4, YbNiGa2, YbAgGa2 and YbAuGa
was investigated by means X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) at the Yb LIII absorption
edge in dependence of composition, temperature and pressure. Also, measurements of the
lattice parameters and magnetic susceptibilities were performed to define the Yb state of the
given phases. The spectroscopic data were determined on beamlines A1 and E4 of Hasylab at
DESY.
As common structural features of these phases, the Yb cations are situated in a three
dimensional transition metal (TM) – Gallium network. Here, the coordination polyhedra of
Yb show coordination numbers of 12 and more and can be deduced from capped pentagonal
prisms. The environment of Yb is altered at a constant Yb : TM ratio.
Except for YbNiGa2, the spectra at ambient pressure show two maxima indicating the
presence of Yb in the 4f14 (Yb2+) and 4f13 (Yb3+) states. An almost mono-valente situation
is reached at pressure of 25 GPa with a dominating contribution of Yb in the 4f13 state. The
divers characteristics of these always continuous transitions are described by means of the
occupation of the Yb 4f levels which are calculated by the de-convolution of the two peak
absorption spectra..
Temperature dependence of magnetic susceptibilities at ambient pressures agrees qualitatively
with the XAS results. Here, the temperature dependence for the YbNiGa2 phase is similar to a
Curie-Weiss law (µeff/Yb = 4.4 µB) and confirms the Yb 4f13 state also found by XAS.
Small paramagnetic susceptibilities (< 10-8 m3/mol) with weak temperature dependencies
were found for the phases YbNiGa4, YbAgGa2 and YbAuGa. The evaluation of the
susceptibility data hints at an intermediate valency of the ytterbium atoms.
The influences of the local environment, temperature and pressure on the occupation of the
Yb 4f levels determined from the XAS data will be presented in detail and discussed in
respect to magnetic behaviour of the investigated phases.
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LOCAL STRUCTURES IN Pb1-XMnXTe SYSTEMS

I. Radisavljeviü1, N. Ivanoviü1, N. Novakoviü1 N. Romþeviü2, H.-E. Mahnke3
1
Vinþa- Institute of Nuclear Sciences, POB 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
2
Institute of Physics, Pregrevica 118, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
3
Bereich Strukturforschung, Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin GmbH, D-14109 Berlin, Germany

The semimagnetic semiconductor Pb1-xMnxTe is a good representative for studying processes

characteristic for some IV-VI narrow-gap semiconductors, such as variation of the band gap
with composition, effects of negative magnetoresistance, long-term non-equilibrium processes
and the phonon dispersion anomalies. The off-centering effect (i.e. displacement of the atoms
from the regular lattice positions), responsible for the appearance of persistent
photoconductivity, and related low-temperature ferroelectric phase transition, are some other
interesting features characteristic for these systems. In attempt to provide answers on
questions concerned with the exact positions and charge states of both constitutive and
impurity atoms, possibilities and features of their ordering and(or) clustering, and
configurational and thermal disorder in the systems, we have performed EXAFS
measurements (at DESY-HASYLAB) on different edges for different concentrations and at
different temperatures. That way an atomic-scale insight in the processes that influence
structural, thermodynamical, transport and optical properties of these materials is obtained.
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XAFS STUDY OF NANOCOMPOSITE SYSTEM FOR SYNGAS

PRODUCTION
Vladimir V. Kriventsov1, Dimitrii I. Kochubey1, Yulia V. Frolova1
Vladislav A. Sadykov1 Stylianos G. Neophytides2

1
Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Pr. Ak. Lavrentieva 5, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
2
Institute of Chemical Engineering & High Temperature Processes, Patras, Greece

This work is devoted to the structural study of nanocomposites compirsed of doped cerium
dioxide and lanthanum manganite for syngas production by the XAFS spectroscopy.
Recently, great efforts are devoted to the development of membranes allowing to convert
methane into syngas by oxygen supplied from the air side of the membrane via its transport
due to the mixed O2-/electronic conductivity (MIEC). MIEC materials are also of a great
interest as cathodes and/or anodes in SOFCs. Nanocomposites comprised of ionic and
electronic conductors are considered as a promising option. Design of such membranes is at
present among the most important tasks of materials science.
A polymerized complex precursor method (Pechini route) was used for synthesis of ceria
doped by Gd or Pr and LaMnO3. Binary nanocomposites were obtained by addition of doped
ceria precursors to a suspension of lanthanum manganite in ethanol followed by evaporation
and annealing at 500°C. Powdered samples were pressed into pellets and calcinated in air at
temperatures up to 1300°C. All XAFS spectra of the Mn-K, Pr-L3, Gd-L3, La-L3 Ce-L3
edges were recorded at Siberian Synchrotron Radiation Center (SSRC).
It was established that polymerized complex precursor method ensure a homogeneous mixing
of components on the molecular level for a given phase. It was found that samples of ceria
doped by Gd or Pr have a CeO2-reference structure (a cubic fluorite-like structure), while the
structure of lanthanum manganite is pseudocubic.
Analysis of the XANES and EXAFS La L3-edge spectra revealed no pronounced difference
between La environment in pure LaMnO3 phase and nanocomposites which suggests a
minimum (if any) undesirable incorporation of La into ceria.
On the other hand, EXAFS Mn K-edge spectra of nanocomposites annealed at high
(1300°C) temperatures strongly resemble those for the nanocrystalline low-temperature
samples of LaMnO3 characterised by decline of the first Mn-Me coordination sphere
amplitude along with shift and splitting of peaks corresponding to next spheres. This feature
agrees with the disordered pseudocubic structure of nanosized LaMnO3 domains in
composites, extent of their doping by Gd or Pr cations (if any) remaining uncertain.

This research was supported by INTAS (01-2162), ISTC 2529 Project, NATO (CBP NUKR. SFPP. 980878),
NATO (Ref. EST.CLG 979855) and RFBR (Russian Foundation for Basic Research) (06-03-33005-a) grants.

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STUDY OF CNF SUPPORTED Co(Ni)-Mo CATALYTIC SYSTEM USED FOR

HDS BY EXAFS AND XANES
Vladimir V. Kriventsov, Zinfer R. Ismagilov, Dimitrii I. Kochubey, Olga Yu. Podyacheva
Anastasia E. Shalagina, Anatolii N. Startsev.

Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Pr. Ak. Lavrentieva 5, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia

Currently, a new type of supported catalysts - CNF (carbon nanofibers)-based catalysts

excites a heightened interest. As rule, the CNF-based catalysts have improved catalytic
activity, selectivity and thermostability as compared with traditional supported catalysts.
This work is devoted to the study of the promising Ni-Mo and Co-Mo carbon nano-fibers
(CNF) supported catalysts used for hydrodesulfurization (HDS) reaction by the EXAFS and
XANES methods.
The studied Co(Ni)-Mo samples were prepared by methane decomposition over high-loaded
Ni-Mo-Al2O3 (10 wt. % Al2O3) and Co-Mo-Al2O3 (25 wt. % Al2O3) catalysts at 550 and
500°C, accordingly. It was found that carbon nano-fibers (CNF) containing metal catalyst
nanoparticles located on their tips were formed. All EXAFS and XANES spectra of the Mo-
K, Co-K, Ni-K edges were recorded at Siberian Synchrotron Radiation Center (SSRC).
The local Mo and Ni(Co) surroundings of the all samples studied were established and the
phase composition were determined. It was shown that there are some differences of the
molybdenum arrangements for the Ni-Mo and Co-Mo nanoparticles. All possible structural
models were discussed. In addition, these samples were studied by the TEM, EDX and X-ray
diffraction methods. The data of all methods are in a good agreement.
This research was carried out under the support from the grants by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific
Research NWO-2001, International Association for the Promotion of Co-operation with Scientists from the NIS
of the Former Soviet Union INTAS-00413 and RFBR (Russian Foundation for Basic Research).

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XAFS STUDY OF TITANIA AND TITANIA-SILICA SUPPORTED SYSTEMS

Vladimir Kriventsov1, Dimitrii Kochubey1, Mark Tsodikov2, Jose Antonio Navio3
Gerardo Colon3, Maria Carmen Hidalgo3, Juan Miguel Marin4, Gloria Restrepo4

1
Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Novosibirsk, Russia
2
Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Moscow, Russia
3
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla,Centro Mixto CSIC
Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
4
Dpto. de Ingenieria Quimica, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia.

The present work is devoted to the study of the titania and titania-silica supported
photocatalysts prepared by grafting, physic, diffusion methods and sol-gel from inorganic
precursors were studied by XAFS method. Silica, glass, polyester granules and fibres were
used as supports.
All the EXAFS and XANES spectra of the Ti-K edge were recorded at Siberian Synchrotron
Radiation Center (SSRC). It was shown that structural lability of the titanium-silicate systems
studied and the change of symmetry of the oxygen coordination around the Ti(+4) ions
depends on preparation method, calcination temperature, titanium percentage and way of
titanium introduction into the silicate matrix. It was found that both formation of distorted
titanium oxide nanoclasters and presence of dissolved Ti(+4) ions takes place. All possible
structural models of different titanium locations were discussed. In addition, these samples
were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), XPS, TEM, UV-Vis methods. The data of all
methods are in a good agreement.
This research was supported by NATO and RFBR (Russian Foundation for Basic Research) grants.

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AN IMPROVED GENETIC ALGORITHM AND ITS APPLICATION TO

CURVE FITTING IN GEOLOGICAL SAMPLES
Liqiang Luo1,2, X. Zhan1 and Y. Li1
1
National Research Center of Geoanalysis, Beijing, 100037, China
2
Medical Physics & Applied Radiation Science, McMaster University, Canada

Genetic algorithms can be applied to curve fitting and resolution of overlapped spectra. The
main advantage of genetic algorithms over the classic methods is its potential capability of
making the global optimum search. However, it does not mean that they can always find out
the optimum solution in a certain limited time by a conventional searching strategy.
Moreover, to find a global optimum solution takes usually a long time.
A typical genetic algorithm consists of initialization of data, selection, crossover, mutation
and evaluation of fitness. As the first step in the algorithm, a suitable fitting object is chosen
and the possible solution to the special problem has to be provided. After the data are
randomly initialized, they should be restricted within a reasonable range based on the
scientific knowledge in x-ray fluorescence spectrometry to speed convergence. An error
function is designed to evaluate the qualification of fitness, along with the genetic operations.
The fitness value is usually the inverse of the errors derived by comparison of the calculated
and the measured values. Every individual is evaluated according to the fitness. A better
fitness means better solutions. As a common rule, the best individual is kept to the next
generation. The procedure continues until it meets a designed convergence criterion.
A key in the genetic algorithms is the choice of a powerful searching strategy, which
determines whether the algorithm can find out the optimal solution without falling into a local
minimum. Three searching strategies have been compared in the study.
First of all, a very simple approach is examined by only keeping an individual with the
maximum fitness to the next generation. A poor solution was produced by this method. This
search process looks like a random walking. There is no evolution, as well as no convergence.
Obviously, this approach cannot be acceptable.
On the basis of the survival of the fittest, then, a conventional method was used to search for
an optimal solution. By this method, however, not each fitting spectrum was acceptable. It
might fall into a local minimum. And a poor searching precision was often obtained. A
procedure of performing multiple searches was always needed and the averages of several
solutions were then calculated to get the acceptable fitting results.
Now, an improved optimal searching strategy was suggested based on the species evolution
principal. In fact, the species evolution optimal strategy was utilized to answer a question
about who should or who can survive longer than others. When the species evolution, rather
than the fittest individual alone, was used, a real global optimum fitness can be found in a
rather easy way. Fitness increases dramatically by using this strategy. The species evolution
optimal strategy in genetic algorithms has been applied to curve fitting in geological samples
by x-ray spectrometry.
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FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETER METHOD USING SCATTERING X-RAYS

AND MONTE CARLO SIMULATION
Naoki Kawahara1, Yoshiyuki Kataoka1, Sinya Hara1, Yasujiro Yamada1
Takashi Matsuo1, Michael Mantler2
1
Rigaku Industrial Corporation,14-8,Takatsuki, Osaka 569-1146, Japan
2
Vienna University of Technology, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 8-10, A-1040 Vienna, Austria

A Monte Carlo simulation method has been applied to actual analyses in x-ray fluorescence
analysis. When the elements of the base matrix of a sample are not measurable such as in
polymers and sediments, the sample can not be accurately analyzed by using conventional
fundamental parameter methods. A fundamental parameter method has been developed for
estimating such non-measured elements by measuring scattering lines from x-ray tube. A
Monte Carlo simulation method is used to calculate the corresponding theoretical scattering
intensities of Compton and Thomson scattering lines.
It was found that the influence of the difference of scattering angles caused by the divergence
of primary x-rays is large, especially in Thomson scattering lines. On the other hand, this
influence is comparably small for fluorescent x-ray lines.
Long computing times have been a weak point of Monte Carlo simulations in practical use for
x-ray fluorescence analysis. However, the computing time is short enough when only
scattering lines are calculated since no wavelength integration of primary x-rays is required.
Accordingly, the regular theoretical intensity calculations for fluorescent lines in combination
with a Monte Carlo simulation for scattering line gave reasonable short computing time even
in routine analysis. The Monte Carlo calculation is executed in each iteration step.
Good results were obtained in samples such as powders, polymers, and liquids, and results
will be presented.
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USE OF THE THEORETICAL SIMULATION IN THE CHOICE OF XRF

TECHNIQUE OF ANALYSIS WITH THE SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
Anatoly Revenko

Institute of the Earth’s Crust, SB RAS, Irkutsk, Russia

Little attention is given to the specific character of used procedures to convert experimental
intensities into concentrations of determined elements in the extensive and, as a rule, good-
quality literature on SRXRF. Many important details of the use of the individual classical
analytical techniques remain wholly beyond the scope of researchers. Let us also to note that
the need is obvious for the further work from the review of publications to improve a
methodical supply used for SRXRF.
The aim of the present report is to fill partly this gap and to draw attention to the importance
of the correct use and description of applied procedures to convert intensities into
concentrations of studied elements.
As long ago as the end of 1960s the theoretical simulation is successfully used to choose the
procedure for the conversion of the XRF intensities into the concentrations of the determined
elements in the Irkutsk XRF laboratories. The programs were developed and tested for the
calculation of analytical line intensities, which took account of the contribution of the
selective excitation effect. In these calculations the features were took into account that were
characteristic of the long-wave region of the X-ray spectrum (2-10A). The satisfactory
agreement was obtained between the calculated and experimentally determined intensities for
low-Z elements (from Na to Fe, A.G. Revenko, 1970, 1972). The programs were modified
during the progress in computers. One estimated the contribution of the radiation scattered
from sample atoms (Yu.I. Velichko et al., 1976; A.L. Finkelshtein et al., 1985) and the
contribution of the bremsstrahlung from photo- and Auger electrons of sample atoms (G.V.
Pavlinsky et al., 1974; V.P. Afonin et al., 1984) to the XRF intensities using their own the
software. The calculation algorithms were developed for the case of a divergent beam of the
primary radiation (B.I. Kitov et al., 1979, 1981). The investigations were conducted, the aim
of which was to determine limits of applicability of idealized models. It is natural that the
attention was paid to the effect of errors on the description of the spectral distribution of the
primary radiation from X-ray tubes and also to errors in values of mass absorption
coefficients (Yu.I. Velichko and A.G. Revenko, 1974, T.N. Gunicheva et al., 1975). The
conducted investigations allowed recommending to use the theoretical stimulation for the
execution of one of main steps in a process of an XRF technique development, namely the
step of the choice of a suitable analytical technique (A.N. Smagunova et al., 1974).
The examples of the theoretical estimates of the interelement effects are presented for
different studied materials: rocks, plant materials, and biological tissues. A number of the
conventional variants of the fluorescence radiation excitation were estimated. One examined
the excitation using the mixed radiation from the Sc-, Rh- and W-anode X-ray tubes, and also
using the monochromatic radiation of the different energy (the simulation of the SRXRF
variant). The considered approach allows to reduce the time and charges necessary for the
development of the analytical technique as well to avoid undesirable errors in choosing
CRMs.
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SIMPLE METHOD TO IMPROVE A DETECTION SYSTEM RESOLUTION

A.S.Serebryakov, E.L.Demchenko

V.G.Khlopin Radium Institute, St.Petersburg, Russia

Joint Stock Company “Comita”, St.Petersburg, Russia

A simple multiplicative iteration method (MIM) is described to improve energy resolution of

a detection system when the response function to mono-energetic incident photons is known.
It is shown that “hidden” lines can be observed in the experimental spectra collected with
relatively poor energy resolution after the procedure of MIM is applied.
The problems discussed are: the dependence of the method efficiency on the statistics in the
spectral intervals treated, and validity of the background subtraction procedure. The results
are presented for Si(Li), NaI(Tl) detectors and for gas proportional counters.
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APPLICATION OF THE MONTE CARLO METHOD TO X-RAY

UNFOLDING: COMPARISON BETWEEN GERMANIUM AND SILICON
DETECTORS.
Sergio Gallardo1, José Ródenas1, Gumersindo Verdú1 and Jorge E. Fernández2
1
Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Nuclear, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
2
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Energetica, Nucleare e del Controllo Ambientale, Alma Mater
Studiorum,Università di Bologna (Italia)

The characterization of the X-ray spectra is the most powerful tool to perform a quality
control (QC) of X-ray tubes. Normally, QC is simplified measuring some parameters such as
the half value layer, the fluence, the peak voltage, etc. However, this QC is not completed
until the primary spectrum is determined. In previous works, a powerful methodology to
assess primary spectrum using a Compton spectrometer has been studied. In summary, this
methodology consists of the use of a Monte Carlo model (normally the MCNP code is
applied) to reproduce the physical phenomena involving the interaction of photons and
electrons with the Compton spectrometer and with a high purity germanium detector (of high
resolution). By means of this Monte Carlo model, a response matrix can be built, relating the
pulse height distribution (PHD) registered in the detector, with the primary X-ray spectrum.
In this work, it is proposed a comparison between the PHD obtained by means of a
germanium and a silicon detector. A new response matrix, corresponding to the silicon
detector is built. Both response matrices (germanium and silicon) are compared.
Subsequently, an unfolding method based on the application of a Modified Truncated
Singular Value Decomposition (MTSVD) is applied to these matrices in order to assess the
primary spectrum. Finally, primary X-ray spectra obtained by simulation using the
germanium and the silicon response matrix are compared. Differences between primary
spectra obtained with the germanium and the silicon response matrices are studied and related
with the resolution and intrinsic features of both detectors.
[1] S. Gallardo, Determinación del espectro primario de rayos X para radiodiagnóstico mediante espectrometría
Compton, aplicando técnicas de deconvolución y simulación por Monte Carlo. PhD Thesis, Universidad
Politécnica de Valencia, 2004
[2] S. Gallardo, J. Ródenas, G. Verdu, Analysys of shielding materials in a Compton spectrometer applied to x-
ray tube quality control using Monte Carlo simulation. Radiation Protection Dosimetry 115, 375-379 (2005)
[3] S. Gallardo, D. Ginestar, G. Verdú, J. Ródenas, V. Puchades, J. I. Villaescusa, X-ray spectrum unfolding
using a regularized truncated SVD method. X-Ray Spectrometry 35 63-70 (2006)

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PERFORMANCES OF CALIBRATIONS AND VALIDATION:

INFLUENCE OF EDXRF MEASURING TIME
L. Perring, C. Servais

Nestlé Research Centre - Department of Quality and Safety Assurance

Vers chez-les-Blanc, CH-1000, Lausanne 26, Switzerland

The minerals K, Ca, Fe and Zn are today commonly analysed in powdered food matrices
(milk powders, infant formulae and infant cereals) by Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence
systems.
In order to optimize the measuring time and then increase the samples throughput of the
analytical device in factory line laboratories, the influence of the acquisition time (ranging
from 30 s till to 300 s) on the calibration and validation performances as well as the number
of pellets/sample have been investigated.
Surprisingly, longer acquisition times do not improve performance factors such as Standard
Error of Calibration, Standard Error of Prediction, Bias….
Repeatabilites and measurement uncertainties have also been studied vs acquisition time. An
EDXRF PANanalytical Minipal 2 with Rh tube was used for this study.
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X-RAY DIFFRACTION FROM CELL WALLS

FOR ESCHERICHIA COLI G 35 #61 STRAIN
Astghik Pepoyan, Larisa Kirakosyan, Margarita Hovnanyan, Karlen Hovnanyan

Institute of Molecular Biology, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia,

7 Hasratyan, 375044, Yerevan, Armenia

Although many investigations on commensal bacteria, very little research has been done to
understand the structural-functional characteristics of membranes from probiotic strains.
The aim of this work was to investigate the membrane characteristics for E. coli G35 # 61
probiotic strain. The cell walls by the X-ray diffraction under small and big angles as well as
qualitative and quantitative composition of bacterial phospholipids for G35 # 61 and five
other commensal strains from gut microbiota of cancer patients were investigated.
The insignificant increase of concentration of main phospholipids and at the same time also
the phospholipids with small size of polar heads- phosphatidylethanoleamins in the
membranes of E. coli from cancer patients were shown. The approximately same
concentrations of biosynthetic precursors of phosphatidylethanoleamins - phosphatidylserines
is also observed.
For clarifying of phospholipids’ organization in bacterial cell walls the X-ray diffractions
under small and big angles were researched.
It is known, that the reflex with midplanar distance 4,3 Å characterizes a status of
hydrocarbonaceous chains of phospholipid molecules in membranes. The absence of
diffraction at 4,3 Å points on liquid state of membrane, and the presence of galog points on
amorph state, and the presence of circle- on mutual parallel equidistant occurrence of
phospholipid molecules in membrane.
It has been shown the reflexes at 4,3 Å as well as at 8 Å and 11 Å on rentgenograms are
missed, which points out that the phospholipid molecules in membranes have not cluster
character and the phospholipids are in liquid state. On the other hand, the differences
between the intermembrane water fractions’ tickness from cell walls for probiotic strain and
such for strains from cancer patients were shown.
The observed changes can play an important role in regulation of host important physiological
processes.
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CHARACTERIZATION OF OSTEOPOROTIC BONE STRUCTURES BY

BIDIMENSIONAL IMAGES THROUGH X-RAY MICROFLUORESCENCE
WITH SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
Inayá Lima1, Marcelino Anjos2, Renata Serpa1, Maria Lucia Fleiuss3
Doris Rosenthal4, Ricardo Lopes1
1
Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratory, UFRJ.
2
Physics Institue - UERJ
3
University Hospital, UFRJ. 4Biofisic Institute, UFRJ.

The X-ray Microfluorescence (µXRF) is an analytical technique based on the local excitation
and microscopic analysis of the region of interest, supplying information about the superficial
distribution of minerals [1]. The osteoporosis is a pathology that assails the bones, defined as
systemic skeletal disease characterized by a decrease in the bone mass and deterioration of the
microarquitecture with the increase of the bone fragility and more susceptibly to fractures.
The ovariectomized process in female rats has been used frequently as animal model of
experimental osteoporosis, because it supplies similar data to those observed in the adult
skeleton post menopause [2].
In this context, the aim of this study was to characterize the bone structures of the femoral
head, cortical and trabecular regions, from the bidimensional images. There were three groups
of animals: control, ovariectomized and ovariectomized with estrogen intake. The
ovariectomized process occurred when the animals were four months-old. The measurements
were performed in standard geometry of 45° incidence, exciting with a white beam and
optical capillary with 20 µm of diameter collimation in the XRF beamline at the Synchrotron
Light National Laboratory (Campinas, Brazil).
It was found ten elements: P, S, Cl, K, Ca, Cr, Fe, Cu, Zn and Sr. The results show that both
the concentration and the distribution of the minerals are significantly among the groups,
mostly in relation to the calcium element. It can be seen a function invention in Ca and Sr,
that is, in animals with a lesser concentration of Ca occurs an increase in the Sr concentration,
beyond an alteration of their distributions in the present sites. Other important result revealed
by the images is the thickness of the cortical with the ovariectomized process, there was a
decrease in the thickness and it increase again with estrogen intake. The bone mineralization
is associated with less calcium excretion as well the estrogen action and lesser bone
resorption. Besides others factors, calcium can not be fixed by the bones in the absence of
estrogen, making them thin and weak, contributing positively to the appearance of the
osteoporosis.
It was concluded that µXRF with Synchrotron radiation a powerful and alternative technique
to characterized bone structures. Through this technique it was possible to observe that the
ovariectomized process in a period of four months was able to reduce the percentages of
calcium, increasing the strontium levels and the thickness of the cortical femoral head, while
the estrogen intake increased again those percentages, defining again more clearly the
geometry of the cortical in femoral head.
1] M. L. Carvalho et al. “Analysis of human teeth and bones from the chalcolithic period by X-ray
spectrometry”. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with
Materials and Atoms. 168 (4):559-565, 2000.
[2] D.B. Kimmel et al. Animal models of osteopenia or osteoporosis. In: Y.H. An and R.J. Friedman, Editors,
Animal models in orthopaedic research, CRC Press, London (1999), pp. 279–308.

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ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATION BIDIMENSIONAL MAPPING IN THE

BRAIN OF WISTAR RATS BY X-RAY MICROFLUORESCENCE WITH
SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
Renata F.B. Serpa1; Edgar F.O. de Jesus1; Marcelino J. dos Anjos2; Luis F. de Oliveira2;
Maria G.T. do Carmo3; Ana M.B. Martinez4; José D. Corrêa Júnior4; Ricardo T. Lopes1
1
Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratory, COPPE/UFRJ, RJ, Brazil
2
Physics Institute, UERJ, RJ, Brazil
3
Nutrition Institute, UFRJ, RJ, Brazil
4
Department of Histology and Embryology, RJ, Brazil

Implication of trace metals (Fe, Cu and Zn) in some neurodegenerative diseases (Freidriech`s
ataxia, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Wilson’s disease and Multiple Sclerosis) by
oxidative stress implication is now well admitted [1]. Considering that, the aging is a potential
factor of risk to develop these diseases, the aim of this work was to map the elemental
concentration in brain sections of Wistar females rats as function of aging. The elemental
distribution and the elemental concentration were performed by X-Ray Microfluorescence
with Synchrotron Radiation (µSR-XRF). Wistar young (14 days old), adults (60 and 100 days
old) and middle-aged (20 months old) rats (n=12) were analyzed. They were sacrificed by
decapitation and their brains were carefully dissected and quickly removed. They were
immediately frozen by submerging in isopentane, which was cooled in liquid nitrogen, in
order to avoid ionic mobility until cryosectioning. To perform the coronal section (2.0 mm
thickness), the brain was positioned on a manual tissue slicer inside the cryostat at -25°C. The
samples were lyofilizated during 36 hours and they were fixed in resin for SR-XRF
measurements. These measurements were carried out at the XRF beam line at the Synchrotron
Light National Laboratory (Campinas, Brazil). The characteristic X-rays produced were
detected with an HPGe detector with a resolution of 165 eV at 5.9 keV. The sample was
positioned on the image plane within an accuracy of 0.5 µm with a 3 axis (x, y, z) remote-
controlled stage. The measurements were carried out using a conventional system of
collimation (orthogonal slits 300 µm X 300 µm), white beam and a geometry 45°/45°. A two-
dimensional scanning was performed in order to study the tendency of elemental distribution
variation. The counting live-time for each pixel was 10 s/step and the step size was 300
µm/step in both directions. There is a pattern in the iron and zinc distributions throughout the
brain, independently of the age. It was observed that the iron distribution was more
conspicuous in the thalamus and hypothalamus. On the other hand, iron, copper and zinc
levels were different in relation to the age. All of these elements levels increased with
advancing of age. Aging is a potential factor of risk to develop Alzheimer and Parkinson’s
diseases. This study efforts the idea that these elements are involved in the chemical
mechanisms of the brain, which lead these neurological diseases, due these elements also
present high levels in specific areas of the brain, such as the hippocampus and the substantia
nigra of patients with these disorders.
[1] Sergeant, C., Vesvres, M.H., Devès, G., Guillou, F. (2005), Nucl. Instr. Meth. B, 231, pp.234-238.

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THE INVESTIGATIONS OF IRON LOCAL ENVIRONMENT IN HUMAN

BRAIN TISSUE USING XAFS TECHNIQUE – PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Slawomir Wójcik1, Magdalena Szczerbowska-Boruchowska1, Marek Lankosz1
Czeslaw Kapusta2, Marta Borowiec2, Dariusz Adamek3, Konstantin Klementiev4
1
Department of Nuclear Methods, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH-University
of Science and Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, Krakow, Poland
2
Department of Solid State Physics, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH-
University of Science and Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, Krakow, Poland
3
Institute of Neurology, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Botaniczna 3, Krakow, Poland
4
Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor HASYLAB at DESY, Notkestr. 85, Hamburg, Germany

Iron-mediated processes in human brain are subject of numerous studies. As is known this
element may participate in some pathological mechanisms e.g. via production of free radicals
in the Fenton’s reaction. For this reason, studies of iron sites in human brain tissue are of
great importance. One of the methods providing this kind of information is X-ray Absorption
Fine Structure (XAFS) spectroscopy.
The investigations were carried out for samples from selected areas of human brain i.e.
substantia nigra (SN), white matter (WM) and grey matter (GM). The specimens were taken
during an autopsy. SN sample was cut using cryomicrotome (20 micrometer thick), then
placed on ultralene foil and afterwards freeze-dried. The tissue of GM and WM was
lyophilized for 24 h at temperatures from –40 °C to 35 °C at a pressure of 200 Pa. Then, each
sample was homogenized in an agate mortar and approximately 250 mg of it was pressed into
a 1.3-cm-diameter pellet without any additions.
The measurements were performed at the bending magnet beamline E4 at HASYLAB
equipped with two mirrors and a double-crystal Si(111) monochromator.
The absorption spectra were measured at the Fe K-edge in the fluorescence mode in the
energy range from 7050 to 7700 eV.
The spectra have been elaborated with the ATHENA/FEFF software. The Fourier transforms
of the EXAFS functions show that the distances of the first coordination shell (Fe-O) are
almost the same in the grey and the white matter (~1.80 Å), whereas the Fe-O distance in
substantia nigra is larger (~2.13 Å). Further investigations are in progress.
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TRACE ELEMENTS IN HUMAN BRAIN

A. F. Marques, M. L. Carvalho

Centro de Física Atómica, Universidade de Lisboa

Av. Prof. Gama Pinto 2, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal

This work is a contribution to better understanding the heavy metals accumulation in human
brain tissues in the aging process.
Cerebrum, cerebellum and brainstem samples were collected from the same individual and
sampling for different ages was performed, in order to find some relationship between the
elemental concentrations in the different tissues and the age of the individual. Samples were
collected post-mortem and frozen until analysis. Age, sex, origin of dead and specific diseases
were registered.
Quantitative analysis was performed for K, Ca, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Rb and Pb. A few of these
elements, K, Ca, Zn, Fe are essential to life, however Pb is toxic. Cu and Zn can become toxic
in high concentrations.
All samples were analysed by X- Ray Fluorescence spectrometry without any chemical
preparation.
Different concentrations for a few elements can allow distinguishing brainstem tissues from
the cerebellum or frontal lobe tissues. A similar behaviour for age dependence was observed
for some elements in the different brain regions. A decrease of K and Rb with age was
observed for the three studied regions while an increase of Fe, Cu Zn and Pb was observed.
Very low concentrations for Pb were found in the whole the analysed samples.
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BROAD BEAM- AND MICRO-PIXE ANALYSIS OF NORMAL AND IN

VITRO DEMINERALIZED DENTAL ENAMEL
Eugen A. Preoteasa1, Elena Preoteasa2, Livia Harangus1, Dieter Grambole3, Folker Herrmann3

1 Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, P.O. Box MG-6, 077125 Bucharest-
Magurele, Romania
2 Helident Ltd. Dental Surgery, Bucharest, Romania
3 Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Forschungzentrum Rossendorf, P.O. Box 51 01 19,
01314 Dresden, Germany

Dental enamel has been widely studied by PIXE and µ-PIXE [1], but less attention was paid
to its demineralization, which leads to caries formation [2]. Studies of incipient
demineralization by classical methods showed that a surface layer some tens of µm thick
seemingly remains unaffected, while removal of mineral substance takes place below it
producing a 'gap' of similar width [3]. Broad beam PIXE can analyze enamel down to 15-30
µm near the surface, while deeper layers can be explored in sectioned teeth by microprobe
measurements. Here we report investigations by broad beam PIXE and by µ-PIXE of normal
and in vitro demineralized enamel. For broad beam PIXE, clinically sound enamel from
adults and children was studied both before and after demineralization. For microbeam
analysis, a caries free inferior molar was cut in its four cusps of whom two were
demineralized, then all were sectioned and polished. In all cases demineralization was done
for 3 days in lactic acid solution (0.09 M, initial pH 4.5). Broad beam PIXE was performed at
Bucharest using 3.0 MeV protons from a van de Graaff accelerator, and µ-PIXE
measurements were done at the Rossendorf nuclear microprobe with 3.1 MeV protons. The
microbeam was focused to a ~3 µm spot and areas of 64 x 128 and 128 x 128 pixels were
mapped at ~4 µm/pixel size and at 1,7-2,8 µC per map. Broad beam PIXE detected P, Cl, K,
Ca, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Br, Sr, Y and Pb in enamel and evidenced an apparent increase of Fe/Ca,
Cu/Ca, Zn/Ca, Sr/Ca and Pb/Ca ratios at the surface. The demineralizing solution evidenced
increases of P, Ca and Zn, of pH up to 4.9 and of conductivity by 11 %. In enamel, the
increase of Fe, Cu, Zn, Sr and Pb vs. Ca relative intensities seem to evidence mainly an
unmasking effect in the outer superficial layer, by a more accentuated removal of Ca than of
the trace elements. The µ-PIXE maps of Ca and P evidenced relatively little changes in a
surface layer about 180-200 µm thick except its outermost region of up to ~20 µm, with an
abrupt and almost linear decrease of Ca towards the exterior. The latter supported the broad
beam PIXE results. Down to 180-200 µm, the relative intensity of Ca decreased by 25-30 %.
However in the deeper ‘gap’ zone from 180-200 µm on the Ca level dropped dramatically, to
15-25 % of its maximum. Thus apart of giving multielemental information and of not
requiring (semi)thin tooth sectioning as the classical methods, the combined approach of
broad PIXE and µ-PIXE provide structural insight of the in vitro dental enamel
demineralization, partly not accessible to the former.
[1] M. Chaudry, Nutrition Suppl 11 (1995) 538-541.
[2] E.A. Preoteasa, et al., Anal. Bioanal. Chem 379 (2004) 825-841.
[3] M. Fontana, et al, Am J Dent 12 (1999) S8-S9, U. Schiffner, Am J Dent 12 (1999) S10-S12.

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MICRO-XANES INVESTIGATIONS OF Cu AND Fe OXIDATION STATE

INSIDE SINGLE NEURONS FROM SUBSTANTIA NIGRA OF
PARKINSON’S DISEASED PATIENT
Joanna Chwiej1, Magdalena Szczerbowska-Boruchowska1, Marek Lankosz1, Slawomir
Wojcik1, Dariusz Adamek2, Anna Krygowska-Wajs2, Gerald Falkenberg3, Sylvain Bohic4
1
Department of Nuclear Methods, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH -
University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland.
2
Institute of Neurology, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
3
Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor HASYLAB at DESY, Hamburg, Germany.
4
ESRF, Polygone Scientifique Louis Neel, Grenoble, France.

The most characteristic feature of Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the loss of nerve cells in the
area of substantia nigra (SN). In most cases the causes of cellular atrophy and death are
enigmatic, however according to the leading theory oxidative stress triggers a cascade of
events resulting ultimately in the death of neurons [1-4]. Oxidative stress occurs when the
generation of reactive oxygen species in a system exceeds its ability to neutralize and
eliminate them [2]. Transition metals like: Fe, Cu, Mn can promote the generation of free
radicals in Fenton’s reaction. The determination of their oxidation state in the nerve cells
representing PD and control case may shed some new light on the problem of neuronal
degeneration in case of the investigated neurological disorder.
X-ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopy (micro-XANES) was applied in order to
examine differences in iron and copper chemical state between neurons from SN representing
PD and the control cases. Autopsy samples cut using a cryotome, neither fixed nor embedded
in paraffin were investigated.
The comparison of the absorption spectra near Fe and Cu K-edge measured in melanized
neurons from SN of PD and control samples did not show significant differences in the
oxidation state. Measurements of inorganic reference materials containing Fe(II), Fe(III),
Cu(I) and Cu(II) indicated that most of both Fe and Cu occurred in neuromelanin rich neurons
in the oxidized form. The least-square fitting method was used for the analysis of the XANES
spectra in order to avoid the problem of their normalization.

Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science (Warsaw, Poland) and the following grants:
Ministry of Education and Science Grants: 112/E-356/SPB/DESY/P-05/DWM728/2003-2005 and 3T11E01029.
IHP-Contract HPRI-CT-1999-00040/2001-00140 of the European Commission.
The European Community-Research Infrastructure Action under FP6 “Structuring the European Research Area”
Programme (through the Integrated Infrastructure Initiative “Integrating Activity on Synchrotron and Free
Electron Laser Science”).
HASYLAB experimental grant II-02-092.
ESRF experimental grant MD-60.

[1] Kaur, D.; Andersen, J. Ageing Res. Rev. 2004, 3, 327-343.

[2] Bharath, S.; Hsu, M.; Kaur, D.; Rajagopalan, S.; Andersen, J. K. Biochem. Pharmacol. 2002, 64, 1037-1048.
[3] Adams, J. D.; Chang, M. L.; Klaidman, L. Curr. Med. Chem. 2001, 8, 809-814.
[4] Foley, P.; Riederer, P. J. Neurol. 2000, 247(Suppl 2), 82-94.

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TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGIC SAMPLES USING ENERGY-

DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE AND TOTAL REFLECTION X-RAY
FLUORESCENCE
Annemarie Wagner1, Johan Boman1, Michael J. Gatari2
1
Department of Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Göteborg University, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
2
Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197 Nairobi, Kenya

X-ray fluorescence is an excellent tool for the elemental analysis of environmental samples,
since it combines multi-element capacity with an extensive analytical range. For most
chemical elements, the sensitivities of EDXRF spectrometers are in the low microgram range.
In the TXRF mode, the peak to background ratio is improved by the highly reflected exciting
photons, resulting in a better monochromatization of the excitation beam and negligible
scatter from the reflecting surface. Consequently, detection limits are in the picogram range
for some elements. This technique, however, requires an elaborate sample treatment. To
produce a thin homogeneous sample with a representative composition, organic material is
often chemically digested in a tedious and time-consuming procedure. Biologic tissue usually
contains numerous trace elements in varying concentration ranges embedded in a sample
matrix that may enhance the signal to background ratio. In such samples, a high background
and an overlapping of the spectral lines of interest may cause a considerable deterioration in
detection limits as compared to the optimum which can be achieved in single element
standards.
In the present study, detection limits and detectable concentrations of trace elements in
environmental samples are compared for a home-made EDXRF and a TXRF spectrometer
placed at Göteborg University, Sweden. The instrumental setup of the spectrometers is
similar. The EDXRF is equipped with a W X-ray tube, whereas the TXRF has a high-power
rotating Mo anode achieving a higher effect than the EDXRF. Both instruments have a
80 mm2 Kevex Si(Li) detector with a resolution of 173 eV FWHW for 5.9 keV. In both
spectrometers, the pulse processor and multichannel analyzer system are of the same type. For
spectral analysis and quantitative calculations, the AXIL/QXAS package has been used.
Certified Reference Material (NCS ZC78005 Mussel) has been chosen to compare the
accuracy of elemental analysis and the detection limits of the instruments. Before analysis
with EDXRF and TXRF, the standard reference material was pressure digested with nitric
acid in a microwave oven. Additionally, it was analysed by EDXRF without any previous
sample treatment. The detection limits for the untreated standard material were generally poor
compared to the digested material. For the digested samples, detection limits were lower for
the TXRF, albeit for some high-Z elements such as Se and Pb, they were of the same order of
magnitude for both instruments. The analysis of different volumes of the digested reference
material in the EDXRF suggested that for some applications the inferior detection limits of
this instrument can be compensated by using a higher total sample mass than in the TXRF
mode.
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DETECTION OF MERCURY IN THE KIDNEY VIA SOURCE-EXCITED

X-RAY FLUORESCENCE
Joanna Grinyer, Marija Popovic, David R. Chettle

Department of Medical Physics and Applied Radiation Sciences, McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Mercury is a toxic heavy metal that accumulates in the kidney and can cause adverse health
effects upon exposure. Chronic occupational exposure can lead to kidney impairment and
even loss of function. A non-invasive form of detection is required in order to monitor the
total mercury organ burden of workers. Previously, the McMaster University in vivo prompt
gamma neutron activation system was used to determine the minimum detection limit (MDL)
of mercury in the kidney to be 315 ppm. This MDL remains far too high to be suitable for
detection of mercury at any conceivable occupational levels. Börjesson et al (Phys. Med.
Biol. 1995; 40: 413-426) and O’Meara et al (Appl. Radiat. Isot. 2000; 53: 639-646) obtained
kidney MDL levels of less than 30 ppm through polarized x-ray fluorescence, however
improved sensitivity is required for successful in vivo measurement. In order to lower the
detection limit further, source-excited x-ray fluorescence with a Cd-109 source was used to
determine the MDL. Cadmium-109 emits 88.0 keV gamma rays; this energy is slightly
greater than the mercury K-edge energy of 83.1 keV. Following excitation, emitted K x rays
were used to measure the concentration of mercury in the kidney. The in vivo x-ray
fluorescence system consists of a Cd-109 source in a backscatter geometry, an HPGe
germanium detector and torso and kidney phantoms. Two detectors were compared: a 25 mm
radius planar HPGe detector and a cloverleaf HPGe detector, which consists of four separate
8 mm radius crystals. Phantom calibrations were performed using both systems to obtain the
MDL, leading to improvements over the neutron activation MDL by more than an order of
magnitude, and a reduction in the MDL achieved with polarized x-ray fluorescence.
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SEMI-QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF Fe, Cu AND Zn CONCENTRATION

IN BREAST CANCER
M.P. Silva1, A.L.C. Conceição1, A. Tomal1, C.A. Pérez2, A. Ribeiro-Silva3, M.E. Poletti1
1
Departamento de Física e Matemática – FFCLRP – Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto
14040-901, São Paulo, Brazil
2
Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron-LNLS/CNPq, P. O. Box 6192,13084-971, Campinas, São
Paulo, Brazil
3
Departamento de Patologia – HCFMRP – Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-901,
São Paulo, Brazil

Each year more than one million women are diagnosed with breast cancer around the world.
Early screening and diagnosis can certainly improve cancer survival rates. Analysis of some
trace element usually present human breast has gained great interest over the last few years,
due to the increase in knowledge on the role of these trace elements and the possible
correlations between abnormal concentrations and pathological conditions.
In this work Fe, Cu and Zn concentrations present in healthy as well as in neoplastic breast
tissues were evaluated by Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Fluorescence analysis (SR-XRF).
Eighty samples of breast tissues coming from biopsies, mastectomies or breast reduction
surgeries were analyzed. Pathological information was available for all samples. The
experiment was performed at the XRF beamline of the Laboratório Nacional de Luz
Síncrotron (LNLS), in Campinas, Brazil. A monochromatic beam of 11 keV was used to
excite the samples. The samples were placed at 45º from the incident beam whereas the
energy dispersive solid state HPGe detector was placed at 90º from the incident beam, on the
plane of the electron storage ring, in order to benefit from the strong polarization of the
synchrotron beam thus improving the signal to noise ratio. Metal concentrations in breast
tissues specimens were determined by using calibration curves obtained from aqueous and
ethanolic solutions with inorganic salts of well-known concentrations.
The Fe, Cu and Zn were significantly higher in the neoplasic breast tissues (all p<0.001). It
was also observed from the results that Zn showed the highest alteration in the pathological
tissues, followed by Cu and Fe. As a conclusion of this work it is remarkably important to
point out that a significant alteration of the concentrations of some elements can indicate the
presence of neoplasic in breast tissues.
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X-RAY SCATTERING PROFILES OF SOME NORMAL AND MALIGNANT

HUMAN BREAST TISSUES
D.M. Cunha1, O.R. Oliveira1, C.A. Pérez2, M.E. Poletti1
1
Departamento de Física e Matemática – FFCLRP – Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto
14040-901, São Paulo, Brazil
2
Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron-LNLS/CNPq, P. O. Box 6192,13084-971, Campinas, São
Paulo, Brazil

Recent studies have been shown that X-ray scattering experiments (X-ray diffraction and
small-angle scattering) give detailed information of structures within tissues providing an
alternative means of distinguishing pathology. In this work the scattering profiles (or X-ray
diffraction patterns) from normal (17) and malignant (14) human breast tissues were
measured in the interval of momentum transfer 0.2 < x <6.2 nm. The experiments were
performed with a powder diffractometer apparatus (Siemens D-5005) operating in reflection
mode, equipped with a graphite monochromator in the scattering beam. The X-ray tube was
equipped with a Cu anode and Ni added filtration. The sample was located on the central axis
of the goniometer system, inside a sample holder with thin plastic wall. The number of
scattered photons was measured varying continuously the scattering angle between 5° and
150° and the acquisition time was chosen in order to keep the statistical uncertainty below
5%.
Results from the diffraction system have been compared with histological analysis for each
individual sample. The preliminary results of this work show that the majority of malignant
breast tissues analyzed presents different scattering profiles that normal breast tissues, being
significantly different in the region of low momentum transfer, due to intermolecular
correlations present in the elastic scattering. A multivariate statistical analysis has been used
to classify breast tissues on the basis of the scattering profile. The results suggest that
scattering profile may be an effective marker to be used in the diagnosis of the breast cancer.
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MONITORING PLASMA AND SKIN IRON CONCENTRATIONS

IN HUMAN METABOLIC DISORDERS
M.A. Barreiros1, C. Ralheta1, T. Pinheiro2, L. C. Alves2, P. Filipe3
J.N. Silva3, R. Silva3, R. Fleming4
1
LAACQ, INETI, Az. Lameiros, 1649-038 Lisboa, Portugal
2
LFI, Instituto Tecnológico Nuclear, Sacavém & Centro de Física Nuclear, Univ. Lisboa, Portugal
3
Serv. Dermatologia, Hospital Sta. Maria, Lisboa, Portugal
4
Serv. Imunohemoterapia, Hospital Sta. Maria, Lisboa, Portugal

Total body iron overload due to uncontrolled increase in iron absorption as occurs in
hereditary hemochromatosis affects multiple organs, such as liver, heart and skin. The
determination of plasma iron concentration is relevant as it may constitute an additional
indicator of therapy efficacy, and of its availability to tissues. Also, skin, as an accessible
organ affected by this disease, can be used to monitor body iron status, eventually reflecting
what occurs in other organs.
The objective of the on-going project is to assess iron body status in haemochromatosis.
Routine iron metabolism indicators, such as serum ferritin concentration, total iron binding
capacity and transferrin saturation were assessed in sixteen patients with primary
haemochromatosis along the phlebotomy therapeutic programme. Also iron hepatic deposits
were determined using nuclear magnetic resonance. Nuclear Microscopy techniques were
used to quantify and image iron in vivo at the epidermis and dermis skin layers.
Plasma iron concentrations were carried out using Total Reflection X-ray Fluorescence
(TXRF) preceded by acid digestion in closed Teflon bombs. To provide reliable and accurate
results in blood trace element determination that can be useful in biomedical studies, quality
assurance schemes were implemented and uncertainties were estimated. Using plasma data
gathered from haemochromatosis patients and controls the measurement uncertainty and the
accuracy evaluation for iron was improved, as this study provided sufficient statistics for the
repeatability and recovery results.
At the initial phase of the disease a strong relationship between iron concentrations in plasma
and skin, as well as with serum ferritin, was found. However, at maintenance phases of the
therapy programme, the observed decrease of iron concentration in plasma and skin reflects
the marginally high liver iron deposits in opposition to the sharp decrease exhibited by ferritin
concentration and transferrin saturation in serum. These observations point out an interesting
role for plasma and skin iron evaluation using X-ray spectrometry methods, in the disease
progression and therapy efficacy.

Project supported by Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia and IAEA (CRP - F1.20.19).

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QUALITY CONTROL OF REFERENCE, GENERIC, SIMILAR AMOXILLIN

AND DICLOFENAC BY X-RAY SCATTERING AND CHEMOMETRICS
Simone S. de Oliveira Borges, Maria Izabel M. S. Bueno

Institute of Chemistry, State University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, 13081-970, Brazil

The production and commercialization of generic drugs is becoming a common practice in

Brazil. So, it is very interesting that simple, fast, non-destructive, non residue generation, of
low cost and efficient methods be developed to guarantee the quality of the product in the
market and, mainly, the authenticity of the formulation presented in the label.
The objective of this work was the use of X-ray spectroscopy to control the quality of
reference, generic and similar amoxillin and diclofenac, common drugs encountered in the
market and consumed by Brazilian people. Amoxillin and diclofenac, acquired with no receipt
in the local market, in three distinct physical states and from different trademarks were
irradiated with no pretreatment. The equipment was a bench-top Energy Dispersive X-ray
Spectrometry (EDX 700, Shimadzu). The irradiation conditions were: irradiation time-100 s,
beam collimation-10 mm, X-ray source-Rh tube, voltage-50 kV and 25 % of detector dead
time. The spectra were treated by Principal Component Analysis, considering mainly the
Compton and Rayleigh scattering regions, which are susceptible to variations in sample
content, morphology and structure.
A clear separation was observed among the reference, generic and similar drugs,
independently of the presented form (tablet, capsule, liquid or powder for suspension). It was
also observed for the two drugs that one of generic sample has been grouped together with the
references, evidencing the possibly of this sample is presenting similar characteristics with the
reference group.
One of the samples of the amoxicillin generic drugs showed a high content of Ti, possibly in
the form of TiO2. This composition is usually added to alter some properties of drugs, but
with maximum allowed content of 1% w/w (according to FDA, Food and Drug
Administration). In this sample, the %Ti was of 2,6 ± 0,2% (w/w), well higher than the
allowed concentration.
By conclusion, X-ray Spectrometry allied to chemometrics is a new possibility to perform the
quality control of reference, generic and similar drugs.
1-Department of Health And Human Services, USFDA, Title 21 – Food and Drugs, http://accessdata.fda.gov,
accessed a 25/01/2005.

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STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF CHRONIC ARSENIC POISONING IN RAT

ORGANS BY MEANS OF SYNCHROTRON MICROSCOPIC X-RAY
FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS
Roberto D. Perez 1,4,5, Marcelo Rubio1,4,5, Carlos A. Perez3,
Aldo H. Eynard2,5, Guillermina A. Bongiovanni2,5
1
FAMAF, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, (5000) Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba, Argentina.
2
Instituto de Biología Celular, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
3
Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron—LNLS, POB 6192, 13084-971 Campinas, SP, Brazil
4
CEPROCOR-Agencia Córdoba Ciencia S.E, (5164) Santa María de Punilla, Córdoba, Argentina.
5
CONICET, Rivadavia 1917, (1033) Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Arsenic is a naturally occurring element widely present in the environment. It is known that
groundwater contamination represents a major source of exposure of human and animals to
toxic levels of arsenic upon utilization of such ground waters for irrigation purposes. Chronic
inorganic arsenic exposure in humans is causally associated with development of
malignancies in various tissues (skin, urinary bladder, lung, prostate, kidney and liver)[1,2,3] .
There are reports of elevated cancer risks at multiple countries where subsets of the
population are exposed to arsenic-contaminated drinking water [1,4]
Synchrotron microscopic X-ray fluorescence analysis (µ-SRXRF) was applied to determine
the two-dimensional distributions of Cl, K, Fe, Cu, Zn, As and Br concentrations in slices of
different rat organs. Mapping of x-ray fluorescence intensities in freeze-dried organs sections
were done at DO09B beam line[5] of the Synchrotron Light National Laboratory (Laboratório
Nacional de Luz Síncrotron, LNLS). The bulk elemental analysis of mapped samples were
done using the BRUKER SRS3400 XRF spectrometer located at CEPROCOR in Córdoba,
where also were prepared the samples and standards. The animals received drinking water
containing 100 ppm of sodium arsenite ad libitum for 30 and 60 days. Animal handling and
experimental procedures were executed in agreement with the Guidelines for the Care and
Use of Laboratory Animals approved by the Animal Care Committee from ‘Universidad
Nacional de Córdoba’, Argentina. Lyophilized samples sectioned from normal and diseased
rats were scanned with a collimated white synchrotron spectrum (300µm x 300µm pixel area).
A correlation study between spatial distributions of the elements was performed for kidney,
brain and pancreas of rats. The results allow us to formulate interesting hypothesis which are
reasonable well founded by biophysical principles. Antioxidant effects or electrostatic
attraction explain some correlation patterns under arsenic exposure. In particular, the
accumulation of arsenic and copper in rat kidney induced by arsenic exposure was
corroborated and the spatial distributions of these elements were studied in detail. While
copper was restricted to renal cortex, arsenic shown changes in its spatial distribution
suggesting nephrotoxicity.
Synchrotron microscopic X-ray fluorescence analysis, due to intrinsic characteristics of SR, is
able to implement multielemental spectrochemical analysis with spatial resolution on the
micrometer scale. It shows high efficiency for trace element determination and short time of
analysis requirements. The results show that µ-SRXRF is a very well-positioned and precise
technique to study the effects of arsenic contamination on the spatial distributions of elements
in mammal tissues.
[1] Mandal BK, Suzuki KT. Talanta 2002; 58: 201-235.
[2] Frumkin H, Thun MJ. CA Cancer J Clin. 2001; 51:254-262.
[3] Kitchin KT. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 2001;172: 249-261.
[4] Sbarato VM, Sánchez HJ. Appl. Rad. Isotopes 2001; 54: 737-740.
[5] Perez CA, Radtke M, Sanchez HJ, Tolentino H, Neuensh-wander RT, Barg W, Rubio M, Bueno MIMS,
Raimundo IM, Rohwedder JJR. X-Ray Spectrom. 1999; 28: 320.

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TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELEMENTAL MAPPING BY µ- SRXRF IN LIVER

SLICES WITH CONTINUOUS SCANNING MODE
Gerald Falkenberg1, Romana Höftberger2, Friedrich Wrba3, Wolf Osterode4

1 Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor HASYLAB, Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron DESY

2 Medizin Universität Wien, Klinisches Institut für Neurologie
3 Medizin Universität Wien, Klinisches Institut für Pathologie
4 Medizin Universität Wien, Univ. Klinik für Inner Medizin IV

To compare elemental mapping with biological structures in histological slices large areas in
the millimeter range, but with microscopic resolution are often required. To test whether tow-
dimensional scans can be performed in an appropriate time with sufficient results we
investigated normal liver tissue and liver tissue from patients with genetically disturbed iron
metabolism (haemochromatosis, HC) in a continuous scanning mode by µ-SRXRF.
Methods: µ-SRXRF measurements were performed at beamline L of the DORIS III storage
ring at HASYLAB/DESY in Hamburg. Slices 10 µm of thickness - imbedded in paraffin -
were fixed on trace element free Ultralene foil for investigation. The white beam of the
bending magnet was monochromatized by a double multilayer monochromator (NiC). The
energy of the incoming beam was set to 17.5 keV for all measurements, and the
monochromatic X-ray beam was focused by a polycapillary half-lens to a cross section of 15
µm providing a flux of 10^11 photons/s. A Silicon multi-cathode X-ray Spectrometer
VORTEX-EX (Radiant Detector Technologies) was employed in combination with a
CANBERRA 2060 digital pulse processor. The system provided an excellent energy
resolution of 160 eV (5.8 keV) for all count rates up to 80 000 cts/s.
Results: In normal liver tissue, after fixation and imbedding in paraffin, mean Fe, Cu and Zn
concentrations were 152±54, 20.1±4.3 and 88.9±19.5 µg/g sample weight, respectively. No
substantial, characteristic differences in their distribution were found in the two-dimensional
scans. In slices from patients with HC mean Fe, Cu and Zn concentrations were 1102±53.9,
35.9±14.6 and 27.2±6.7µg/g sample weight, respectively. Additionally, a significant decrease
in phosphorus and sulphur concentrations existed. An increased Cu around cirrhotic
regenerations nodules is mostly associated with a lymphocytic infiltration in this region.
Analyzing Fe in different sample regions reveals negative dependencies between Fe and Cu,
Cu and Zn, but a positive one between Fe and Zn.
Conclusion: In the continuous scanning mode elemental distribution in a near histological
resolution (20x light microscope) can be achieved in due time providing additional metabolic
features.
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THE EFFECT OF CORRELATION BETWEEN THE K-ALPHA AND THE

K-BETA LEAD PEAK CONCENTRATIONS ON THE UNCERTAINTY IN
THE RESULT OF IN VIVO 109Cd KXRF BONE LEAD MEASUREMENT
Jose Brito

Ryerson University, Department of Physics, Faculty of Engineering Architecture àand Science, 350
Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 2K3

The effect of covariance between the K-alpha and K-beta lead peak concentrations on the
uncertainty in the result of the 109Cd K X Ray Fluorescence measurement of lead in human
bone will be addressed. It is commonly believed that this covariance arises as a result of the
mutual dependence of the amplitudes of the K-alpha and K-beta Pb peaks on the amplitude of
the coherent peak. Crude estimates of the uncertainty have explored this mutual dependence
and concluded that the effect of covariance on the measurement uncertainty is small. A
refinement to the method of estimating the covariance between peak concentrations will be
discussed which is based on the correlation coefficient between the K-alpha and K-beta peak
amplitudes and on their uncertainties based on repeated measurements performed on lead
phantoms. The revised uncertainties following this method exceed the uncertainties estimated
by the accepted method by 40 %, which suggests a much stronger effect of covariance on the
measurement uncertainty than previously reported.
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CHARACTERIZATION OF CATARACT IN DOGS: TRACE ELEMENTS

CONCENTRATION FOR MATURE AND IMMATURE CATARACT
Andrea Antunes, Maria-Luisa Carvalho

Departament of Surgery, Faculty Veterinary Medicine, University Sao Paulo, Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando
Marques de Paiva, 87, 05508-900, Brazil; Centro de Física Atómica, Universidade de Lisboa

The present investigation is a multidisciplinary study aiming to clarify the relationship among
essential trace elements and the levels of opacity in canine cataract lenses. The role of some
trace elements, especially metals, in the pathogenesis of aging diseases is not completely
known. Cataract is an aging manifestation of multifactorial etiology. In this study, the
monitoring of trace elements in cataract is presented. The first step was the definition of lens
characteristics according to its progression. Clinical cases of mature and immature cataract
were selected by age from 2 to 15 years old. Cataract grades were assessed by the
ophthalmologists through a slit-lamp biomicroscope before surgery. This exam was
considered for quantification of the degree of cataractogenesis. Concentrations for Ca, Fe, Cu,
Zn, and Sr were carried out by direct analysis of dried 100 canine lenses by X-Ray
fluorescence spectrometry. Distinct values of trace elements were obtained to each cataract
type. These results suggest a possible influence on Ca, Fe and Cu lens content to distinct
levels of lens opacity. Considering the average values, the Ca, Fe, Cu and Sr concentration
were higher in mature cataract than in immature cataract. The Zinc concentration showed
similar average values for both types of cataract development. A negative correlation was
found between Ca-Fe and Ca-Cu concentrations to mature cataract; and a positive correlation
for immature cataract. A positive correlation was observed for Zn-Fe to mature cataract and a
negative correlation for the elements in immature cataract. Positive correlation was obtained
for Zn-Cu and Zn-Sr for both cataract progressions.
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X-RAY NANOPHOTONICS FOR MATERIAL STRUCTURES ON BASE OF

THE PLANAR WAVEGUIDE-RESONATOR
Vladimir Egorov, Evgeniy Egorov

IMT RAS, Chernogolovka, Moscow District, 142432 Russia

Development of the material structure nanotechnology is defined in great part by possibilities

of it’s dimension, structure and element diagnostics. Possibilities of conventional methods
based on the visible light and ultraviolet radiation using are objective limited by effect of the
diffraction satellites appearing. The implementation of a nanosize object testing by standard
X-ray technique application is awkward owing to the reliable systems absence formed
nanosize radiation beams. Significant hitch in the nanophotonic development was designated
by discovery of the specific mechanism for X-ray flux passing through nanosize cavities in
material – the mechanism of it’s waveguide-resonance propagation or the radiation
superstream mechanism [1]. This mechanism is characterized by lower attenuation of the
radiation flux at it’s propagation through nanosize extended slit clearance in comparison with
the flux multiple external total reflection. It allows to form X-ray filiform fluxes with a
nanosize width, its being not accompanied diffraction satellites. Moreover, the waveguide-
resonance mechanism gives an opportunity to influence with high efficiency on X-ray flux by
the mediate manner [2]. The simplest device functioned on base of this mechanism is the
planar X-ray waveguide-resonator (PXWR) constituted the air narrow extended slit with
width 20-200 nm which is formed by two planar polished dielectric reflectors [3].
The work presents the detail information about space X-ray intensity distribution for the
characteristical component of fluxes formed by waveguide-resonators with a diverse design.
There are adduced data shown that the waveguide-resonator radiation transport properties is
very faintly depended from magnitude of the reflectors material absorption factor. X-ray flux
transport features of the composite planar waveguide-resonator (CPXWR) [2] are discussed,
too. Results of the features study allows to maintain that it is possible to operate with it’s
emergent beam properties by influence on the uniform interference field of X-ray standing
wave excited by initial radiation in it’s slit clearance space. Some attention is devoted to
discussion of the waveguide-resonance conception principles. There are presented results of
PXWR practical using for diffractometry and for X-ray fluorescence analysis. Main directions
and methods for the waveguide-resonance conception development are pointed.
1] V.K. Egorov, E.V. Egorov. The phenomenon of X-ray radiation superstream and it’s application for high
technology activity // Integral (science practical magazine). #4. 2005. pp. 7-11 (in Russian).
[2] V.K. Egorov, E.V. Egorov. Composite X-ray waveguide-resonator as a background for the new generation of
X-ray material testing equipment for films on Si substrate // Proceeding of MRS. v716. 2002. pp. 189-195.
[3] V.K. Egorov, E.V. Egorov. Planar waveguide-resonator: a new device for X-ray optics // X-ray spectrometry.
v33. 2004. pp. 360-371.

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APPLICATIONS OF TWO-WAVE X-RAY REFLECTOMETRY IN STUDY

OF NANOSTRUCTURES
Alexander Touriyanski1, M.A. Kumakhov2, A.G. Touriyanski2, V.M. Senkov2
1
Physical Institute, Moscow
2
IRO, Moscow, I.V. Pirshin , P.N. Lebedev - Physical Institute, Moscow

Reflection/transmission and energy-dispersive properties of thin film semitransparent

monochromators (SM) are analyzed. Results of experimental investigation of highly oriented
pyrolytic graphite films ranging from 5 to 100 Pm are presented. It is shown that freely
suspended SM 35-50 Pm thick (3 cm2) have typically a mosaic spread down to 20c, and its
reflectivity is nearing that of bulk graphite monochromators. High SM transmission
coefficient (0,8-0,9 at E~10 keV) provide effective opportunities of spectral line selection and
spectral line mixing in collimated X-ray beams.
As an example of practical application the scheme of the multi-wavelength
X-ray reflectometer is described. Its basic feature is a beam-splitter with SM, bulk
monochromator, rotation stages, and corresponding number of scintillation detectors
connected to registration channels. The beam-splitter is placed in the position of an analyzer
and every monochromator can be tuned to a predetermined spectral line. This scheme offers
unique device capabilities:
1 – simultaneous measurements of reflection and refraction angle dependences in different
spectral bands;
2 – ratio reflectometry mode and ideal calibration of reflection curves,
3 – regulation of the spectral band width in the analyzed beam.
Examples of reflecto- and refractometry investigations of surface layers and multilayer
nanostructures with a new device are presented.
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X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS OF STEEL USING

VERBA-XRF CONCEPTION
Petro Verkhovodov

Kyiv Conculting Group

Analysis of iron based allows which contain (besides iron) 15 chemical elements: Mo, Nb, Zr,
W, Cu, Ni, Co, Mn, Cr, V, Ti, S, P, Si and Al. For each of these elements the range of the
determined content is from 0,001 to 50 % when the contents of other fourteen elements vary
from zero until 50 %. It should be underlined, that the program reliably determines the
content of S and P in samples with significant amount of Mo, Nb, Zr, and W. This is a big
problem for traditional XRF analysis methods.
The contents of fifteen above-mentioned elements are determined by X-Ray spectrometers
with wavelength dispersion and using Fe15v computer program. The content of the base –
iron is calculated by the program as the difference between 100% and the sum of the contents
of these 15 chemical elements. Analysis mode is the external standard by VERBA-XRF
conception with the registration of radiation of analytical lines of all 15 elements except the
analytical line of iron. Each analytical line is assigned a single external standard - Benchmark
Reference Material (BRM). One benchmark sample could be a BRM for several or all-
analytical lines. Fe15v computer program contains corrections of intensities of each analytical
line on the influence of each other fifteen elements of the sample which is caused by the
processes of interaction of primary X-Ray radiation with the sample. Corrections connected to
the operation of the device (dead time of detector, line overlap and etc.) are determined with
the help of the group of certified reference materials (CRM), which should be available at any
laboratory for estimations or determination of its competence according to ISO/IEC 17025
standard.
BRM is the object of information transfer from a group of CRM to the sample during routine
analysis with the help of Fe15v program. During the preparation stage to routine analysis, the
virtual content of elements in BRM is determined using analysis of all groups of CRM. The
obtained virtual content provides the absence of significant discrepancy between the results of
the analysis and the data of certification of CRM. Simultaneously, Fe15v program calculates
the magnitude of the "dead time" of the detector, and computes the coefficients for corrections
on line overlap and the magnitude of the background.
The experiment was held using spectrometers: ARL 72000 S and SRM-25 (Russia). There
were analyzed 149 CRM produced by different manufacturers. There were allows starting
from pure iron to high-doped alloys with the iron content of 40%. Thus, the whole range of all
content variations, which happen in practice, were covered. The results of the analysis had no
systematic errors. At the same time, it was discovered that CRM of some manufacturers had
incorrect data of certification of content of some elements, which was later confirmed by the
manufacturers of these CRM. The competence of the laboratory to produce technically valid
data was demonstrated.
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ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL IN THE CEMENT INDUSTY

Clemens Schaefer, Dirk Wissmann

SPECTRO Analytical Instruments GmbH & Co. KG, Boschstrasse 10, D-47533 Kleve, Germany

Years ago cement industry has started using alternative fuels in the cement kilns to reduce the
use of natural fuel resources. By doing this, the cement kiln is used as a very versatile
incinerator, whose main product is Portland cement. In some countries regulatory limits for
these alternative fuels have been set, in others cement manufacturers use their internal limits
for the elemental composition of these materials. The analysis of alternative fuel is one of the
standard applications for XRF. As many elements have to be monitored, energy-dispersive
XRF (EDXRF) instruments show a benefit from the simultaneous determination of a wide
range of elements. Two international standard test methods already have been established for
this in the past. With the implementation of the latest generation of polarization- and
secondary target excitation into these EDXRF instruments, detection limits can be reached,
which are fit-for-purpose for the application. In comparison to conventional analysis
techniques as ICP-OES and AAS, XRF requires less sample preparation and offers by this
naturally a fast analysis of the alternative fuel sample.
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ANALYSIS OF HONEY BY X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY ALLIED TO

CHEMOMETRICS
Gisele G. Bortoleto, Simone S. O. Borges, Maria Helena L. do Rego
Maria Izabel M. S. Bueno

Department of Analytical Chemistry - Institute of Chemistry - Campinas State University

The importance of honey has been recently upgraded because of its nutrient and therapeutic
effects. Thus, studies of honey have increased exponentially in terms of both geographic and
botanical origin. Therefore, the need for more effective quality control methods aiming at
detecting adulteration has arisen. Several novel, fast, and accurate methods like AAS, HPLC,
GC-MS, directy ES-MS, TLC, HPAED-PAD, NMR, FT-Raman, and NIR have enriched the
arsenal of analytical tools for this purpose [1]. However, apart from these methods, the
application of multivariate analysis and, in particular Principal Components Analysis (PCA),
has proved to be extremely useful for grouping and detecting honey of various origins. In this
work, the analitical procedure involves no sample pre-treatment: the honey is weighed
directly in an X-ray cell and irradiated for 100 seconds in a conventional EDXRF equipment
(Shimadzu EDX 700) equipped with a Rh tube as X-ray source and a Si(Li) detector. A power
of 50 kV was applied in the tube operating with a current of 100 mA. For the classification
model the spectra collected in the equipment are processed by PCA. For calibration Partial
Least Squares (PLS) is employed to treat the data. In this case the collected spectra are treated
against the pH values for different honey samples. The results obtained showed a good
classification model to identify different kinds of honey and, at the same time, a good
calibration model to predict the pH value of the sample. It is interesting to point out that the
pH value is important to evaluate the authenticity of the honey. Samples of honey with pH
values between 3-4 are considered samples of good quality while pH out of this range can
indicate some addition of sugar cane syrup to the honey. Methods for detection of adulteration
of honey with cane sugar syrup have been studied lately [2] and the technique proposed in this
work can be considered very powerful and useful to identify the nature of the honey samples
as well as to detect their authenticities at very low cost and with a very simple method.
[1] Arvanitoyannis IS, Chalhoub C, Gotsiou P, Lydakis-Simantiris N, Kefalas P, Crit. Rev. Food Sci. Nutr. 45
(3): 193-203, 2005.
[2] Ghosh N, Verma Y, Majumder SK, Gupta PK, Food Sci. Tech. Res. 11 (1): 59-62, 2005.

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X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY AND MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS IN

INVESTIGATING COUNTERFEIT COINS.
Gisele G. Bortoleto, Rodrigo C. Rossi, Silvane G. Guadagnin, Luiz Carlos M. Pataca,
Susanne Rath, Maria Izabel M. S. Bueno.

Department of Analytical Chemistry - Institute of Chemistry - Campinas State University

In March 1994, the Brazilian government decided to change its currency from the Cruzeiro to
the Real and, to do so, the Brazilian Central Bank was forced to substitute, in a short period of
time, all the bills and coins that were in circulation throughout the country. Real coins did not
present adequate quality parameters, mostly caused by the choice of inappropriate raw
materials for coin production. This fact has stimulated countless falsifications of these coins,
mainly these with a value of one Real, being registered as police cases in several areas of the
country. In these cases the determination of counterfeiting were based exclusively on the
comparison of some visual characteristics of impression and relief that diverged when
confronted with true coins. In that way, looking for a more critical analysis applicable for this
kind of investigation, this work proposes the use of a non-destructive technique, to rapidly
identify counterfeit coins at very low cost using a bench-top EDXRF equipment coupled with
chemometric tools. Six groups of counterfeit coins seized by the Federal Police from Foz de
Iguaçu–PR in 2002 were donated for the work and ninety-two R$ 1 counterfeit coins were
randomly chosen for the analysis, while ten not falsified (real) coins were also evaluated for
comparison. The procedure involved no sample pre-treatment: it was based only in attaching
the samples onto the holder with adhesive tape and irradiating them for 75 seconds in
conventional EDXRF equipment (Shimadzu EDX 700) equipped with an Rh tube as source of
the X-rays and a Si(Li) detector. A power of 50 kV was applied in the tube operating with a
current of 100 mA and the spectra were collected. Typical XRF spectra of counterfeit and true
coins showed that the major elements are Fe, Cr, Si, Tl, Ni, Zn and C in both samples while
Nb was detected only in the counterfeit coins. These same spectra processed by Principal
Component Analysis (PCA) supplied a convenient classification model used to identify the
counterfeit coins since two groups were formed. In this way the technique proposed in this
work is seen to be very powerful and useful to rapidly identify falsified samples at very low
cost and with the possibility of performing measurements for this kind of investigation in situ
with a portable instrument.
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DETERMINATION OF VARNISHES NONVOLATILE MATTER

USING XRS AND PLS
Fabíola M. Verbi Pereira, Maria Izabel M. S. Bueno

State University of Campinas - Chemistry Institute, Analytical Chemistry Department, Brazil

In quality control of paints and/or varnishes, some standard test methods are used for
evaluation and determination of their physical and chemical properties [1]. The procedures for
these test methods (nonvolatile content of varnishes, for example) are established by ASTM
(American Society for Testing and Materials) [2]. The application of these tests is relevant for
paint quality control.However, some of the procedures involved, which should be done
routinely, consume a lot of samples, time, equipment (ovens, viscometers, glossmeters,
among others) and operator effort. These characterizations can lead to high cost routine
analysis, also generating great volumes of industrial waste. Therefore, the objective of this
study is to offer an alternative for the determination of nonvolatile matter in varnishes. The
proposed methodology is based on the use of X-ray spectrometry (XRS) [3] and multivariate
calibration, using partial least squares (PLS) for correlation with values obtained by the
ASTM test method. For this study, 14 XRS spectra from commercial varnishes were obtained.
The equipment conditions were: measurement time of 100 s; spectra obtained from 0 to
40 keV region, with spectral resolution of 0.02 keV. The X-ray source was a Rh tube with
voltage of 50 kV and collimator of 10 mm. Each varnish (around 2 g) were placed in special
Teflon cells and analysed at least 3 times. The nonvolatile matter was determined according
to ASTM D 1644 and the values varied from 34 to 54 %. With these data and the XRS
spectra, a PLS model was proposed using Matlab version 6.5 and PLS-Toolbox version 2.1.
In order to help the selection of samples for the calibration and validation sets, a principal
component analysis (PCA) was performed (the spectral data were mean centered). The
calibration set was composed of 10 varnishes (with nonvolatile matter varying from 34 to
54 %) and the other samples composed the validation set (with nonvolatile matter varying
from 42 to 47 %). The most appropriate number of latent variables (LV), according to PRESS
(predictive residual error sum of squares) values, was 2. The values for RMSEC (root mean
square error of cross-validation) and RMSEV were 7 % (calibration set) and 1 % (validation
set). The model presented a good prediction for both sets and the relative errors varied
typically from -10 to 11 % and from -1 to 2 % for the calibration and validation sets,
respectively. The proposed methodology shows an alternative for nonvolatile matter
determination using fewer amounts of samples and the results quality were equivalent.
[1] Baena, J. R.; Valcárcel, M., Trends Anal. Chem., 22, 641, 2003.
[2] Annual Book of ASTM Standards, 2001.
[3] Verbi, F. M.; Pereira-Filho, E. R.; Bueno, M. I M. S., Microchim. Acta, 150, 131, 2005.

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CALIBRATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF SUGARS USING

CHEMOMETRICS TOOLS AND X-RAY SPECTROMETRY
Karen Goraieb, Thais L. Alexandre, Maria Izabel M. S Bueno

Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) - Campinas//SP - Brazil

Carbohydrates are organic compounds which include sugars, starch and cellulose and they are
defined as polyhydroxyaldeydes, or polyhydroxycetons, or substances that, after hydrolysis,
produce such compounds. Carbohydrates are divided in three main classes, depending on the
number of simple sugar unities produced after their hydrolysis: (i) monosaccharides are
simple sugars that can not be transformed in simpler sugars, (ii) disaccharides are double
sugars that produce two simple sugars, and (iii) polysaccharides are complex sugars and that
produce several simple sugars after being hydrolyzed. It is known that sugars may present
stereoisomery, showing two optically actives forms. When polarized light crosses through a
solution containing an optically active substance, the plan of the polarized light suffers
rotation, according to the Theory of Van’t Hoff, due to the presence of one or more chiral
carbons [1].
In this work, two studies were done; the first one proposes a new method for classification of
five distinct types of sugar (manitol, glucose, fructose, lactose and sucrose), that belong to the
classes of mono or disaccharides. The second study verifies the sucrose inversion, where the
calibrations of the rotation angle and the inversion kinetics are reached. In both studies the
acquired spectra (in an EDXRS) were organized in a data matrix, treated and submitted to
Chemometric Analysis by Principal Component Analysis (PCA) or Partial Least Squares
(PLS). In the first study, the use of PCA showed the existence of five groups according with
the type of sugar, classifying them. In the second study, a polarimeter was used to obtain the
rotation angle from the sucrose inversion at each min after the addition of a HCl solution. In
parallel with the polarimeter readings, the X-ray spectra were obtained. Good calibrations
were obtained for angle rotation (with correlation coefficient = 0.955167) and inversion times
(with correlation coefficient = 0.925091).
[1] G.I. Sackheim and D.D. Lehman; “Chemistry for the Healthy Sciences”; Prentice Hall, 8th edition; 2001.

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PREPARATION AND CERTIFICATION OF THE NEW REFERENCE

MATERIALS; PLASTICS (DISK FORM, JSAC 0621 – 0625) FOR
DETERMINATION OF MERCURY USING X-RAY FLUORESCENT
ANALYSIS
Kazuhiko Nakano1,2,11, Kouichi Tsuji1,2, Toshihiro Nakamura3,11, Izumi Nakai4,11
Akira Kawase5,11, Makoto Imai6,11, Mikio Hasegawa6,11, Yohichi Ishibashi 7,11
Isamu Inamoto8,11, Kazuhuyu Sudou9,11, Masaru Kozaki10,11, Akira Turuta10,11
Akihiro Ono11, Kazutoshi Kakita11, Mamoru Sakata11
1
Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University:
Japan
2
PRESTO, JST: Japan
3
Department of Applied Chemistry, Meiji University: Japan
4
Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science: Japan
5
SII NanoTechnology Inc.: Japan
6
Sumika Chemical Analysis Service, ltd.: Japan
7
JFE Techno-Research Corporation: Japan
8
Nippon Steel Technoreserch Corporation, Shintomi 20-1, Futtsu city, 293-0011; Japan
9
Mitsui Chemical Analysis & Consulting Service Inc.: Japan
10
Environmental Technology Service Co. Ltd.: Japan
11
The committee for the plastic CRMs for hazardous metals in The Japan Society for
Analytical Chemistry: Japan

The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry has developed the new certified reference
materials (CRMs) for the analysis of hazardous elements of mercury in polyester disks using
X-ray fluorescent analysis. These CRMs (named as JSAC 0621 – 0625) were prepared as
follows; Raw material of polyester mixed with organometallic compounds and hardener was
casted in disk type molds. The disks were removed from the glass base plates after 12 h
hardening at room temperature, and both face of the disks were ground by milling machine to
control their thickness in 4.0 mm. Concentrations of the five levels of mercury were ranged
from 0 to 250 mg/kg. Homogeneity test of prepared disks had shown excellent results.
Interlaboratory comparison study for the certification was performed by 21 laboratory's
participants. The z-scores in robust statistical method was applied for the evaluation of
outliers. The certified values were assigned after discarding outliers. The uncertainties of
certified values were determined as the confidence levels of 95 %. The presented CRMs are
expected to be useful for the quality assurance and quality control of mercury in the plastics.
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SAIME: STUDY AND DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE ANALYSIS

METHODS FOR DETERMINING GOLD IN PRECIOUS METAL ALLOYS
BY EDXRF.
Stefano Ridolfi1, Michele Tosti2, Filippo Niccolai2, Roberto Stancampiano3, Elio Poma4
1
Centro orafo "il Tarì" Caserta, 2Spin srl Firenze 3
E. Stancampiano S.p.a. Palermo
4
Laboratorio Saggio Metalli Preziosi CCIAA di Vicenza

The SAIME project is a research project aimed at studying innovative analysis methods for
determining gold in metal alloys employed in jewelry. This kind of research is motivated by
the request of certification of the product coming from the markets, especially from the
foreign ones. In order to satisfy this request appropriate analyses aimed at determining the
composition must be performed by authorized personnel on the goldsmith alloys, both at the
level of raw material and of final products.
Regarding EDXRF analysis, the aim of the project is the development of an analysis system
based on X-ray fluorescence, that must achieve an accuracy better than 1 % on the final
products, and better than 0,1% on the laboratory samples; the minimum expectation is for this
system to enable a preliminary screening of the products, so as to allow the selection of those
that need further and more precise analyses of a destructive type.
First of all, we considered different commercial EDXRF instruments and compared their
performance in order to determine which was the most suitable for our application. To allow
an accurate comparison of the instruments, we assessed a protocol of analysis taking into
account only hardware performances, being the development of a software specialized in
precious alloys one of the objectives of the project.
The instruments were compared based on the following characteristics:
¨ Stability;
¨ Linearity;
¨ Minimum Detectable Limit, MDL;
¨ Energy resolution;
¨ Usability.
To guarantee homogeneous results, the analyses were performed on samples expressly
realized for this purpose and the spectral deconvolutions were performed through the same
software (WinAxil, Camberra Inc.).
We compared six instruments (three of which were portable), and in this work we will show
the protocol of analysis assessed and the results obtained.
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DEVELOPMENT OF TWO ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGIES FOR

QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF TOTAL Cd, Cr, Hg, Pb IN
FLUORINATED MATERIALS BY MEANS OF WDS-XRF SPECTROSCOPY
Elena Cattaneo, Domenico Ferrari, Giuliana Geniram

Solvay Solexis S.p.A., R&D Center, Viale Lombardia, 20, 20021 Bollate, Milan, Italy

In the last decade the European Union’s vision of the environmental impact of industry has
moved its focus to the entire lifecycle of the products. An emphasis on the persistence in the
environment of the toxic heavy metals Pb, Cd, Hg and Cr(VI) has been put by two important
European Directives already effective on the automotive and the electronic equipment sectors
[1, 2].
Solvay Solexis provides both the automotive and the electronic equipment industries and all
the three main categories of Solvay Solexis products (Perfluoropolyether derivatives,
Fluorinated Elastomers and Plastomers) are required to be supported by conformity
declarations based on the two Directives.
In the last years the Elemental Analysis Laboratory had to develop analytical methods able to
accurately determine the residues of the mentioned heavy metals.
The typical procedure used for the total metal determination on the very stable Fluorinated
Polymers, which includes an incineration step, can’t be used because of analyte loss of the
volatile elements Hg, Cd and Pb. Alternative methodologies typically used in inorganic
analysis are generally not suitable for fluorinated polymers matrices. Decomposition at high
temperature in the presence of inorganic acids and with microwave energy assistance is
virtually impossible because of the intrinsic chemical stability of these polymers and their
non-wettability. Both properties increase with the Fluorine content in the molecule and for
these reasons the closed vessel itself for microwave decomposition is generally made of
fluororesin.
Different approaches were developed either working on liquid solutions or on cold-pressed
pellets of the polymers, using appropriate metal standard sources.
Two methodologies are presented for the analysis of total Pb, Cd, Hg and Cr on different kind
of Fluorinated Plastomers and Elastomers by means of WDS X-Ray Fluorescence
Spectroscopy.
[1] Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on End-of Life
Vehicles (ELV)
[2] Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the Restriction
Of Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment (ROHS)

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QUANTITATIVE AND STANDARD-LESS ANALYSIS OF HIGH ALLOY

STEEL BY WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE
SPECTROSCOPY (WD-XRF)
S. M. A. Iqbal and A. Butt

Pakistan Government Service- House N°. 09, Street 66, F-7/3- Islamabac- 44000 - Pakistan

The XRF spectroscopy is widely used for the qualitative and quantitative elemental analysis
in environmental, geological and biological industry. The X-ray spectrum during the XRF
process reveals number of characteristics peaks. The energy of the peak leads to the elemental
identification i.e. qualitative analysis, while the peak intensity provides the relevant or
absolute elemental concentrations i.e. semi qualitative or quantitative analysis. In the
metallurgical/steel industry, quantitative analysis are the core requirement, however certified
reference materials (CRM’s) for the calibration of ferrous/non ferrous materials are very
expensive and rarely available for high alloy steels. In the present study, alloying elements
(Ti, Cr, Mn, Co, Cu and Mo) are analyzed in commercially available certified reference
materials (CRM’s) by WD-XRF, SEM-EDS and ICP-AES assuming to be unknown samples.
In addition, all the alloying elements are analyzed by standard-less qualitative program by
WD-XRF. A comparison is made between the elements analyzed by quantitative WD-XRF,
ICP-AES and SEM-EDS with the qualitative analytical program. The study provides that
qualitative WD-XRF can be utilized as a potential technique for the quantitative analysis of
alloying elements where there is non-availability of CRM’s for high alloy steels in
metallurgical/materials industry.
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ACCURATE ANALYSIS OF LIGHT ELEMENT SAMPLES BY

EVALUATION OF THE COMPLETE SCATTERED BACKGROUND
SPECTRUM
Bernhard Nensel

Helmut Fischer GmbH & Co. KG, Sindelfingen, Germany

In EDXRF mainly fluorescent and scattered primary beam radiation contribute to the
radiation detected. The scattered radiation is mostly regarded as an added distortion to the
fluorescent spectrum. To get accurate analytical results, different models for background
correction are employed. The scattered radiation itself however can not only be regarded as
noise, but it also yields useful information about the matrix of the sample under investigation.
The newest version of the WinFTM® software uses a model to calculate the scattered
radiation for a given primary x-ray source and hardware configuration (detector type,
geometry) . The software uses this information in the evaluation of the measurement results.
The model takes into account the elastic and Compton scattering not only for the
characteristic lines, but also for the Bremsstrahlung continuum of the x-ray tube. There are
two main advantages in this kind of evaluation: on the one hand the spectrum evaluation is
automatically corrected due to the inherent calculation of the background and on the other
hand the software yields additional information on the mean mass density or the mean atomic
number of the matrix.
The benefit of the calculation and evaluation of the scattered radiation is presented for two
applications:
1. Measurement of hazardous substances in plastic material (RoHS). When measuring small
amounts of Pb, Hg, Cd, Cr or Br in plastic, the spectrum is dominated by scattered radiation.
With the new software it is now possible to measure the correct concentrations of the listed
elements independent off thickness (from several 10ths of µm to some mm) and geometry
(plates, granulate, cables, etc.) of the sample.
2. Thickness measurement of plastic foils. Evaluating the scattered radiation it is possible to
measure the thickness of plastic foils without using fluorescent lines in the range from µm to
cm.
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THE EFFECT OF NONHOMOGENEITY

OF GOLD AND PLATINUM ALLOYS USING ED-XRF ANALYSIS
V. Rößiger

Helmut Fischer GmbH + Co. KG, Sindelfingen, Germany

It is the specific advantage of energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence analysis (ED-XRF) that

only a very small volume can be analyzed. Depth information is limited mainly by the
attenuation of the detected fluorescence radiation. It is in the order of only a few microns. The
lateral extension of the analyzed area runs from centimeters (handhelds) over millimeters and
finally reaches down to micrometers using x-ray optics.
For some applications improved lateral resolution tends to become a disadvantage. In
particular, the characterization of precious metal alloys is only directed to the average
composition. The typical user in the jewelry industry only wants to know the total gold or
platinum content of the specimen.
The perception of a homogeneous elemental distribution is an idea of perfection which in
reality normally does not hold true. On the other hand, (most) evaluation software assumes
this “ideal specimen” – and most of the users do the same; this leads to complications when
results are compared from different measurement techniques. Often the effects of
nonhomogeneity are small and can be neglected. However, in jewelry applications they must
be taken into account.
Characterization of nonhomogeneity
Scans and mappings yield an impressive visualization of the lateral element distribution.
Regions of maximum or minimum concentration can be easily localized.
Scans and mappings require flat surface specimens – and are time consuming. Often it is not
possible to scan a sample (e.g. if a sample has to be measured in different orientations). Single
measurements at random positions which are representative for the whole sample can be
evaluated quantitatively with respect to the well-defined distribution parameters such as mean
value and standard deviation. The inherent repeatability variation due to counting statistics
has to be taken into account.
Design of experiment
The random (statistical) measuring uncertainty can be reduced by increasing the measuring
time. The nonhomogeneity of the sample causes an independent random variation of the
readings when different positions are analyzed. Therefore it is not practical just trying to
achieve a high precision using long measurement times. On the other hand, too many single
measurements with extremely short measurement times does not solve the problem because of
a loss of time between the measurements. A guideline is developed to optimize the measuring
strategy which takes into account both the typical nonhomogeneity and the statistical
measuring uncertainty. Obviously, a homogeneous sample can be analyzed much more
accurate within a given time budget.
A simple sample preparation diminishes the effect of nonhomogeneity
A nearly perfect homogenization of the sample material can be achieved by a new preparation
technique which consists of chipping the metal and pressing the chips to a pellet. The
chipping tool can be a drill or a milling head. Only a few 10 milligrams are needed for one
pellet sample. The pellets can then be analyzed afterwards by other (destructive) techniques,
of course.
The analysis of different types of platinum alloys demonstrates the principal of this
homogenization technique. Standard reference material can be produced in this way as well.
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OPTIMISED PROCEDURES FOR TRACE ANALYSIS IN (LIQUID OR

LOOSE POWDER) SAMPLES OF LIGHT MATRICES
Kai Behrens, Arnd Bühler, Dominique Porta

Bruker AXS GmbH, Östliche Rheinbrückenstraße 49, 76187 Karlsruhe, Germany

Wavelength-dispersive XRF (WD-XRF) has become a powerful tool in the hand of analytical
scientists especially for the accurate trace analysis in hydrocarbon matrices. Due to
specialized preparation techniques, contaminations and severe matrix effects typical the
industrial routine use has been limited to specialists.
With the development of PETRO-QUANT, a powerful and easy-to-use evaluation tool for all
hydrocarbon matrices, like lube oils, any kind of fuels, greases, plastics and polymers, WD-
XRF for trace analysis has now become available for daily routine.
Beginning with special strategies for preparation and measurements of liquid or loose powder
samples, new implications on the hardware design are presented. But sample preparation and
new advances in instrumentation are not the only keys for success; the most important one is
matrix correction.
The XRF analysis of light matrix elements H to O is difficult (poor count rates and very small
information depths) up to impossible (H to Li, and even worse H to F, when analysing liquids
or loose powder samples in liquid cells). The compensation of different matrix absorptions
based on the respective compositions of these matrices is essential for good results. The
benefits of the application of a simple quadratic algorhythm up to the sample specific
calculation of individual matrix coefficients based on fundamental parameters (“variable
alphas”) are presented.
The application of full matrix correction approaches requires the knowledge of matrix
compositions. Especially for light matrices these compositions may be not known and at least
very hard to determine by XRF. Understanding the physics and transfer this knowledge to a
new software, dedicated for trace analysis in petrochemical application is making trace
analysis available for daily routine use.
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STRUCTURE AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF METAL

CONTAINING NANO-COMPOSITES BASED
ON POLYMER AND POROUS GLASSES
Leonid Trakhtenberg, Genrikh Gerasimov, Vladimir Gromov, Aleksandr Morovov

Karpov Institute of Physical Chemistry, Vorontsovo pole, 10, 105064 Moscow (Russia)

This contribution considers the structure, and properties of novel materials: metal-polymer
nano-composites, and metal/semiconductor clusters incorporated in porous glasses.
The metal-polymer nano-composites are produced by the chemical vapor deposition
technique which bases on low temperature co-condensation of metal and monomer vapors
followed by solid-state polymerization of the resulting co-condensates. The primary
advantage of this technique over other conventional methods is the opportunity for
stabilization of very small particles without any specific coordination bonds between the
surface of the particle and the polymer environment or without any stabilizing compounds.
Stable metal clusters of varying size were obtained also inside the porous glass matrix. Such
materials are fabricated by leaching of initial sodium borosilicate glass with phase separation
in an acid solution. These porous glasses are capable to sorb metal salt from solution and so
they are efficient sorbents. The following reduction of metal ions can be performed under
action of UV- or Ȗ-radiation, as well as by various chemical reagents. So produced metal
atoms aggregate forming metal nanoparticles bounded weakly to substrate.
Unlike other analogous systems, composites obtained by chemical vapor deposition technique
demonstrate a marked increase in the content of small crystals with increasing metal content.
The measurements show that in semiconductor PbS - poly-p-xylylene (PPX) composites the
contribution of PbS-crystallites of approximately 30 Å size increases from 20 to 80% with an
increase in the overall PbS-content from 4.7 to 10 vol.%. At the same time, the high PbS
loading favors the formation of rather large crystals in the 70 Å size range. For this reason the
mean size of crystal determined from the half-width of the X-ray diffraction line does not
change significantly and remains in the range 40-50 Å. The size distribution of metallic Ag-
nanocrystals in Ag-PPX composites shows the same behaviour mainly.
It is probable that the observed effect may be related to composite morphology. Our data
show that an increase in the metal content decreases the polymer matrix crystallinity. It is
believed that this process is accompanied by the formation of a large number of local defect
sites where the crystals nucleate in the polymer matrix. This might explain the observed
increase in the concentration of small crystallites, which partially aggregate in regions of
polymer with more free volume to give small number of larger metal crystals.
The analogous investigations of nanocomposites structure based on porous borosilicate glass
were carried out by use the electron microscopy and X-ray scattering. The samples containing
nanoparticles Pd were prepared with Pd concentration 4-6 weight %. The SEM photograph of
the porous glass sample containing Pd particles shows the average porous size is equal to 18-
20 nm. The corresponding average diameter of Pd cluster which gives the small angle
scattering is 16 nm.
These samples containing metal or semiconductor nanoparticles demonstrate interesting
sensor, catalytic, sorption, optic and dielectric properties.
The work is supported by the Russian Foundation of Basic Research (the Project 04-03-32493) and ISTC (the
Project 2708).

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ASPHALTENE DETERMINATION IN CRUDE OIL BY X-RAY

SCATTERING SPECTROMETRY ALLIED TO CHEMOMETRICS
Claudete Bernardo Henriques, Maria Izabel Maretti Silveira Bueno

Replan Unity - PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. – PETROBRAS, Analytical Chemistry Department,

Chemistry Institute, Campinas State University

Asphaltenes are petroleum constituents formed mainly by polycondensed aromatic rings and
side aliphatic chains and, to a less extent, by acid groups and complexed metals. They are
considered natural surfactants and so able to produce particles during several steps of
petroleum refining. These particles may be adsorbed on the reservoir rock or otherwise, may
form stable emulsions between oil and residual water. The asphaltene adsorption on the rocks
may result in alterations in rock wettability, which can affect drainage in extraction processes.
Also, in deep waters, the oil is subjected to low temperatures, producing blocking of rock
porosity. In these cases, the non easy access may cause even the well loss. The determination
of asphaltene content is of course a very significant matter. A fast and reliable method for this
determination is of urgence.
X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) is a versatile multielementar technique, being applied to solid and
liquid samples, without requiring a previous complex sample preparation. Data treatment can
be processed via univariate calibration, when spectral peaks corresponding to elemental
emissions are integrated and correlated to their respective known concentrations on standards.
Nevertheless, XRF intensities are not always linearly proportional to the respective
concentrations, when several effects may be operative, as matrix effects, interelemental
effects and spectral interferences. Correction mathematical methods may be applied (e.g.
Influence Coefficients Method and Fundamental Parameters Method), as well as
chemometrics. In this last case, a multivariate handling of data is performed.
This work proposes a successful alternative to the standard methods that are based on
laborious and delayed procedures, IP 143-01 and/or ASTM D6560-00, both equivalent
methods based on the gravimetric determination of n-heptane insoluble fraction of crude
petroleum. The X-ray scattering processes visualized in crude oil spectra can be treated by
multivariate calibration and correlated with asphaltene concentrations obtained through the
standard methods mentioned above, an unusual way to use XRF conventional equipments.
This work shows this possibility, turning the determination fast, reliable, non-destructive of
low application cost and showing the possibility to be applied on line.
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MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERISATION OF EUTECTOID AND TRIP

STEELS BY EDS, EBSD XRD AND THERMOELECTRIC ANALYSIS
Janos Dobransky

Research Group for Metals Technology, 1111 Budapest, Goldmann ter 3

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics

There are presented the investigations of unalloyed eutectoid steel strips. The tempering of
strips was performed on continuous hardening and tempering lines which was preceded by
cold rolling and annealing. The microstructure of the tempered strips a fine mixture of ferrite
and cementite. It can also contain residual austenite, which amount decreases by plastic
deformation or fatigue. Both the morphology of the ferrite and the cementite and the amount
of the residual austenite considerably affect the mechanical properties of the tempered strip,
especially the resistance to high cycle fatigue. The amount of residual was determined by X-
ray diffraction (XRD) and electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) analy-sis.
Measuring of thermoelectric power (TEP) is based on the Seebeck-effect. Those phase
transformations, where the diffusion of interstitials, the change of dislocation structure is
important can be described with this measurement well suitable. TEP measurement is also
sensitive to precipitations and segregations. XRD, EBSD analysis and mechanical testing
were aimed at the determination of differences, which are caused by the fabrication process.
Fine differences of the same steel type – CK75 steel – characterized by the TEP
measurements of many hundreds steel sample. The most important differences were
investigated by different mechanical and microstructural measuring methods are the
followings: the strain to fracture, the inhomogeneity of annealing temperature and the
different quantity of residual austenite, which was stabilised at the tempering phase of
processing.
The microstructure of TRIP steels is composed of ferrite, bainite or/and martensite, and
austenite. The examined TRIP steels were produced in Hungary. The microstructure
providing mechanical properties transforms by the effect of plastic deformation, heat
treatment and welding. XRD, EBSD analysis TEP measurement, which concern TRIP steels,
shows the connection between the thermoelectric power and the phase transformations
affected by plastic deformation, heat treatment and welding. It could be find quantitative
relations between the measured thermoelectric property and the inner characteristics of the
phase transformation for TRIP steel.

[1] Tkalcec I, Azcoïtia C, Crevoiserat S, Mari D: Tempering effects on a martensitic high carbon steel. Materials Science and
Engineering A 387-389 (1-2 SPEC. ISS.) 352-356
[2] Houzé M, Kleber X, Fouquet F, Delnondedieu M: Study of molybdenum precipitation in steels using thermoelectric
power measurement. Scripta Materialia 51 (12) 1171-1176
[3] Pilarczyk JW, Aernoudt E, Van Humbeeck J, Muskalski Z, Nitkiewicz Z, Malecki T: Influence of time of room
temperature aging of drawn high carbon steel wires on their mechanical properties and DSC and TEP characteristics. Wire
Journal International 37 (11) 72-76
[4] Dobranszky J, Szabo PJ, Berecz T, Hrotko V, Portko M: Energy-dispersive spectroscopy and electron backscatter
diffraction analysis of isothermally aged SAF 2507 type superduplex stainless steel. Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic
Spectroscopy 59 (10-11) 1781-1788
[5] Park Y-D: Measurement of retained austenite volume fraction using thermoelectric power. Metals and Materials
International 10 (3) 237-244
[6] Merlin J, Garnier S, Bouzekri M, Soler M: Analyse critique et détermination de la limite de solubiliteғ du carbone dans la
ferrite. Revue de Metallurgie. Cahiers d'Informations Techniques 101 (5), pp. 403-412

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USE OF WDXRF AND XRD TO ASSESS THE CONTENT AND CHEMICAL

FORM OF METALS IN AUTOMOTIVE SHREDDER RESIDUES (ASR)
Oscar Gonzalez1, Ignacio Queralt1, Jordi Soler2, Manuela Hidalgo3
1
Laboratory of X-ray Analytical Applications, Institute of Earth Sciences “J. Almera”
Solé Sabarís s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
2
Envirotecnia S.L., Urquinaona, 11, 08222 Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain.
3
Department of Chemistry, University of Girona, 17071 Girona, Spain

Shredder wastes or shredder residues (SR) are generated from business that recovers metals
from waste materials, such as automobiles and house appliances. Ferrous alloys and other
valuable non-ferrous metals (which are approximately 75 per cent of vehicle weight) are
recovered for recycling and the rest has been historically sent to landfill. The European
Directives for End-of-Life-Vehicle (ELV) and the Landfill Directive strongly recommend
minimising wastes and landfill lands.
ASR is placed at landfills but its metal content should be evaluated before being definitely
disposed. These analyses must be very fast and easy to do because the volume of wastes is
very big. Although the residue should be treated to eliminate all the metal pollutants,
sometimes the metal content of ASR overpasses the requirements and regulations for landfill
disposal. Traditional techniques for detecting metals like the different kinds of atomic
absorption or emission spectrometry require a previous digestion of the sample with strong
acids, not always efficient for residual materials, composed by very stable oxides.
In this study we evaluate quantitatively the total metal content in different grain-size fractions
of ASR by WDXRF (Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence). We check also the
availability of metals by the official leaching tests, required by landfill regulations. To solve
discrepancy between anomalous high total content of some metals and the poor content of
leaching extracts, we use X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectrometry to recognize the crystalline
chemical form in what the metals are found.

Acknowledgements
This study has been funded by the Spanish National Research Programme (CGL2004-05963-C04-02) and Oscar
Gonzalez benefited from a Pre-Doctoral grant (BES-2005-6810) of the Spanish Government.

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DETERMINATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS BY TXRF ANALYSIS IN

TOBACCO SAMPLES FROM MEXICAN CIGARETTES
T. Martinez1, J. Lartigue1, P. Avila-Perez2, G. Zarazua2
M. Navarrete1, S. Tejeda2, L. Cabrera1
1
National University of Mexico, Faculty of Chemistry, Building D, CU (O4510) Mexico, D.F.
(Mexico).
2
National Institute of Nuclear Research. Carr. México-Toluca Km 36.5, (52045) Salazar, Ocoyoacac,
Edo. de México (Mexico).

Cigarette smoking and tobacco chewing account together for a large number of deaths every
day. Numerous studies have identified an important number of inorganic toxic elements along
with organic carcinogen and radioactive elements in tobacco [1]. It has been long suspected
that, apart from organic and radioactive carcinogens, some inorganic elements may also be the
cause of tobacco toxicity, altering the metabolism thus provoking the growth of tumors. In
this work we have analyzed 9 different brands of cigarettes sold in the Mexican Market.
Macerated tobacco samples after dried, were weighted, placed into the microwave vessel and
digested in a mixture of suprapure nitric and hydrochloric acids. The vessel was then sealed
and placed into the microwave digestor for dissolution and digestion following the ramp of
temperature and pressure. When digestion was completed, the vessels are removed from the
digestor, allowed to cool, and transferred to volumetric flaks where they were taken to a
volume with de-ionized water. Aliquots of the digestate were analyzed in a Total X-ray
Fluorescence Spectrometer Model TX-2000. At the same time and in the same way were
treated NIST 1573 "tomato leaves", NIST 1572 "citrus leaves" standards and a blank, the
former to check the elemental recovery and the latter to correct elemental concentration of
samples. Results show the presence of some toxic elements such as Pb, Cr, Ni as well as
essential elements such as K, Ca, etc. Results were compared with available data on some
foreign brands tobacco [2, 3]; the probable reason for the difference in the contents of some of
the elements found in Mexican brands are discussed.
1. Hoffmann D, Hoffmann I, El Bayoumy K. Chem Res Toxicol. 14, (2001) 767.
2. F.Y. Iskander. J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. Art. 159, No 1 (1992) 105.
3. R.A. Nadkarmi, G. H. Morrison. Anal. Chem.165 (1973) 251.

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TXRF ANALYSIS ON ACTIVATED REFLECTORS

Nikolaos Kallithrakas-Kontos, Ioanna Aretaki, Pavlos Koulouridakis, Vasilios Hatzistavros

Technical University of Crete, Analytical and Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, University

Campus, GR-73100 Chania, Greece

Quartz reflectors were activated after acidification and 1,1’carbonyldiimidazole attachment on

their surface as well as with other activating substances. Various complexing reagents were
attached on the surface of the activated quartz reflectors with special ability to react with
mercury. The activated reflectors were immersed in high purity and drinking water solutions,
containing low concentrations of mercury and selective mercury collection took place. After
immobilization process reflector irradiation was performed by TXRF. Different complexing
reagents were tested showing different collection capabilities, much higher than the blank
samples (no activated reflectors). The impact of various experimental parameters and
especially the coexistence of other metals were examined. A very good selectivity of Hg
compared to numerous other metals was measured. The immobilized reagents were easily
removed and the reflectors can be re-used for many times without any degradation. Very good
linearity was achieved in a wide concentration range and the minimum detection limit was
equal to 5 ppb (200 s measuring time).
Acknowledgment: Thanks are expressed to the European Union and to the Greek Ministry of Education for the
financial support of this research (Operational Programme for Education and Initial Vocational Training,
Environment, Pythagoras-II, Funding of research groups in Technical University of Crete, M 2.6, MIS 97511)

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EVALUATION OF THE CONTAMINATION AND BIOAVAILABILITY OF

HEAVY METALS IN LAKE SEDIMENTS USING SR-TXRF
Ana Elisa Sirito De Vives1; Silvana Moreira2; Sandra Maria Boscolo Brienza1;
Orghêda Luiza A. D. Zucchi3, Virgílio Franco Do Nascimento Filho4
1
Methodist Universitry of Piracicaba - FEAU
2
State University of Campinas - FEC,
3
Univesity of São Paulo - FCFRP, 4University of São Paulo - CENA

The analytical technique Total Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence (TXRF) was used to evaluate
the contamination and bioavailability of heavy metals in lake sediment samples collected at
different depths. The samples were collected in one of the lakes located next to ceramic
industries in Santa Gertrudes, São Paulo State, Brazilian Southwest region, during the rain
season. In order to determine the bioavailable fraction (weak linked or mobile fraction) and
residual fraction (representative of the geological matrix) in sediment samples, procedures of
acid extraction were implemented [1]. All the measurements were performed in the Brazilian
Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), located in Campinas, São Paulo State. A
polychromatic beam of the approximately 2 mm width and 0.3 mm height was used for
sample excitation and for X-ray detection a Si(Li) detector was used [2]. The net areas of the
X-ray peaks were obtained using the Quantitative X-ray Analysis System software. Elements
as Al, Si, P, K, Ca, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Rb, Sr, Zr and Pb were determined in lake
sediment samples. The elements V, Cr, Co, Cu, Zn and Pb which can be considered as
environmental contaminants showed high availability. The concentrations of these elements
are above the reference values recommended by Environmental Sanitary Technology
Company (CETESB) [3] for protection of soil quality and underground waters of São Paulo
State. So, the concentrations obtained in this work indicated a possible contamination of the
studied area.
[1] Gardolinski, P.C.F. Extração seqüencial de metais em sedimentos e determinação por espectrometria de
massas com fonte de plasma induzido (ICP-MS), utilizando o método da diluição isotópica. Dissertação de
Mestrado, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, 74p, 1998.
[2] Pérez, C. A. ; Radtke, M. ; Sánchez, H. J. ; Tolentino, H. ; Neuenshwander, R. T. ; Barg, W. ; Rubio, M. ;
Bueno, M. I. S. ; Rohwedder, J. Synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence at the LNLS: beamline
instrumentation and experiments. X-Ray Spectrometry, 28: 320-328, 1999.
[3] Casarini, D.C.P. Relatório de Estabelecimento de Valores Orientadores para Solos e Águas Subterrâneas no
Estado de São Paulo. São Paulo, CETESB, 232 p., 2001.

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DETERMINATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN TREE-RINGS BY

SYNCHROTRON RADIATION TOTAL REFLECTION X-RAY
FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS (SR-TXRF)
Ana Elisa Sirito de Vives1; Silvana Moreira2; Sandra Maria Boscolo Brienza1
Jean Gabriel, S. Medeiros3; Mario Tomazello Filho3
Orghêda Luiza A. D. Zucchi4, Virgílio, Franco Do Nascimento Filho5
1
Methodist Universitry of Piracicaba - FEAU
2
State University of Campinas - FEC,
3
University of São Paulo - ESALQ,
4
Univesity of São Paulo - FCFRP, 5University of São Paulo - CENA

Urbanization and industrialization have introduced various harmful substances into the
atmosphere. Environmental pollution is one of the main causes of life deteriorating. The
analysis of chemical elements is the most frequently method used as monitor pollution.
Various plants have been used as bioindicators like lichens, agricultural crops, ornamental
plants and some species of trees. In temperate regions trees usually produce one growth ring
every year and it is possible to date rings accurately. Trace metals are deposited in the rings
and accumulated in the wood [1].
This study was undertaken to determine the levels of heavy metals pollution as an indication
of the levels in plant tissues and to prepare a pollution distribution map for the study area.
Caesalpinia peltophoroides (“Sibipiruna”) was used as bioindicator plant. The samples were
removed of 34 years old species, planted in an avenue with great flow of vehicles. The
samples were obtained through a method classified as no destructive [2]. In the sheets
obtained after polishing were identified the growth rings in the period from 1971 up to 2003.
The samples were crushed and the powder material was submitted to a acid digestion
procedure. In five microliters of each sample was added Gallium as internal standard and so
transferred onto a Perspex support and it was evaporated with infrared lamp producing a thin
fine in the substratum. Multielemental standards solutions, for the system calibration were
prepared containing Al, Si, K, Ca, Ti, Cr, Fe, Ni, Zn, Se, Sr and Mo (K series) and Mo, Cd,
Ba, Sb, Pt, Tl and Pb (L series) in different concentrations. All the measurements were
performed in the X-Ray Fluorescence Beamline at the Synchrotron Light Source
Laboratory (LNLS), located in Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil. A polychromatic beam
with energy ranges 4-22 keV and operating under total reflection conditions was used for
sample excitation. For X-ray detection a semiconductor Si(Li) detector was employed [3].
Phosphorus, potassium, calcium, titanium, iron, barium and lead were determined.. For Ti and
Ba higher values were found between 1969 and 1970 and for Fe between the years 1974 and
1976. Lead concentration varied from 12 and 46 micrograms/gram for the period analyzed.
Our study confirmed the usefulness of Caesalpinia peltophoroides (“Sibipiruna”) as
bioindicator of the environmental pollution.
[1] Tomazello Filho, M.; Botosso, P. C.; Lisi, C. S. Análise e aplicação dos anéis de crescimento das árvores
como indicadores ambientais: dendrocronologia e dendroclimatologia. In: Indicadores ambientais: conceitos e
aplicações. Maia, N. B., Martos, H. l., Barrella, W. EDUC/COMPED/INEP, 2001, p. 117-143.
[2] Ferguson, C. W. Methods en medieval archaecology. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1970. p. 183-
200: Concepts and techniques of dendrochronology.
[3] Moreira, S.; Vieira, C. B.; Coraucci Filho, B.; Stefanutti, R.; Jesus E. F. O. - Study of the metals absorption
in culture corn irrigated with domestic sewage by SR-TXRF. Instrumentation Science and Technology, 2005, p.
73-85.

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STUDY OF THE HEAVY METAL REMOVAL IN WETLANDS BY SR-TXRF

Silvana Moreira1; Ariston Mello Jr1; Edson A. Nour1; Ana Elisa S Vives2
Regina C. Barroso3; Ogheda L. A. D. Zucchi4; Virgilio F. Nascimento Filho5
1
State University of Campinas - FEC , 2Methodit University of Piracicaba - FEAU, 3State University
of Rio de Janeiro - UERJ , 4Univesity of São Paulo - FCFRP, 5University of São Paulo - CENA

Among the countless systems developed for the treatment of liquid residues, the decantation
ponds, sand filters and more complex systems as activated mud, we can emphasize the
wetland system. A simple system, that with the aid of macrophytes (also known by the term
hydrophytes) they promote the purification of the water, eliminating good part of the organic
and inorganic residues, such as: match, nitrate and fecal coliforms, aiding in the decrease of
the organic load thrown in the rivers. The wetlands represent an emergent technology, of cost
low energy, efficient and aesthetic, indicating a good alternative to the conventional systems
in the treatment of wastewater. The used system of wetland was installed in FEAGRI and it
possesses two compartments of square superficial area (2x2m), with the adoption of two you
cultivate of different macrophytes: Typha sp and Eleocharis sp. The samples of wastewater
were weekly collected, for 16 weeks, in the entrance and in the exit of the system. Besides,
samples of leaves of the macrophytes mentioned above with the purpose of verifying the
degree of absorption of heavy metals were also collected. For the element P the system was
shown efficient because the maximum text in the entrance of the system was of 249 mg.L-1,
while in the exits of the system the concentrations were the same to 18 mg.L-1 and 16 mg.L-1
for Eleocharis and Typha, respectively. The same fact was observed for S, even so the
reduction in the concentration in the exit of the system it went inferior to have observed for P.
Being compared the two macrophytes species the Typha presented a better efficiency, being
verified a text of 12 mg.L-1 in the entrance and 5 mg.L-1 in the exit, while for Eleocharis the
concentration in the exit was of 8 mg.L-1. The concentrations of Zn in the leaves of Eleocharis
varied of 7.6 to 44.3 mg.L-1 and in the leaves of Typha of 2.9 to 46.5 mg.L-1 and they are
higher than in the entrance of the wastewater in the system where the concentrations are in the
strip of 0.2 to 1.7 mg.L-1. On the other side, in the exit of the system the concentration strip
went from 1.2 to 7.9 mg.L-1, indicating that Zn detected in the plants is not coming of the
wastewater. In the entrance of the wastewater the text of Cr varied of 70 to 100 µg.L-1, while,
in the leaves of the macrophytes the concentrations varied of 2 to 48 µg.L-1. Besides these
elements they were also detected Cl, K, Ca, Mn, Fe, Br, Rb and Sr. This project was
performed at XRF Beamline D09B (Project 3549).
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STUDY OF THE REMOVAL OF HEAVY METALS IN A SLOW

FILTRATION SYSTEM BY SR-TXRF
Silvana Moreira1; Ariston Mello Jr1; Edson A Nour1; Ana Elisa S. Vives2
Regina C. Barroso3; Ogheda L. A. D. Zucchi4; Virgilio F. Nascimento Filho5
1
State University of Campinas - FEC
2
Methodit University of Piracicaba - FEAU
3
State University of Rio de Janeiro - UER
4
Univesity of São Paulo - FCFRP, 5University of São Paulo - CENA

The slow filtration is nothing else that the removal of impurity physical, chemistries and
biological through the passage of the water for a granular middle. It is a process relatively
simple of treatment of water where high technology equipments are not used, nor chemical
products, and it is not needed labor qualified for its monitoring.
The system in study is fed by the coming wastewater of the Agricultural Engineering College
(FEAGRI/UNICAMP) and it uses a low cost operational technology and of easy handle,
turning it attractiveness for use in rural communities of low purchasing power and that need a
better quality of treated water.
The objective of this project went evaluate to removal of heavy metals and the degree of
efficiency of that removal in a pilot system of slow filtration.
The collections were weekly accomplished for 16 weeks, in the period of January until march
it of 2005. The samples were collected in the entrance and exit for verification of the system
efficiency.
The elements were detected: P, S, Cl, K, Ca, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Br, Rb and Sr in
practically all the samples.
The concentrations of P stayed practically constant along the treatment, and the same
behavior was observed for Mn and Fe.
For S, the minimum concentrations in the entrance and in the exit they didn't vary, being the
same to 1.0 mg.L-1. But the difference among the maximum concentrations in the entrance
and in the exit it was of approximately 3 times. The maximum concentrations of Ni were the
same to 185 µg.L-1 in the entrance and 254 µg.L-1 in the exit, and for the Zn they were the
same to 728 µg.L-1 in the entrance and 1677 µg.L-1 in the exit.
In the case of K, the variations in the entrance and in the exit they were the same to 48 and
33 mg.L-1, respectively, showing the efficiency of 68% in the removal of this element.
The element Cr was detected in most of the samples and the concentrations varied of 18 to
125 µg.L-1.
Acknowledgements: The authors thank to Prof. Denis Miguel Roston and José Euclides Paterniani of FEAGRI
for the availability of the system. This project was performed at Beamline D09B-XRF - LNLS, Brazil (Project
3550).

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ULTRA-TRACE ANALYSIS AND SPECIATION BY TXRF-NEXAFS IN THE

SOFT X-RAY RANGE
B. Beckhoff, R. Fliegauf, M.Kolbe, M. Müller, J. Weser, G. Ulm

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Abbestraße 2-12, 10587 Berlin, Germany

Using undulator radiation at electron storage rings, very high photon fluxes of linear polarized
radiation for the excitation in total-reflection x-ray fluorescence analysis (TXRF) for the
contamination control on semiconductor surfaces can be achieved. At the 1.7 GeV electron
storage ring BESSY II in Berlin, photon energies of undulator radiation range from the VUV
well into the soft x-ray regime, up to about 1,86 keV. The Physikalisch-Technische
Bundesanstalt (PTB), Germany's national institute for metrology, operates a plane grating
monochromator (PGM) beamline for undulator radiation. Here, the absolute lower levels of
detection for TXRF of light elements such as C, N, Na, Mg and Al range between 100 fg and
1 pg with respect to a measuring time of 1000 s. Transition metals can be likewise analysed
through their L-fluorescence radiation, sometimes needing absorption filters in the detection
channel to modify the spectral distribution in favour of the fluorescence lines of interest. For
the explicit purpose of the semiconductor industry, PTB has TXRF instrumentation that can
handle 25 mm through 75 mm as well as 200 mm and 300 mm silicon wafers. Routine
analysis of wafer surfaces involve TXRF spectra deconvolution based on both detector
response functions and physical modeling of background components.such as resonant
Raman scattering. Furthermore, reference-free quantitation is ensured by calibrated
components of the instrumentation employed.
Near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) investigations in conjunction with
TXRF are able to contribute to the speciation of low Z and organic compounds. The PGM
beamline is an appropriate source for TXRF-NEXAFS experiments, which require the
tunability of the excitation radiation and a relatively high resolving power while ensuring both
a sufficient photon flux to allow for trace analysis of low Z elements and a high spectral
purity. Reference contaminants were diluted and deposited as droplets on wafer surfaces.
These droplets have been examined by tuning the incident photon energy over the K
absorption edges of C, N and O and the L absorption edges of transition metals.
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APPLICATION OF THE TXRF FOR ANALYSIS OF THE PLANTS

CULTIVATED ON POST INDUSTRIAL ZINC WASTES
Beata Ostachowicz1, Katarzyna Turnau2, Teresa Anielska2
1
AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science,
Department of Nuclear Methods al. Mickiewicza 30 30-059 Krakow, Poland
2
Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University
ul. Gronostajowa 7,30-387 Kraków, Poland,

The aim of the work was to analyze the influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on
elemental composition of the plants growing on the substratum collected from the post
industrial zinc wastes. Symbiotic fungi are an important component of soil microbiota.
Properly developed mutual symbiosis enhances the survival of plants by e.g. improving
nutrient acquisition and water relations. The effectiveness of the bioremediation technique
depends on the appropriate selection of both, the plant and the fungal partners. In the present
study Medicago sativa was used as a model plant. The plants were analysed by Total
Reflection X-ray fluorescence method. Shoots and roots were dried, digested and analyzed
separately. Following elements were analyzed: K, Ca, Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, Ni, Pb. Mycorrhizal
fungi were found to play an important role in the survival of M. sativa on the polluted
substrata. Fungal strains either increased or decreased heavy metal uptake by the plant
depending on the origin of a fungus. Strong influence of the pre-adaptation of the fungus in
polluted soil on the ability of the plant to avoid uptake of potentially toxic elements was
found. This results in a better performance of the plant and limited the risk of increasing the
levels of these elements in the food chain.
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UNCERTAINTY EVALUATION IN SEAWATER ANALYSIS BY TXRF

C. Ralheta1, M. A. Barreiros1, M. A. Trancoso1, M. F. C. Camões2
1
LAACQ/INETI, Az. Lameiros, 1649-038 Lisboa, Portugal
2
CECUL/DQB, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal

A monitoring program to assess the water quality of the western coast of Portugal, near
Lisbon, is carried out for more than 10 years in our laboratory in what concerns elemental
analysis of estuarine and seawater. Quantitative determinations have been performed by Total
Reflection X-ray Fluorescence (TXRF) preceded by pre-concentration of metals as
dithiocarbamates using ammonium pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate (APDC). In order to achieve
lower detection limits the method developed by Prange et al. [1] had to be implemented. In
the establishment of this analytical methodology, in-house validation and Quality Control was
the main process to estimate the overall uncertainty, which conveys reliability to the
measurement.
TXRF is a well-accepted technique for ultra-trace determinations. Nevertheless, the seawater
analysis implies several steps of chemical sample preparation to remove the salt matrix, all
responsible for additional sources of uncertainty. The trace elements are separated from the
salt matrix by chelation with sodium dibenzyldithiocarbamate (NaDBDTC), selective
chromatographic adsorption (reverse-phase) of the metal complexes and subsequent elution of
the metal chelates using a chloroform/methanol mixture, which is the analysing solution. This
work reports on results of repeatability, reproducibility, recovery and accuracy studies. They
are the main sources of measurement uncertainty, besides instrumental calibration and spectra
fitting components.
[1] A. Prange, A. Knöchel, W. Michaelis, Anal. Chim. Acta 172 (1985) 79-100.

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ANALYSIS OF LOW Z ELEMENTS IN BIOFILMS DIRECTLY

CULTIVATED ON THE TXRF QUARTZ CARRIER PLATES
H. Hoefler1, C. Streli1, P.Wobrauschek1, M. Óvári2, G. Záray2
1
Atominstitut, Vienna Univ. of Technology, Stadionallee 2, 1020 Vienna, Austria
2
Dep.of Chemistry, Eötvös Lorand Univ., Budapest, Hungary

One of the advantages of TXRF is the need of very small sample amount. This seems to make
the method applicable for the analysis of biofilms directly grown on polished quartz plates.
Biofilms (periphyton communities) are complex associations consisting of bacteria, algae,
funghi, and their secretions, building up a mucous cover on all immersed surfaces in the
aquatic environment. The secretions, the so called extracellular polymeric substances (EPS)
contain various organic compounds, which are highly capable to bind various trace elements.
Since the biofilms are important nutrition for many organisms in the aquatic ecosystem, the
trace elements bound by them can be directly introduced into the food chain.
Concentration of various trace elements can be carried out by almost all of the commercially
available atomic spectroscopic methods (e.g. AAS, ICP-AES, ICP-MS). However, in case of
biological materials it is often difficult to collect appropriate amounts of samples which are
needed for these analytical techniques. TXRF is a suitable micro-analytical method to
investigate even very low sample amounts (as low as 50 µg or less) with rather good detection
limits. The most important drawback of this method is the limitation, that elements with
atomic numbers less than 13 cannot be measured with commercial equipments. However, the
use of a soft X-ray source, airless beam pathways, and special detectors, this range can be
extended to Z=6, to make it possible to determine low Z elements e.g. carbon or chlorine.
For the complex understanding of biofilm formation and to judge better the effects of
pollution on biofilms, it is necessary to determine not only the polluting trace elements but
also the major biogenic elements (C, N, P, S) in biofilms.
In this work a method is presented for the determination of low Z elements in biofilms which
were diretly cultivated on the quartz carrier plates of the TXRF to avoid additional sample
preparation like lyophilisation followed by pressure digestion as done in previous
investigations.
As excitation source an X-ray tube with Cr anode was used, a monochromatic primary beam
of 5 keV was produced by a multilayer monochromator. The internal standardization was
made in two steps: 100 ng of Ag (as nitrate) was pipetted onto the centre of the plate. The Ag-
La line was used for determination of Ti via its Ka line, and this latter was the internal
standard for the other elements(C to Ca). The plate was measured in five different positions:
the middle and four outer spots.
On the basis of the results it can be established that this type of biofilm cultivation can be
used for monitoring purposes. It is suggested to carry out the direct exposition of the plates
not longer than about 6...7 days. The biofilm distribution on the plate has been found before
this time to be quite homogeneous, afterwards, however, the inhomogeneity has increased.
This was also visible in form of depositions.
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WATER-POLYSACCHARIDE MACROMOLECULES: COMPETITIVE

INTERACTION ONTO GLASS MICROSPHERES
Patricia Piccirilli1, Néstor Caracciolo1, Susana Boeykens1
Cristina Vázquez1,2, Marta Rosen3
1
Laboratorio de Química de Sistemas Heterogéneos. Facultad de Ingeniería – Universidad de Buenos Aires. P.
Colón 850 ( C1063ACU) Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2
Unidad de Actividad Química, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Av. Gral Paz 1499 (B1650KNA) San
Martín. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
3
Laboratorio de Medios Porosos. Facultad de Ingeniería – Universidad de Buenos Aires. P. Colón 850 (
C1063ACU) Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Equilibrium properties of a polymer solution in the vicinity of a solid-liquid interface are

locally altered relative to the properties in bulk. Discrepancies between porous media and
conventional rheology appear when both the pore wall is attractive or repulsive for the
polymer adsorption. These local alterations have manifestations in practical situations, such as
filtration, dissolution, purification, chromatography of polymers, and various membrane
permeations situations. Theoretical models for both flexible and rod-like polymers were
published.
The present work was performed with aqueous scleroglucan solutions up to 0,05%
concentration range, on 400 to 600 m glass micro spheres. The study of the adsorption
behavior of the macromolecules was managed marking them with iodide by means of a
chemical reaction. Iodine was then detected by Total Reflection X- Ray Fluorescence
Spectrometry. An advantage to point out is the direct measurement of the sample; this ensures
the preservation of the polymer structure and minimizes the contamination possibilities. The
experimental results show that Freundlich dependence is observed for concentrations higher
than 0.1%. It is interesting to point out the anomalous behavior for diluted scleroglucan
solutions. The time to reach the equilibrium state increases with the scleroglucan
concentration up to 0.1% and it is constant for highest concentrations
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HONEY CHARACTERIZATION BY USING TOTAL REFLECTION

X RAY FLUORESCENCE: EVALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY AND RISKS FOR THE HUMAN HEALTH
Graciela Custo1, Susana. Boeykens2, Néstor Caraccilo2
Martha Ortiz1, Cristina. Vázquez1,2
1
Unidad de Actividad Química, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Av. Gral Paz 1499
(B1650KNA) San Martín. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
2
Laboratorio de Química de Sistemas Heterogéneos. Facultad de Ingeniería – Universidad
de Buenos Aires. P. Colón 850 ( C1063ACU) Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Honey is the food produced by bees genus Apis Mellifera from the nectar of the flowers and
other sweetened plants, transforming, enriching and depositing them in the cells of the wax
honeycombs. Honey has important nutritious properties due to its chemical composition
mainly fructose and glucose (75 to 85%), proteins, mineral salts, group B and C vitamins and
metals. For their elaboration, areas near 10 km2 are crossed by bees, representing, from an
analytical point of view, a true sampling of the sucking zone. Since this consideration, honey
characterization reveals the environmental quality of the zone.
In this work, honey is used as pollution indicator of toxic metal in an extensive Center-West
area of Argentine Republic. X-ray Fluorescence with Total Reflection geometry (TXRF) was
used for metals identification and quantification due to its sensitivity, low detection limits and
multielemental information. Different sample preparation procedures in order to obtain
reproducible results are discussed. Levels of contamination are evaluated comparing obtained
data against Argentine Nourishing Code values. Chemometric tools were used for matching
chemical composition and environmental contamination.
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MICRO TOTAL REFLECTION X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (MICRO-TXRF)

Kouichi Tsuji1,2, Keita Tanaka1, Yosuke Nishida1, Kazuhiko Nakano1,2, Ken-ichi Sasaki3
1
Osaka City University
2
PRESTO-JST
3
Rikkyo University

Total reflection X-ray spectrometry (TXRF) is a powerful tool for trace analysis of impurities
on the surface of semiconductor wafers. Usually, the primary x-ray beam in the TXRF has a
dimension of 10 mm wide and 0.01-0.1 mm thick. Since primary x-rays irradiate at small
incident angle, averaged information in a large area is obtained by TXRF. Recently, however,
it has been important to analyze a small single particle on the wafer.
Therefore, we have studied to improve the TXRF instrument, which was combined with
micro-XRF analytical technique. We investigated two experimental configurations, where a
polycapillary x-ray lens was used for excitation of small region or for detection of micro
region. In the first experimental setup, x-rays emitted from a sealed type Mo tube were
focused in a beam size of about 40 micro meters. In order to satisfy the total reflection
condition, the micro-x-ray beam over the critical angle of the total reflection was cut by a slit.
X-rays were successfully focused on a single particle. Using this instrumental setup, we
applied to analysis of a single particle on a flat Si substrate. In the second setup, the
polycapillary lens was attached to an EDX detector that is used for TXRF analysis. Instead of
polycapillary x-ray half lens, (conical) apertures were also applied. Some experimental result
will be presented.
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TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF FINE AEROSOL PARTICLES WITH

HIGH TIME RESOLUTION USING SR-TXRF
Veronika Groma1, János Osán1, Szabina Török1, Christina Streli2
Peter Wobrauschek2, Florian Meirer2, Gerald Falkenberg3
1
KFKI Atomic Energy Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary
2
Atominstitut der österreichischen Universitaeten TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
3
HASYLAB at DESY, Hamburg, Germany

Air pollution monitoring is a transboundary issue involving co-ordinated environmental

policies among neighboring countries, especially for aerosols that can be strongly related to
the health of the citizens. In this work a multielemental analytical technique is presented that
allows a very high temporal resolution (<10 min) for the total aerosol. The method is based on
direct synchrotron radiation total reflection X-ray fluorescence (SR-TXRF) measurements of
particles collected on silicon wafers. Because of its natural collimation, high intensity and low
background, SR-TXRF allows detection of trace and ultra trace amounts of most elements.
The detection limits achieved are ranging from µg/g (ppm) for the light elements (Al, Si) to
pg/g (ppt) for the medium Z elements like Rb and Sr in the present matrix.
Aerosol samples have been collected using a seven-stage May cascade impactor, at different
background and urban locations in Hungary and Austria. In order to investigate the fine
aerosol fraction exclusively, aerosol collection was performed only at stages 5, 6 and 7 with
aerodynamic cut-off diameters of 1, 0.5 and 0.25 µm, respectively.
Measurements were performed at HASYLAB Beamline L using the TXRF vacuum chamber.
The synchrotron radiation was tuned to 17.5 keV by means of the NiC multilayer
monochromator. A Vortex Radiant SDD detector in use was equipped with a collimator with
a 1.5-mm wide slit made of Mo. The beam had a dimension of 1 mm so the samples were
scanned over a length of 6 mm in 6 steps. Cr standards having a known mass in dimensions
identical to the deposited aerosol particles could be used as external standards for the
measurements. Using the sum spectra of the 6-mm scans and the results of the Cr standards,
the elemental composition of the deposited aerosol samples could be calculated. Detection
limits in the pg/m3 range could be reached for a 20-min sampling time in the 0.5–1 µm
aerosol fraction.
Using the SR-TXRF results, the daily temporal variation of elemental concentrations in the
0.5–1 µm aerosol fraction could be reconstructed. Fe and Zn concentrations in the Hungarian
background samples show anticorrelation with the mixing layer height that was expected from
aerosol mass measurements at different sites.
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ANALYSIS OF GEOMETRIC-DEPENDENT EFFECTS ON TXRF

MEASUREMENTS BY MONTE CARLO SIMULATION
Eduardo Passos Belmonte1, Delson Braz1, Regina Cély Barroso2
Silvana Moreira3, Ricardo Tadeu Lopes1
1
Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratory – COPPE/UFRJ, P.O. Box 68509
Rio de Janeiro 21945-970, Brazil
2
Physics Institute - UERJ, 20559-900 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3
UNICAMP - FEC 13083-970 - São Paulo - Brazil

In this work, we used MCNP4C running on Pentium-based PC to simulate the geometric

conditions of total refection X-ray fluorescence (TXRF) measurements. We have considered
an ideal detector, a monochromatic beam (28 keV) and an x-ray spectrum (the tube voltage
was assumed to be 30 kV). The use of the Monte Carlo method to simulate radiation transport
has become the most accurate means of predicting the x-ray spectra even in complex
geometries owing to more accurate physics modelling and incorporation of appropriate
interaction cross section data. The procedure of x-ray production consists of tracking a large
number of electrons incident on the target until they are absorbed or emerge from it, and
calculating the number of bremsstrahlung and characteristic photons produced by them during
their travel within the target. The simulations were carried out considering a 90o geometry.
Standard solutions with Zn as internal standard were prepared for calibration system. The
sensitivity was determined by simulating standards containing the elements Al, Si, K, Ca, Ti,
Cr, Fe, Ni, Zn, Se, Sr, Mo and Ag for the K-lines and Sr, Mo, Cd, Ba, Sb, Pt, Hg, Tl and Pb
for the L-lines. A small aliquot of 5 mL of the standards were simulated. The sample can be
considered as a thin film and therefore, for the analysis by X-ray fluorescence, it is not
necessary to apply a correction for matrix effects. Our main aim in the present study was to
investigate the geometric-dependent effects (incident and detection angle and incident beam)
on concentrations of trace elements measurements. In this way, a sample, which is a mixture
of various elements (Al, K, Fe, Ni, Ga, Kr, Sr, Nb, Tc and Ag) with different concentrations
was also simulated. Ten ml of the mixture, containing the internal standard, were deposited on
a suitable sample carrier of quartz. The concentrations have been calculated and all the results
show that MCNP Monte Carlo code was able to identify trace elements with percentual error
smaller than 5%.
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ARSENIC SPECIATION IN CUCUMBER (CUCUMIS SATIVUS L.) XYLEM

SAP BY K-EDGE TXRF-XANES
F. Meirer1, G. Pepponi2, C. Streli1, P. Wobrauschek1, V.G. Mihucz3, G. Zaray3
V. Czech4, J. Broekaert5, U. Fittschen5, G. Falkenberg6
1
Atominstitut, Vienna University of Technology, 1020 Wien, Austria
2
ITC-irst, via Sommarive 18, 38050 Povo (Trento) Italy
3
Joint Research Group of Environmental Chemistry of Hungarian Academy of Sciences
and L. Eötvös University, P. O. Box 32, H-1518 Budapest, Hungary
4
Department of Plant Physiology, L. Eötvös University, P.O. Box 120, H-1518, Budapest, Hungary
5
Department of Chemistry, University of Hamburg, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
6
Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor at DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany

X-Ray Absorption Near Edge Structure (XANES) combined with Total Reflection X-Ray
Fluorescence (TXRF) acquisition was adopted for the arsenic speciation in cucumber
(Cucumis sativus L.) xylem sap. Plants were grown in nutrient solutions containing 2
mmol/dm-3 arsenate or arsenite, respectively. Xylem sap was collected, deposited on quartz
relfectors and dried.
K-edge XANES measurements have been carried out at the bending magnet beamline L of
HASYLAB, Hamburg, using a Si(111) double crystal monochtromator and a Si Drift
Detector.
Arsenate and arsenite standards diluted to 10 ppm, nutrient solutions containing arsenic in the
two above mentioned species in concentrations of 150 ppb, and xylem sap containing arsenic
in concentrations in the 30-50 ppb range were analysed and compared.
The arsenite contained in the nutrient solution was found to partially oxidise to arsenate and a
quantitative measure of the phenomenon could be obtained with a linear fitting of the
spectrum of the nutrient solution with the spectra of the standards.
Analysis of the sap showed that the arsenate contained in the nutrient solution was reduced to
arsenite before being transported to the periphery of the plant. Quantitative results in this case
could not be obtained due to the poor signal/noise of the spectra.
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DIGITAL DATA READ-OUT BY GLANCING ANGLE INCIDENCE

X-RAY REFLECTION
Hakob (Akop) P. Bezirganyan1, Siranush E. Bezirganyan2
Hayk H. Bezirganyan Jr3, Petros H. Bezirganyan Jr4
1
Department of Solid State Physics, Faculty of Physics, Yerevan State University
#1AlexManoogian St., Yerevan City, AM 375025, Republic of Armenia.
2
Department of Medical & Biological Physics, Yerevan State Medical University after
MkhitarHeratsi, #2, Koryun St., Yerevan City, AM 375025, Republic of Armenia.
3
Department of Informatics and Applied Mathematics, Yerevan State University
#1, Alex ManoogianSt., Yerevan City, AM 375025, Republic of Armenia.
4
Department of Computer Science, State Engineering University of Armenia
#10Terian St.,Yerevan City, AM 375009, Republic of Armenia.

A new ultrahigh-density x-ray optical data storage media named X-ROM is proposed in the
papers [1, 2]. Digital data reading procedure in considered readout systems is based on x-ray
diffraction optics. Further progress is based on increased understanding of the phenomena,
which are presently limiting applications, as well as developing new materials, which are
promising for applications. Material refractive index n decreases while the value of the
extinction coefficient increases with increasing photon energy. The change in refractive index
of nanostructured materials enables these materials to be used in x-ray optical data storage
and data readout devices. New complex materials are designed using known materials as the
starting point. An increased data density of 500 Tbit/inch2 is the goal to be reached for
0,15 nm – 0,45 nm wavelength operating x-ray optical data storage media.
The scientific objective of presented theoretical paper is the further consideration of
nanostructured materials for x-ray optical data storage. Data reading procedure from
nanostructured semiconductor X-ROM also can be performed using the glancing angle
incidence x-ray reflection (GIX). X-ROM system detects data by measuring the changes in
xray micro beam intensity reflected from the various surface points of data storage media. In
the proposed data handling system the positions of the ultrahigh-density digital information
carrier and of the grazing-angle incident x-ray micro beam are fixed, unlike the conventional
optical data readout systems. GIX configuration allows data readout from large area of the
ultrahigh-density x-ray optical data storage media. Consequently, the data readout speed is
much faster then in the optical data readout systems. Digital data reading procedure from the
proposed X-ROM would be very effective if it will be performed by the fast charge-coupled
device (fast-CCD) based x-ray area detector – a detector, which can display and detect 2-D
pages of data (of course, the mentioned fast-CCD must have sufficient resolution to resolve
speckle and sufficient speed to keep up with the x-ray laser repetition rate).

[1] Bezirganyan H P, Bezirganyan H H (Jr), Bezirganyan S E, Bezirganyan P H (Jr). Opt.Commun. 2004;

238/(1-3): 13-28.
[2] Bezirganyan H P, Bezirganyan H H (Jr), Bezirganyan S E, Bezirganyan P H (Jr), Mossikyan Y G. J. Opt. A:
Pure Appl. Opt. 2005; 7/10: 604-612.

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HIGH ENERGY RESOLUTION X-RAY FLUORESCENCE

MICROANALYSIS BY ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETER WITH
SUPERCONDUCTING DETECTOR.
R. Cristiano1, A. Casaburi1, C. Santagata1, J. Hohne2
1
CNR-Istituto di Cibernetica E. Caianiello, I-80078 Pozzuoli (NA), Italy
2
VeriCold Technologies GmbH, D-85737 Ismaning, Germany

We present compositional analysis of materials obtained by a novel turnkey instrument: a

superconductor/based - energy dispersive spectrometers (S-EDS) mounted on a scanning
electron microscope. The complete SEM and S-EDS system provides morphological and
compositional analysis. The use of superconductor technology for the detector and signal
preamplification allows to achieve energy resolution one order of magnitude better than
semiconductor based EDS. The working detector temperature is T=110mK and is obtained
with a cryostat which uses a combination of a pulse tubes and a two-stage adiabatic
demagnetization refrigerator. Nevertheless the configuration is user friendly and there is no
need of liquid coolants during the cool down operation. The high sensitivity permits to work
at low excitation energy of the electron beam thereby enabling the analysis of nanostructures
as well as the identification of L ad M characteristics lines with potentiality for quantitative
analysis of elements in trace. The results presented here have been obtained on a wide range
of specimen from cultural heritage to microelectronics and demonstrate the great potentiality
of this novel instrumentation.
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X-RAY FLUORESCENT ANALYSIS AT SAMPLE EXCITATION BY

SECONDARY TARGET RADIATION
M.G.Vasin1, Yu.V.Ignatyev1, A.E.Lakhtikov1, A.P.Morovov1
L.I.Trakhtenberg2, V.V.Nazarov1
1
Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, Sarov, Russia
2
State Scientific Center – Karpov Institute of Physical Chemistry, Moscow, Russia

In the paper we present a scheme of an x-ray spectrometer with exchangeable secondary

targets and investigation results of its characteristics. A high-voltage power source with the
voltage up to 75 kV and x-ray tubes up to 2.5 kW power are used in the spectrometer for
generation of a primary x-ray radiation. The exchangeable secondary targets make it possible
to obtain a monochromatic radiation with high enough degree of a spectrum contrast. Use of
the tubes with different anode materials (chrome, tungsten and rhodium) and different
secondary targets provides effective analysis in a wide range of elements concentrations
having atomic numbers Z=13-92. In this case it is possible optimize the sample analysis for
definite groups of the elements, reaching the values of the detection limits of 1ǜ10-9 g in thin-
layer samples and 10-6 g/g in massive samples.
This device slightly yields to spectrometers with total external reflection of the primary beam
(TXRF spectrometer) in sensitivity, however, its design is simpler, it has higher aperture ratio,
has simple and convenient setup and high productivity.
Samples of this device application for determination of heavy metals content in aqueous
solutions are presented in the paper.
The work is fulfilled at financial support of ISTC (Project ʋ 2708).
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ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY DIFFRACTION IN

CONTRADISTINCTION TO ANGLE DISPERSIVE METHODS
A. Gianoncelli1, P. Walter1, E. Dooryhée2, L. Ortega2, P. Bordet2, J. Castaing1
1
Centre de Recherche et de restauration des Musées de France – UMR171, CNRS, Palais du Louvre,
Porte des Lions, 14 Quai François Mitterrand, 75001, Paris
2
Laboratoire de Cristallographie – UPR5031, CNRS, 25 avenue des Martyrs - BP 166, 38042
Grenoble.

Many portable XRF instrumentations have been developed in the past decade from different
groups of Research, institutions and companies [1] to characterise materials from the cultural
heritage.
Often when analysing museum artefacts with XRF technique, some x-ray diffraction (XRD)
peaks appear in the spectra and interfere with the XRF ones. By analysing these XRD peaks,
information about the mineral phases could in principle be retrieved. Combined
measurements have been already carried out on ancient Egypt wall paintings [2].
We aim at investigating on the possibility to perform X-ray diffraction measurements by
using the energy dispersive technique to develop a new portable device.
Usually, in laboratory instrumentation, the angle dispersive XRD is preferred to the energy
dispersive approach. Angle Dispersive methods rely on the identification of the angles ș
corresponding to constructive interferences, once the incident x-ray wavelength has been
fixed. Laboratory equipments are then provided with a monochromatic x-ray source and a
linear (multidimensional) detector or a punctual detector located on a goniometer to change
the angle ș. On the other hand the energy dispersive method is extensively used in
synchrotron radiation experiments.
In this work, we investigate various issues including concrete advantages and disadvantages
of the energy dispersive x-ray diffraction with laboratory and portable (Cu or Ag X-ray source
from Moxtek) instrumentation. The energy dispersive technique is less complicated from the
mechanical point of view and then suitable to a portable device: no movements or rotations
are required and the x-ray source is a conventional polychromatic x-ray tube. On the other
hand, with this method, x-ray fluorescence (XRF) peaks appear on the spectra and interfere
with the x-ray diffraction ones. A system provided with an Al filter has been investigated in
order to reduce the intensity of XRF peaks when performing XRD.
The results obtained with conventional x-ray tubes on different kinds of materials are
presented and critically analysed. Finally, we methodologically evaluate of the ratio between
the intensity of XRF and XRD peaks.
This work is supported by the European project EU-ARTECH (Access, Research and
Technology for the conservation of the European Cultural Heritage), contract number RII3-
CT-2004-506171.
[1]A.Longoni, C.Fiorini, P.Leutenegger, S.Sciuti, G.Fronterotta, L.Strüder and P.Lechner, “A portable XRF
spectrometer for non-destructive analyses in archaeometry”, Nucl. Instr. and Meth., A 409, 407-409, 1998.
[2] M. Uda, Nucl. Instr. And Meth. In Phys. Res. B 226 (2004) 75-82

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DIAMOND PRISM X-RAY SPECTROMETER

Alexander Touriyanski, Igor Pirshin

P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia

An X-ray optical scheme of the diamond prism X-ray spectrometer is described. The prism
was manufactured from the natural crystal and had a 15-mm2 refracting plane. The scheme
includes two goniometers set along the path of the primary X-ray beam, crystal analyzer, and
two detecting systems placed on both goniometers. The crystal analyzer is positioned between
goniometer axes and serves for prism adjustment at a chosen spectral line. The distance
between goniometer axes is variable, and the maximum spacing equals 1 m. The angle
diagram of dispersed radiation can be registered ether by a scintillation counter with a narrow
entrance slit or by a CCD detector with scintillation layer. Influence of energy gaps in
analyzed spectrum due to diffraction on diamond crystal lattice is minimized by a proper
choosing of the angle divergence in the plane of an incident beam.
Results of measuring polychromatic emission and absorption spectra by the prism method in
the energy range 5-40 keV are presented. Energy resolution 'E=90-100 eV was
experimentally achieved at photon energy about 10 keV.
It is shown by computer calculations that for a parallel beam the minimum value of 'E is
determined by the diffraction limit, and at E=8-10 keV it’s possible to achieve 'E 10-20 eV.
This is an order of magnitude better than the theoretical limit of cooled Si and Ge
semiconductor detectors. Combination of a CCD matrix with an X-ray prism spectrometer
provides correct measurements of ultra-short pulse spectra in collimated beams from high-
brightness sources.
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NEW HIGHLY EFFECTIVE X-RAY COMPLEXES (XRF+XRD) ON THE

BASIS OF KUMAKHOV’S POLYCAPILLARY OPTICS
Ekaterina Likhushina, S.V. Nikitina, N.S. Ibraimov

Institute for Roentgen Optics, Moscow

The multipurpose small-sized instrument intended for the express analysis as for powder
samples, and large-sized products with complex form has been developed. Diffraction and
spectrometry channels are combined in the instrument that is perfect for the control of
technological processes on line. Kumakhov's polycapillary optics is used for creation of
parallel initial and diffracted beams.
The instrument is developed in two modifications: portable (weight of goniometer is not more
than 7 kg) and desktop with semi-automatic submission of powder test. The portable
instrument is applied to nondestructive control and established directly on the researched
object. The instrument finds wide application in various fields of science and technical
equipment.
X-ray spectral channel allows to carry out the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the
chemical elements contained in a sample. It is possible to analyze elements from Al13 up to
U92
Usage of X-ray-diffraction and X-ray-fluorescent analysis gives additional opportunities for
research.
Results of examination of silver coins are demonstrated in this work. It is shown, that though
the diffractogram of the coin surfaces specifies the high cleanliness of silver (> 98 %), but
energy-disperse analysis points to the significant contents of copper that approves copper
basis and thick enough silver covering of a coin. The opportunity of examination of paintings
is based on the analysis as chemical and phase structure of the mineral dyes included in
paints. Identifying mineral structure of paints, it is possible to define time and a place when
the picture has been painted. Portable diffractometer allows to analyze any part of picture
without surface destruction.
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KUMAKHOV'S POLYCAPILLARY X-RAY OPTICS IN MANUAL

X-RAY-FLUORESCENT ANALYZER
Victor Mikhin, O. Matveeva, B. Vasiliev, V. Ivanov, N. Avontynsh

Institute for Roentgen Optics, Moscow

Hand Spectrometer has been created for the first time with built-in color CCD camera, multi-
itemed discrete diaphragm and Kumakhov's polycapillary half-lens, transforming X-ray
radiation of a tiny three-electrode controlled x-ray tube into almost parallel beam directed to
the researched object. X-ray beam is accompanied by laser beam.
Advantages: polycapillary half-lens and a diaphragm allow carrying out measurements from
the area in diameter from 0.1 mm up to 10 mm, presence of a video camera enables to be
adjusted precisely on area of measurement.
Hand Spectrometer will find numerous applications in industries, geology, archaeometry,
environment, etc.
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X-RAY CAPILLARY OPTICS: STATUS AND PERSPECTIVE

Semfira Bjeoumikhova1, Aniouar Bjeoumikhov2, Heinrich Riesemeier1, Martin Radtke1
1
Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und - Pruefung, Berlin, Germany
2
Institute for Scientific Instruments GmbH, Berlin, Germany

In this poster the principles of X-ray capillary optics are described and different types of
capillary optical elements are considered. Especially, the main parameters of these optical
elements such as intensity gain, focal spot size, beam divergence and others, are discussed in
detail and experimental results for these parameters are presented. Also is analyzed further
developments of capillary optics. Ther are described some examples of applications of these
optics in laboratory and on synchrotron the BAM-line at BESSY.
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APPLICATIONS OF CAPILLARY OPTICS FOR XRF AND XRD

Aniouar Bjeoumikhov1, Semfira Bjeoumikhova2
1
Institute for Scientific Instruments, Berlin, Germany
2
Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und - Pruefung, Berlin, Germany

The various application examples in micro X-ray fluorescence analysis for determination of
the two dimensional elemental distribution at sample surfaces as well as depth profiling are
given. Finally, the usefulness of capillary optics for different diffractrometric investigations is
shown. Especially, examples for single crystal, polycrystal and powder diffractometry also
with high lateral resolution and real time diffractometry are presented.
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RING ANODE X-RAY SOURCE FOR THE IMAGE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE

SPECTROMETER (IXRF) COMBINED WITH MULTI-CHANNEL PLATE
(MCP) OPTICS
Huawei Su, George W. Fraser, James F. Pearson

X-ray Astronomy Group, Space Research Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK

Following by the previous work, the Imaging X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (IXRF) with
Kevex source has been proved to be a feasible image spectrometer combined with Multi-
Channel Plate (MCP) optics. To focus on the low Z elements fluorescence analysis, the signal
to noise ratio will be improved as the X-ray energy decreased to prevent exciting unwanted
elements. But the significantly dropped emission current is the problem coming out. Long
filament source is our basic idea to solve this problem. In this paper, we introduce a novel
ring anode (9cm diameter) source for the IXRF with the MCP optics. A long (30 cm length)
round Tungsten filament is adopted and suspended above the ring anode. Furthermore, by
using this ring anode source, we could have a better normal angle projection for the sample
table to CCD compared to the 45 degree with Kevex source. The performance of the
spectrometer has been tested and measured throughout the emission current up to 100 mA and
the high voltage up to 4.5 kV applied on the ring anode. The spatial X-Ray flux profile
projected on the sample plane has been obtained. To extend the aim of the low Z elements
detecting capability, we describe the preliminary images and spectrum of MgF2 powder
sample on the silicon wafer with the ring anode emission current 50 mA produced at 1.7 kV.
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PORTABLE MICRO-XRF EQUIPMENT WITH A POLYCAPILLARY

CONIC COLLIMATOR
Roberto Cesareo1, Antonio Brunetti1, Aniouar Bjeoumikhov2
Norbert Langhoff2, Stefano Ridolfi3
1
Dept. of Mathematics and Physics, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
2
IfG, Berlin, Germany
3
Ars Mensurae, Rome, Italy

The irradiation and X-rays detection in Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis
generally involves macro areas, typically of the order of cm2. This is not a problem when the
sample is sufficiently large and homogeneous. In other cases, when the sample is small or
inhomogeneous, the irradiated area must be reduced. In many cases this may be done by
simply reducing the irradiated area with pinholes, in other cases, when the irradiated area
should be of the order of 10-4 mm2 or less (micro-EDXRF), special collimators are needed.
When using X-ray tubes, X-ray microanalysis may be carried out by using capillary
collimators. Glass capillary Optics is used for collimating, focusing or parallelizing X-ray
beams. Monocapillary or polycapillary collimators are used. Polycapillary lenses consist of
many hollow channels which capture divergent X-rays and guide them to form small focal
spots. Generally, a microfocus X-ray tube is required to focuse the X-ray beam on a
micrometric sample area. However, in this case the distances tube-capillary collimator-sample
are not well compatible with a compact and portable EDXRF-equipment. An alternative
solution for a portable EDXRF-equipment is to irradiate a relatively large area but to
concentrate the secondary radiation emitted by only a micrometric area into the detector by
using a conic capillary collimator directly located at the detector window. In this paper micro-
EDXRF analysis with a portable XRF-equipment with a CCC collimator is described, with
particular reference to analysis of small fragments and details, in the case of works of art.
E-mail: [email protected]

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ACCURATE EFFICIENCY CALIBRATION OF A LOW-ENERGY HPGe

DETECTOR USING MONOCHROMATIC X-RAY SOURCE
Johann Plagnard, Marie-Christine Lépy

Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel, LNE-LNHB, CEA- Saclay

F- 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France

In the frame of the French Metrology Institute, the Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel
performs accurate characterization of semiconductor detectors that are in use in a number of
applications. Their efficiency calibration, energy resolution and the detailed shape of their
response function are parameters of interest for accurate processing of low-energy X-ray
spectra to be applied to elements identification and fundamental research studies.
In the low energy range (4.5 keV < E < 20 keV), efficiency calibration is usually performed
using radioactive standard sources (51Cr, 55Mn, 55Fe, 241Am, etc.). For lower or others energies
not covered by the classical x-ray standards, this characterization can be carried out by using
an artificial monochromatic photon source (synchrotron or X-ray tube + monochromator).
Since 2001, the SOLEX source (Source Of Low Energy X-rays) have been installed at
Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel for the purpose of providing tunable monochromatic
radiation in the 1-20 keV energy range. With this instrument, the French metrology institute
calibrates detectors and also develops metrological studies in this energy range. The
efficiency characterization of detectors requires accurate determination of the photon flux of
the artificial x-ray source. Moreover, the tunable monochromatic beam can also be used to
measure the relative amplitude of the K or L binding edges of typical detector components
(electrical contact, infra-red shield, dead layer, etc…). These results allow approximation of
the thickness of each component, thus the efficiency calculation by Monte Carlo simulation
becomes possible.
The present study is an example of the efficiency calibration of a HPGe detector by using
three complementary approaches: radioactive x-ray standard sources, SOLEX artificial source
for the binding edges characterization and Monte Carlo calculations.
E-mail [email protected]

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X-RAY FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENT WITH A SMALL GLASS

X-RAY TUBE FOR PHOTOIONIZER
Jun Kawai, Kohji Matsuda, Toyohide Hayashi

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University

Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan

X-ray fluorescence spectrometer was assembled using a Si-PIN detector and an X-ray
generator for photo ionizer (Hamamatsu photonics) which was used in semiconductor
industry. Whole system was constructed within one day which had interlock mechanism to
protect X-rays. The spectral background was too strong because of strong X-rays from the X-
ray tube, though the glass X-ray tube was very small size such as 15 mm in diameter and 30
mm in length. The X-ray tube voltage was limited up to 10 kV, but if this limit was made to
be a little bit higher, the present X-ray generator will be a useful optical element for next
generation X-ray fluorescence analyzer.
E-mail [email protected]

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THE ADVANTAGES OF USING DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING IN

POLARIZED X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS
R. Padilla Alvarez1, P. Van Espen2, J.R. Estévez Alvarez3
1
Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear (CEADEN), Havana, Cuba
2
University of Antwerp, Belgium

Improving the specificity and productivity of XRF is of great relevance for the analysis of
trace elements in samples of diverse origin. The advantages of using digital signal processing
(DSP) in energy dispersive polarised x-ray fluorescence analysis (EDPXRF) are demonstrated
by comparing the achieved instrumental sensitivities with those obtained by using a
conventional analogue signal processing (ASP) based spectrometer. A compact geometry
secondary target (ST) arrangement was designed to enlarge the effective solid angles and to
reduce the distances between secondary target, sample and detector, thus achieving larger x-
ray fluxes for both the excitation and detection process resulting in improved instrumental
sensitivities. The performance of both spectrometers was evaluated for two different
detectors: a Si(Li) detector and a thermo-electrically cooled passivated-implanted planar
silicon detector (X-PIPS). The achieved uncertainties and accuracy are illustrated for the
analysis of a group of sediment and organic-origin certified reference materials (CRM) using
two different quantitative procedures.
E-mail : [email protected]

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QUANTIFICATION USING A PORTABLE MILLI - BEAM XRF

SPECTROMETER
Ch.Zarkadas, A.G. Karydas, V. Kantarelou

Institute of Nuclear Physics, National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”

153 10 Aghia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece

The implementation of a portable XRF spectrometer in the analysis of a wide range of

materials requires primarily the optimal integration of available X-ray components (Low
power X-ray tubes, Peltier cooled detectors) into an effective and lightweight instrument. The
task involves a fine mechanical construction along with an experimental study of the various
components characteristics. Nevertheless, a carefully designed spectrometer is only the first
step towards a successful quantitative XRF analysis, requiring subsequently the development
of reliable FPA algorithms.
For portable XRF spectrometers, utilizing mostly direct excitation, FPA algorithms have as
starting point the descriptions of filtered or unfiltered anode emission spectra. However, for
the novel low power X-ray tubes there is a lack of measured tube spectral distributions and a
rather restricted assessment of the validity of the existing semi-empirical theoretical
descriptions. In the present work, a portable XRF spectrometer developed at the Institute of
Nuclear Physics of NCSR “Demokritos” is applied in the quantitative analysis of different
types of reference materials (metal alloys, geological samples). The individual characteristics
as well as the performance of the spectrometer is thoroughly presented while the
quantification procedures based on either the fundamental parameters approach or in
experimental methods are discussed, compared and evaluated in terms of the agreement
obtained between measured and certified concentrations of the reference materials.
E-mail: [email protected]

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QUANTITATIVE IN-SITU XRFA: MONTE CARLO APPROACH IN

VALIDITY EXAMINATION
Tomas Trojek

Czech Technical University, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering

Brehova 7, 115 19 Praha 1, Czech Republic

Many techniques of quantitative evaluation have been already developed for determination of
element concentration in laboratory XRFA. Now, quantitative or semi-quantitative analysis of
in-situ measurements is more and more discussed because of rapid progress in construction of
portable systems. In contrast to laboratory analyses, in-situ ones are usually done without
sample preparation, and therefore the measurement conditions may be different for standards
and samples under investigation. The aim of this work was to evaluate the correctness of
quantitative in-situ XRFA that could be affected by various disturbing effects.
Disturbing effects are related to inaccurately defined experimental arrangement (e.g. variation
in source-sample-detector distances or sample tilting), surface effects, and presence of
heterogeneities. Code MCNPX, a software utilizes Monte Carlo simulation of X-ray transport
in matter, has been used to classification of these particular effects in quantitative in-situ
analysis. The main advantage of MCNPX code lies in predicting measurement results for a
selected geometric arrangement and specimen composition, without any restriction posed on
the source configuration, the X-ray spectrum, and the specimen shapes, structure, and
position.
Firstly, the influence of disturbing effects on X-ray spectra were demonstrated with the
MCNPX code for the representative and frequently used EDXRF systems. Mainly the
variations of X-ray count rates were studied. Secondly, the variations of count rates were
taken into account in determination of element concentrations. The calculated count rates
were recalculated to element concentrations by means of fundamental parameter method.
The results made us possible to draw conclusions on disturbing effects in quantitative XRFA.
It has been shown that some of them do not affect the acquired X-ray spectra and the results
of quantitative analysis as well. In the other cases, the element concentrations or the element
concentration ratios are wrongly determined and could significantly differ from the correct
ones.
[1] T. Trojek, T. Cechak - Use of MCNP Code in Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence, Proc. of 6th Int.
Topical Meeting on Industrial Radiation and Radioisotope Measurement Applications, Hamilton, Canada, 2005
[2] Gregg W. McKinney et al., MCNPX 2.5.0 - New Features Demonstrated, Proc. of the MC2005 Conference,
Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 17-21, 2005.

E-mail: [email protected]

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SOME CONSIDERATIONS TO QUALITY CONTROL AND METHOD

VALIDATION IN EDXRF ANALYSIS
R. Padilla Alvarez1, D. Hernández Torres1, A. Markowicz2, D. Wregzynek2
E. Chinea Cano2, S, Bamford2
1
Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear (CEADEN), Havana, Cuba
2
NAAL Laboratories, Seibersdorf, Austria

The x-ray laboratories face an urgent need for Quality Assurance System implementation, due
to the demands from the society for reliable / certified results. The implemented QS should
comply with the general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration
laboratories of the latest approved quality assurance ISO standard, in particular with the
ISO/IEC 17025:2005.
The specific features of energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence techniques require of a careful
interpretation of some concepts related to quality control of the results and to method
validation.
This contribution presents some thoughts on how to assess the traceability of the results, as
well as to evaluate the characteristics of performance of the methods, in particular linearity,
working range, precision, trueness and detection limits providing some typical examples of
EDXRF analytical methods for illustration. Recommendations are provided to quantify the
uncertainty of the results.
E-mail : [email protected]

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SECCOX, A NOVEL X-RAY CHARACTERIZATION BENCH

FOR CRYSTALS
T. Caillaud1, M. Manson1, D. Desenne1, B. Goze2, A. Rivet3, P. Derouineau3

1
C.E.A. Centre d’Etudes Scientifiques et Techniques d’Aquitaine, 33114 LE BARP, France
2
CELIA, Université de Bordeaux 1, 351 cours de la libération, 33400 TALENCE
3
Saint-Gobain Crystals, B.P. 521, Nemours Cedex

Laser programs require the using of a great number of calibrated X-ray crystals implemented
inside spectrometers and microscopes diagnostics. In this context, a new apparatus was
designed in collaboration with CELIA laboratory, Saint-Gobain Crystals (SGC) and CEA, to
characterize X-ray Bragg SGC crystals. SECCOX (Station d’Etude et de Caractérisation des
Cristaux pour les Optiques X) is based on a micrometric x-ray source and an automated
spectrometer equipped with a CCD camera. Properties as homogeneity, resolution, radius of
curvature and reflectivity are measured to guaranty diagnostics performances on laser-plasma
physics shots. We will present the experimental device, techniques and results of calibration
obtained. This work was supported by Aquitaine Regional Council under contract
20030205003FA.

E-mail: tony.caillaud@©cea.fr

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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OF POLYCAPILLARY X-RAY OPTICS AND

ITS APPLICATIONS IN X-RAY SPECTROMETRY
Ning Gao, Igor Ponomarev, Yejun He

X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc.

Polycapillary x-ray optics has undergone significant development in the past decade and the
technology has been widely used in x-ray analytical instruments. Recent research and
development efforts have been focused on further improving key features of the optics and
extending the applications of the technology. These include, but are not limited to, the
achievement of smaller focal spot size, improvement of transmission efficiency at high
energies, minimization of performance variation at different energies, reduction of high-
energy x-ray penetration effect, and the achievement of larger collection angle. We will
report in this paper the technical progress in each of the area and associated applications,
including a polycapillary focusing optic that generates a less than 10 micron focal spot size.
Experimental results will be presented and the future outlook of the technology will be
discussed.
E-mail : [email protected]

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X-RAY DETECTOR DESIGN BASED ON SILICON THERMISTORS FOR

SPACE ASTRONOMY MISSIONS OF THE NEW GENERATION
Abdelkader Aliane1, Carole Socquet1, Patrick Agnese1, Claude Pigot2
Jean-Luc Sauvageot2, Christine Louis1
1
CEA/LETI/DOPT/STM/LPA, 17, avenue des martyrs 38054 Grenoble, France.
2
CEA/DSM/DAPNIA,/SaP CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.

X-ray Astronomy in space provides unique information on a wide variety of astrophysical

phenomena. The presently operating X-ray observatories Newton / XMM (ESA), Chandra
(NASA) and Astro-E (Japan / US) have provided a significant improvement in X-ray spectro-
imagery capabilities with the use of X ray CCDs.
A great experience has been acquired on Infra-Red bolometer arrays by the CEA-LETI
(Grenoble) in collaboration with the CEA-SAp (Saclay). From this basis, we are undertaking
a development of an X-ray detector for space Astronomy missions of the next generation,
using a MESA technology (Implanted diffused thermistor) on silicon-on-insulator (SOI)
wafers.
This detector will be an array made up of 32*32 pixels or microcalorimeters. Each pixel is
made of a Tantalum absorber bound, by Indium bump hybridization, to a Silicon thermistor.
We discuss the design of the link between the absorber and the thermal sensor by Indium
bump hybridization, the tuning of its thermal conduction parameters at working temperature
(50-100mK) and the development of the thermal sensor starting from the present PACS
experiment design on the HERSCHELL satellite. This sensor is an implanted and thermally
diffused silicon MESA structure on a simple SOI substrate. In order to gain an insight into the
mechanisms at the origin of different implanted profiles in our silicon thermistor, the
implanted area of the thermistor has been simulated with the 2D simulator ATHENA
(SILVACO International) based on the tool SUPREM3. We have studied the effects of the
implants and their thermal treatment on both vertical and lateral dopant distributions at the
edges of the thermistor.
We hope, by optimizing the implantation and diffusion process, to obtain the thermistor
required parameters (1-10MOhm at 50-100mk) in association with a negligible excess noise.
E-mail: [email protected]

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CHARGE INDUCTION IN SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS WITH

PIXELATED STRUCTURE
Victor V. Samedov

Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (State University), 3

Kashirskoye Sh., 115409, Moscow, Russia

Recently the considerable interest is attracted by next generation of compound semiconductor

detectors with pixelated structure for usage in X-ray and gamma - astronomy, nuclear
spectroscopy and particularly in nuclear medicine.
The spatial resolution of this type of detectors is mainly determined by the charge induction
by carriers in electrode with pixelated structure, In this case Ramo-Shockley's theorem that
use only the conservation-of-energy argument is not applicable with segmented electrodes,
since it gives only the total current that flows in the external circuit, not the fraction that flows
through a single pixel.. This work shows how to calculate the current distribution in detectors
with pixelated structure.
E-mail: [email protected]

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ELECTRICALLY COOLED SiLi DETECTORS FOR APPLICATION

IN X-RAY EQUIPMENT
A.Sokolov, A.Pchelintsev, A.Loupilov, Z.Struve

Baltic Scientific Instruments,

Ganibu danbis 26, P.O. Box 33, LV –1005, Riga,Latvia

In spite of considerable success attained in the development of Si drift detectors [1], SiLi
detectors remain the preferable type of sensors for X-ray fluorescence analysis, diffractometry
and other scientific spheres due to high registration efficiency in the energy range of 0.5-60
keV.
In the present work, electrically cooled SiLi detectors (ElSiX) have been made as ɈȿɆ
product for applications in X-Ray equipment. SiLi detectors ElSiX were developed on the
basis of a small-sized electric cooler with Klimenko cycle. The compressor unit with sizes
140ɯ160ɯ300 mm and the weight of 7.0 kg operates from an AC 220V/50Hz power supply,
consuming less than 60W. We have paid our great attention at the development to
minimization of mechanical vibration, microphone effect and high long time reliability of the
cooling system.
The cooler is made on a flange with a diameter of 80 mm, which is vacuum-tightly connected
with the casing of a cryostat with sizes 80ɯ135ɯ150 mm and a weight of 1.7 kg. Inside the
casing on the cold holder providing the cooling temperature of 110-120Ʉ there are placed a
SiLi detector with the head section of a preamplifier and a sorption pump for the maintenance
of working vacuum in the cryostat. The developed design versions of the detection unit can be
easily installed in various equipment for registration of X-ray radiation without liquid
nitrogen.
We tested ElSiX-20 detectors based on a circular detector crystal with the sensitive surface
area of 20 mm2 and ElSiX-60 detectors based on a rectangular detector crystal with the
sensitive surface area of 15x4 mm2 as parts of a standard spectrometer.
For ElSiX-20 devices the value of energy resolution on 5.9 eV made up 135 eV at the shaping
time constant IJ = 16 µs and the input count rate of n=1000 cps instead of 164 eV under the
same conditions with Peltier’s coolers [2]. At the shaping time constant IJ = 1 µs the energy
resolution was 197 eV at the input count rate of n=1000 cps and 214 eV at the input count rate
of n=100 000 cps.The energy resolution on 59.6 keV made up 415 eV at the shaping time
constant IJ = 16 µs and the input count rate n=1000 cps.
For the ElSiX-60 detector used for diffractometry the energy resolution on 5.9 keV made up
151 eV at the shaping time constant IJ = 16 µs and the input count rate n=1000 cps instead of
170 eV under the same conditions with Peltier’s coolers [2]. At the shaping time constant IJ =
1 µs the energy resolution was 238 eV at the input count rate of n=1000 cps and 275 eV at the
input count rate of n=100 000 cps.
[1] L.Struder and H. Soltau, High resolution silicon detectors for photons and particles, Radiation Protection
Dosimetry 61, 1995;1-3, 39-46
[2] A. Sokolov, A. Loupilov, V. Gostilo. “Semiconductor Peltier-cooled detectors for X- ray fluorescence
analysis,” X-Ray Spectrometry, 2004; 33; 462-465.

E-mail: [email protected]

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DEVELOPMENT OF MAGNETIC CALORIMETERS FOR X-RAY

METROLOGY APPLICATIONS
Matias Rodrigues1, Martin Loidl1, Elvire Leblanc1, Andreas Fleischman2
1
CEA-Saclay / DRT / DETECS / LNHB, France
2
Kirchhoff-Institut für Physik, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

We are developing detectors to improve accuracy on the determination of the emission

probabilities of X and gamma rays. For certain radionuclides which emit photons of very
close energies, an excellent energy resolution is required.
And in the case where small peaks corresponding to low emission probabilities have to be
distinguished from background, we need to improve the detection limit.
Conventional detectors (semi-conductors, scintillators…) have reached their fundamental
limit concerning the energy resolution. Hence it is necessary to introduce a different principle
of detection for better performances.
Low temperature detectors have demonstrated very high energy resolution for low energy X-
rays with different technologies. Our applications cover a large energy range (100 eV – 200
keV). This implies a larger absorber volume compared to existing X-ray cryogenic detectors.
Among the different technologies we have chosen magnetic calorimeters which offer the
advantage of a linear response over a large energy range. The absorber can be made in gold,
allowing high detection efficiency. It is coupled to a magnetic thermometer which is made of
gold containing a few hundred ppm of erbium. The thermometer converts the temperature rise
upon the absorption of a photon to a variation of magnetic moment. The latter is read by a DC
SQUID magnetometer and a second stage SQUID as a preamplifier. This setup makes it
possible to reach very high signal to noise ratio.
Two detectors have been built. One is dedicated to photon detection in the energy range 1 –
20 keV. Its thermometer is directly placed in the SQUID loop. The absorber has a diameter of
250 µm and a thickness of 40 µm which corresponds to detection efficiency larger than 99 %
for 20 keV photons. The second detector is developed for few ten keV to 200 keV photons.
The thermometer with a diameter of 420 µm and a thickness of 340 µm is used as an
absorber. The detection efficiency is close to 97 % for 100 keV photons. The magnetic
moment is read by the SQUID via a flux transformer.
First measurements with a 241Am source are presented.
E-mail: [email protected]

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NOVEL HIGH SPEED, HIGH RESOLUTION X-RAY CCD CAMERA

Martin Horvath1, Ondrej Petr1, Ladislav Pina2, Rene Hudec3
1
Center for Advanced X-ray Technologies, Reflex, Prague, Czech Republic
2
Czech Technical University, Faculty of Nuclear Science, Prague, Czech Republic
3
Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ondrejov, Czech
Republic

We will refer on the novel high speed, high resolution X-ray CCD camera designed and
developed in our laboratories. Our aim was to reach resolution down to 1µm. The
performance of the camera as well as the results obtained on various biological samples
(Drosophila melanogaster, Prorhynoterme simplex), integrated circuits and on a Au mesh grid
(the bar width 8 µm, the bars pitch to pitch distance 63.5 µm) will be presented and briefly
discussed together with possible applications.
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

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DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH RESOLUTION X-RAY MICROCALORIMETERS

Massimiliano Galeazzi

University of Miami

Future X-ray experiments require a combination of high energy resolution, high quantum
efficiency, high speed, wide energy range, and sometimes imaging capabilities. In the last few
years X-ray microcalorimeters have reached the maturity to meet these requirements and are
becoming the detectors of choice in a wide variety of fields. Additional advantages of
microcalorimeters include no branching of the incident energy and no inherent statistical
limitation to the resolution. Moreover the detection of phonons means that the choice is no
longer restricted to materials with good electron transport properties, such as germanium or
silicon, but different materials, more desirable for the particular experiment can be used. The
University of Miami has recently started a program to fabricate fully integrated
microcalorimeter arrays using iridium thin films as Transition Edge Sensors (TES) and tin
absorbers. A new simpler and cheaper readout scheme to replace the cumbersome
Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) with transformers is also being
investigated. In this paper we will present a general overview of microcalorimeters and details
on the progress at the University of Miami.

E-mail : [email protected]

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SUPERCONDUCTING HIGH-RESOLUTION X-RAY DETECTORS FOR

MATERIAL SCIENCE APPLICATIONS

Stephane Terracol1, Thomas Niedermayer1, Ionel Dragos Hau1, Shafinaz Ali1

Jean-Pierre Briand2, Stephan Friedrich1
1
Advanced Detector Group, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
2
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France

We are developing superconducting X-ray detectors for material science applications that
require higher energy resolution than conventional semiconductor Si(Li) or Ge detectors can
offer. For high speed soft X-ray spectroscopy at the synchrotron we develop Nb/Al
Superconducting Tunnel Junctions (STJ) spectrometers. For highest resolution hard X-ray
spectroscopy, we build Mo/Cu Transition Edge Sensor (TES) microcalorimeters. Our TES X-
ray detectors have achieved an energy resolution of 5 - 15 eV for energies below 10 keV, and
an energy resolution of 50 - 90 eV for energies below 100 keV. We discuss the use of these
spectrometers to study ion-surface interactions with highly charged ions from an electron
cyclotron resonance source, and to study the isotopic composition of nuclear materials.

E-mail : [email protected]

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A MODEL TO INVESTIGATE THE POTENTIAL APPLICATION OF

SYNCHROTRON X-RAY SCATTER IMAGING ON BMD REDUCTION
João Carlos Lima1, Regina Cély Barroso2, Delson Braz1, Luis Fernando Oliveira2
Carlos Roberto Ferreira Castro1, Ricardo Tadeu Lopes1
1
Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratory – COPPE/UFRJ, P.O. Box 68509
Rio de Janeiro 21945-970, Brazil
2
Physics Institute - University of Rio de Janeiro State, Rio de Janeiro 20559-900, Brazil

The increased porosity of bone resulting from a reduction of bone mineral density (BMD) is
generally known as osteoporosis, which tends to manifest itself more significantly in regions
with a greater surface area. Bone may be classified as one of two types, cortical or trabecular.
Trabecular bone consists of a mass of bony struts that form a strengthening structure within
the hard outer shell of cortical bone. Trabecular bone has a far greater surface area per unit
mass than that of cortical bone and so is far more likely to sustain a significant manifestation
of osteoporosis [1]. Non-destructive techniques for investigating the internal structure of
samples have been developed by many scientists all over the world. The transmission x-ray
tomography reconstruction is one of the most popular methods, which provides the spatial
distribution of the total absorption coefficient inside the sample. Other complementary
techniques have been developed, based on the detection of the scattered photons. At low
values of the momentum transfer argument, the x-ray differential coherent scatter cross-
section includes molecular and intermolecular interference effects which rise to a unique and
characteristic profile, also referred to as a diffraction pattern or scattering signature [2]. The
signature of trabecular bone shows the presence of the mineral and non-mineral bone
component. We have related the scattering intensity from mineral and non-mineral bone to the
bone mineral density (BMD) reduction. Different mineral concentrations were mixed with fat
in order to simulate a possible range of BMD. A detection limit was found to the set-up
proposed at the X-Ray Diffraction (XD1) beamline at the LNLS, Campinas, Brazil.
Otherwise, aluminum cylinders (simulating cortical bone) containing different bone mineral
densities were imagined at the characteristic angle for adipose tissue. Transmission and
coherent scatter images were compared.

[1] Stenström, M.,Olander, B. et al, J. Biomech. 33 (2000) 289-297.

[2] Castro CRF, Barroso RC and Lopes RT, 2005, X-Ray Spectrom. 34: 477-480.

E-mail: [email protected]

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SYNCHROTRON MICRO-TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION OF

GUNSHOT RESIDUES AND 3-DIMENSIONAL LEAD DISTRIBUTIONS
Ivan Kempson1, William Skinner1, K Paul Kirkbride2

1
Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, 5095, AUSTRALIA.
2
Forensic Science SA, 21 Divett Place, Adelaide, 5000, AUSTRALIA

Microtomographic analysis enjoys several benefits in the utilisation of a synchrotron X-ray

source. The X-rays are tunable allowing for optimisation of contrast, they are intense enabling
rapid analysis (~10 minutes per sample) with high resolution (~1 micron) and the energy has a
very narrow bandwidth (deltaE/E ~ 10-4). This technique has been utilised for recreating the
morphological structure of primer derived residues from a variety of ammunition types.
Resulting morphologies are reliant on the original ingredients. In addition, the narrow
bandwidth achievable on a synchrotron source (at the sacrifice of flux) allows investigations
into absorption changes across elemental absorption edges. Subtraction of tomograms either
side of the Pb-L(III) edge enabled 3-dimensional reconstructions of the Pb distributions
within individual GSR particles. Again, features are reliant on the primary ingredients used in
the ammunition.
E-mail: [email protected]

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SCANNING TRANSMISSION X-RAY MICROSCOPY WITH

A FAST-READOUT CCD DETECTOR

Alessandra Gianoncelli1, Graeme R Morrison1, Burkhard Kaulich3

1
C2RMF - UMR CNRS 171, AGLAE, Palais du Louvre, Paris, France
2
King's College London, Dept of Physics, UK
3
Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy

The use of a CCD as the transmitted x-ray detector in a scanning x-ray microscope allows a
number of new imaging modes to be realised. In practice, a full CCD frame of data is
collected for every pixel in the raster scan of the sample, and real-time processing of these
data enables the particular form of image contrast to be chosen by the user. The effective
detector response of the system is thus software-configurable, so that different forms of image
contrast can be generated from the same dataset. For example, symmetric detector response
functions will produce images with absorption contrast, while anti-symmetric responses will
produce phase contrast images; both forms of image contrast can be generated
simultaneously, in perfect registration, from the same set of data collected during the sample
scan. In combination with through-focal series, and the acquisition of image data on either
side of an x-ray absorption edge, a detector system with a configurable response can thus
provide a wide range of information about the complex transmittance of the sample.
To be successful, such a system requires a fast-readout CCD detector, so that the frame-
readout time does not limit the raster scan rate of the microscope. The system described in
this paper is based around an electron-multiplying CCD system (iXon DV860 from Andor
Technology) that combines fast frame-transfer readout with very high sensitivity. The
detector consists of a Peltier-cooled CCD array of 128 by 128 sensors, and makes use of
visible light coupling to a phosphor screen, to make it easy to operate over a wide range of
photon energies, from the oxygen K edge upwards. It has been tested successfully on the
Twinmic end-station at the Elettra synchrotron.
In principle, each image scan can generate a very large volume of data, but for routine
operation the active area CCD can be re-binned to a smaller effective number of pixels,
allowing both faster frame readout times, and reducing the overall data volume. Examples of
the use of the system to study the complex refractive index of samples at sub-micron spatial
resolution will be presented.
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THREE-DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF U AND Pu

CONTAINING PARTICLES FROM TELKEM, KAZACHSTAN
Ole-Christian Lind1, Lotte Claussen1, Brit Salbu1, Bart Vekemans2, Wout De Nolf2, Koen
Janssens2, Melissa Denecke3, Rolf Simon3, Gerald Falkenberg4, Elke Van De Castelle5
1
Agricultural University of Norway, Isotope laboratory, N-1432 Aas, Norway
2
University of Anwerp, Department of Chemistry, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium
3
Angstroemquelle Karlsruhe (ANKA), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, P.O. Box 3640, D-76021
Karlsruhe, Germany
4
Hambuerger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor (HASYLAB) at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY),
Notkestr. 85 22603 Hamburg, Germany
5
Skyscan N.V., Vluchtenburgweg 5, B-2630 Aartselaar, Belgium

Radioactive particles containing refractory radionuclides such as uranium and plutonium have been
more frequently released to the environment during severe nuclear events than previously anticipated.
Following nuclear weapons tests (e.g., at Maralinga, Australia; Mururoa, French Polynesia; Nevada
Test Site, USA; Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan), reactor explosions and fires (e.g., Chernobyl, Ukraine;
Windscale, UK), and aircraft accidents (Thule, Greenland; Palomares, Spain) a major fraction of
refractory radionuclides released to the environment have been identified as radioactive particles.
Particle characteristics such as the activity concentrations and activity or isotopic ratios are source
dependent (depending on fuel burn-up), while properties such as size distribution, shape, crystalline
structures and oxidation states of matrix elements also depend on specific release conditions.
Information on particle characteristics that have a strong influence on weathering rates is essential to
estimate the ecosystem transfer rate for particle-affected areas. Within the Semipalatinsk nuclear test
site in Kazakhstan, two fresh water crater lakes (Tel'kem I and Tel'kem II) were created by nuclear
explosions conducted in 1968 by the Soviet Union, in order to evaluate the feasibility of canal
construction/river diversion by means of nuclear explosions. A single plutonium fission device with a
yield equivalent to 240 T of TNT was used at Tel’kem I. During the Tel'kem II experiment three
similar fission devices were used approximately 1.5 km to the west of the first test. Both tests were
subsurface and produced craters and surrounding rings of spoil. Subsequently, both craters became
filled with water to form freshwater lakes. An IAEA survey in 1994 indicated “significant levels of
actinide contamination, in the form of large particles or fragments” and more recent investigations
reported plutonium levels exceeding 50 kBq/kg. The vast majority of the Pu was associated with the
>63 µm fraction.Particles in samples collected from Tel'kem I and Tel'kem II were identified by
autoradiography revealing the presence of numerous heterogeneities. Furthermore, selected
radioactive particles were subjected to gamma spectrometry to quantify gamma emitters and to
scanning electron microscopy, interfaced with an X-ray micro-analyzer, in order to characterise the
surface structures of particles prior to conventional and micro-X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) at
HASYLAB BL L. Since this investigation revealed the particles to be strongly heterogeneous with
respect to their overall major-element composition, while simultaneously a very high correlation
between the U and Pu abundance was observed, additional investigations by means of absorption X-
ray microtomography (using a Scyscan 2011 nanotomograph), confocal micro-XRF at the ANKA
FLUO-TOPO beamline and scanning micro X-ray diffraction at HASYLAB BL L were performed.
The resulting data give a much clearer picture of the internal structure of the particles, revealing a
unmolten, crystalline U/Pu-poor core surrounded by an amorphous, foamy U/Pu-rich coating, which is
likely to be the result of the flash-freezing of liquefied nuclear material upon contact with a mineral
grain. The results allowed us to gain a significantly better understanding of the formation mechanism
of these particles and to model better their leaching behaviour and therefore their environmental harm
on the short and long term.

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DEPFET ACTIVE PIXEL SENSORS AND PNCCDS FOR ROOM

TEMPERATURE IMAGING X-RAY AND ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY
Lothar Strüder, Heike Soltau

MPI für extraterrestrische Physik and PNSensor

MPI-HLL, Otto-Hahn-Ring 6, 81739 Munich, Germany and Römerstr. 28, 80803 Munich, Germany

Two - dimensional arrays of silicon X-ray detectors have been developed since many years.
In order to reach Fano limited energy resolution they required cooling down to – 100 C or
less. They were either based on conventional CCD concepts, derived from the devices
originally developed for optical applications. Or they were composed by Si(Li) or Ge detector
elements with coarse position resolution. Under those conditions every pixel must be
connected to a readout chain. Most recently, a big step forward towards (close to) room
temperature operation of up to 500 µm thick depleted back illuminated active pixel sensors
and frame store pnCCDs was made. Both device types are derived from the concept of
sideward depletion – the underlying principle of silicon drift detectors. A dedicated
fabrication process and the high speed operation of the new detectors, (e.g. up to 1200 frames
per second at a format of 64×64 and 256×256 with a pixel size of 51x51 µm2 and 75x75 µm2)
were yielding energy resolutions at the Mn KĮ line at 5.9 keV of 140 eV (FWHM) at an
operation temperature of –10°C only. This operation allows for position resolved high count
rate spectroscopy easily achievable with thermoelectric coolers. In the preliminary analysis of
the data, the peak to background was 2000:1. This is mainly due to the not yet optimized
pattern analysis of the photon events distributed over more than one pixel and the unification
of othe split events.
One of the detector types under study is an active pixel sensor based on the DEPFET principle
for the European X-ray mission XEUS and the French SIMBOL_X mission. The electronic
noise contribution of the DEPFET amplifier is 2.5 electrons (rms) at room temperature. The
resulting spectroscopic performance is dominated by thermally generated leakage currents,
typically 100 pA per cm2 at full depletion of 450 µm. Spectra at various operational
conditions will be shown to define the bandwidth of specific applications.
A second detector type, the frame store pnCCD, will equally be briefly described. The
reliability and robustness of this class of devices will be highlighted through applications in
heaven and on earth. They have shown good energy resolution as well: ǻE = 150 eV
(FWHM) at - 20C with a 256×256 large 4 cm2 large device with 200 frames per second
readout speed. The device was developed for the German eROSITA mission. The same
detector was recently used in a TEM at the MPI für Biochemie, Martinsried, Germany.
The system configuration of both detector types, including the ASIC front-end electronics
will be introduced to demonstrate the compactness and the the low power operations of the
systems.
The sensitivity for X-rays and electrons of both device types is excellent: The high quantum
efficiency for X-rays ranges from energies of 70 eV (90%) to 15 keV (90%). Electrons can be
imaged directly up to energies of 1 MeV. The radiation hardness for the back illuminated
devices is extremely high, only limited by the leakage current generated through the damage.
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CHARACTERIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVE

MICROPARTICLES BY SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (SEM)
COMBINED WITH ENERGY-DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETRY
(EDXRS)
M.C. Jiménez-Ramos, I. Vioque, R. García-Tenorio and M. García-León

Applied Nuclear Physics Research Group, University of Seville, P.O. Box 1065, 41080 Sevilla, Spain.

The aim of this paper is to show the information obtained, by applying the SEM and EDXRS
techniques, about the physical and elemental characterisation of radioactive microparticles
which are present nowadays in the terrestrial environment of Palomares, Spain. In 1966, and
due to an aircraft accident, two nuclear weapons experimented their chemical explosion when
impact on land, provoking the dispersion of their content in about 2.3 Km2. Although several
cleaning-up operations were carried out after the accident, a fraction of the radionuclides
dispersed remains in the zone, mainly in the form of high activity concentration
microparticles, also called hot particles.
To perform this study, in 2002, several superficial soil samples were collected in the affected
zone. From the bulk matrixes, by using radiometric techniques, a total of three hot particles
were isolated and mounted on carbon tapes before their analyses. Then, the three hot particles
were identified and characterized with high resolution scanning electron microscopy (Philips
XL 30-FEG) with EDXRS system attached (EDAX DX4 with Ge-detector).
Using the Backscattering Electron Imaging (BEI) mode, the hot particles were identified
taking in consideration that they are chiefly formed by elements with high atomic number
which produce an increase in the intensity of the output signal (bright areas in the image). In
addition, by using the Secondary electron Imaging (SEI) mode, information about the
morphology and size of the particles was obtained. Finally, semi-quantitative elemental
concentrations data at the electron beam spot were provided by EDXRS, while through X-ray
mapping was possible to analyse the distribution of individual elements in the particles.
From he SEI images it was possible to observe that all the hot particles present a high porosity
and that their sizes ranged from 20 to 60 Pm, while the BEI images indicate that they are
partially coated by bulk soil material. Moreover, uranium and plutonium have been identified
in the electron induced X-ray spectra as principal components of the hot particles while the
coatings contained elements typical in soil samples as Si, Al and Fe. The U and Pu
distributions obtained using X-ray mapping are quite similar (indicating its homogeneous
mixture) and are coincident with the brightest areas in the BEI images.
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SPACIAL XRF DISTRIBUTION CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH

POLARIZED EDXRF SPECTROMETRY
Xiuchun Zhan, Liqiang Luo, Xingtao Fan

National Research Center of Geoanalysis, Beijing, 100037, China

Polarized EDXRF spectrometry has found extensive use in elemental analysis of various
materials. The main advantages of P-EDXRF over conventional EDXRF line in its very low
scattered radiation background and remodeled excitation spectrum which lead to selective
characteristic X-ray excitation. Thus, significant high signal to background ratio can be
observed and much lower detection limits can be obtained than those by conventional
EDXRF especially for such elements as Cd, Ag, Sn, In, Sb. On the other hand, to ensure the
primary (excitation) X-rays being effectively polarized and sample eradiated by polarized X-
rays, only narrow X-ray beams are allowed to reach the polarizer and the sample. That
presents a critical question: what an area of the sample surface is contributing to the obtained
XRF intensity. To this, an experiment was designed and carried out.
The sample was a small piece of disk-like sold with a diameter of about 3 mm. Three typical
targets namely HOPG, Mo and Al2O3 were used to eradiate characteristic lines Pb Ma(Sn
La), Pb La and Sn Ka respectively. The detector was a Si(Li) type with a resolution of 148
eV at 5.9 keV. By placing the sold piece in different positions on a 4 µm polyethylene film
window fixed to a sample cup, a manual scan was made over about 3 cm2 an area to which the
excitation X-ray may reach. Altogether 33 spots were scanned with equal displacements. The
obtained intensities and percentage intensities were mapped for Pb Ma(Sn La), Pb La and Sn
Ka respectively. Results showed that the total areas contributing to XRF signal were over
2 cm2 for the above three target. And Pb Ma and Sn Ka maps, eradiated by HOPG and Al2O3
respectively, showed very high intensities in the center parts while very low in the out skirts.
The sum of intensities from 4 spots in center areas (corresponding to about 7 x 7 mm2)
represents over 50% of overall integrated intensities of the 33 measured spots. And the
sharpest areas of Pb Ma and Sn Ka were a little bit shifted. Pb La and Sn La maps showed
much larger distribution areas with center the most intensive and changing weak gradually
toward the outer parts. Though Sn La was measured by HOPG target, it was eradiated mainly
by scattered primary x-rays because its energy is higher than the specific energy (~2.9 keV) of
the target.
The relatively small eradiation areas of the polarized targets may require better sample
homogeneity and attention should be taken when small pieces of samples were to be analyze
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DETERMINATION OF SULFUR CONTENT IN OIL

WITH BENCHTOP WDXRF
Takashi Yamada, Mokoto Doi, Noboru Yamashita, Takashi Shoji, Hisayuki Kohno

Rigaku Industrial Corporation, 14-8,Takatsuki, Osaka 569-1146, Japan

Determination of the sulfur content of automotive fuels is important. High concentration

sulfur causes degradation of performance of catalyst in automobiles and increases NOx.
Concentration of sulfur in oil are being tried to be kept lower than 10ppm recently. Small
XRF instruments for this analysis have been requested in recent years. ISO20884 specifies
the wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) test method for the determination of
the sulfur content in oil. In this regulation, the apparatus is required to be WDXRF type and
to be capable of measuring both S-Ka fluorescence lines and the background.
We developed a bench-top WDXRF instrument which satisfies this requirement and has
enough sensitivity for 10ppm sulfur. We specially designed a monochromator for WDXRF
instrument so that it can reflects both S-Ka lines and the background by using one fixed
crystal. A large curved graphite crystal was so designed that it reflects S-Ka lines by one part
and also reflects background lines by the other part without rotation of the crystal.
Monochromated S-Ka X-rays and the background X-rays are both focused on different
positions at a detector window. Design of the optics was optimized by referring X-ray ray-
tracing simulation. This fixed monochromator optics contributes the stability of the X-ray
intensities. We measured the diesel fuels and motor gasoline with the instrument. Lowest
limit of detection was achieved to be 0.3 ppm and the standard deviation was 0.17ppm for the
10ppm sulfur samples. These values are satisfactory for the analysis of 10 ppm level sulfur in
oil.

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DETERMINATION OF X-RAY RESONANT RAMAN SCATTERING CROSS

SECTIONS OF NICKEL EMPLOYING BOTH SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
AND PROTON INDUCED X-RAYS
Ch. Zarkadas1, M. Mueller2, A.G. Karydas1, B. Beckhoff2, M. Kolbe2, R. Fliegauf2
1
Laboratory for Material Analysis, Institute of Nuclear Physiscs, N.C.S.R “Demokritos”, Aghia
Paraskevi 15310, Athens, Greece
2
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Abbestraße 2-12 D-10587 Berlin, Germany

The Resonant Raman Scattering (RRS) effect on Nickel was studied by means of highly
monochromatic polarized and unpolarized exciting radiation, respectively. Experiments
involving polarized exciting radiation were carried out in the four-crystal monochromator
(FCM) beamline for synchrotron radiation from 2 keV to 10 keV at the electron storage ring
BESSY II of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB). Resonant Raman spectra of
thin Ni foils, having variable thickness, were accumulated at the Ni-KĮ and Cu-KĮ X-ray
beam energies. In the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the NCSR “Demokritos”, at the 5.5 MV
Tandem accelerator, the Resonant Raman spectrum of a thick Nickel target was also recorded
for an unpolarized Cu-KĮ exciting beam produced after the proton ionization of a thick Cu
target by 1.7 MeV protons in a three-axial orthogonal geometry. In each case, the individual
spectra characteristics are described and compared in terms of the excitation conditions. The
experimentally determined RRS cross-sections are presented, while the contribution of the
RRS effect in the mass attenuation coefficients below the Ni-K edge is also discussed.

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FAST DETERMINATION OF MINERAL NUTRIENTS

IN MILK POWDERS USING WDXRF
L. Perring, J. Blanc

Nestlé Research Centre - Department of Quality and Safety Assurance

Vers chez-les-Blanc, CH-1000, Lausanne 26, Switzerland

With simple preparation (pelletizing) allied to rapid measurements, X-ray fluorescence is a

good candidate for the food industry to be implemented near the production lines. Today,
EDXRF and WDXRF (low power = 50 W max) are successfully used for the quantification of
several analytes in milk powders and processed cereals.
In this study, we present our latest results obtained (for Na, Mg, P, Cl, K, Ca, Fe and Zn) with
high power WDXRF system (2.4 kW) with a total measuring time lower than 4 minutes,
instead of 15 minutes with lower power WDXRF system.
Pellets of 10 grams (diameter of 40 mm) were prepared under 2 to 4 tonnes of pressure. For
each sample, 3 pellets were prepared and analysed. Limits of quantification and repeatabilities
were evaluated. Samples were split into calibration and validation sets. Using robust statistics,
an evaluation of the XRF method was performed by comparison with data from the reference
methods. Reference values were obtained by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission
Spectroscopy and by potentiometry for chloride.
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 Authors index
Aballea C. P3-25 Bezirganyan Jr. P. P11-1
Abdesselam M. O10-6 Bezirganyan S. P11-1
Abe T. O6-5 Biagi Maino D. O2-5
Abousahl S. O9-3 Bianco L. P4-1
Abraham J. P1-3 Bitterncourt A. P4-13
Adamek D. P8-4 P8-7 Bjeoumikhov A. O11-4 O13-5 P6-5
Adducci F. P3-16 P11-8 P11-9 P11-11
Adriaens A. O5-2 Bjeoumikhova S. O13-5 P11-8 P11-9
Agarwal A. O6-3 Blanc J. P16-4
Agnese P. P14-1 Bleuet P. O15-1
Aiello D. P3-11 Boeykens S. P10-11 P10-12
Alexandre T. P9-8 Bohic S. P8-7
Alföldy B. P2-5 P4-23 Boman J. P4-9 P8-8
Ali S. P14-7 Bongiovanni G. INV-5 P8-14
Aliane A. P14-1 Böning P. P4-4
Alsec A. P4-22 P4-23 Bonizzoni L. O12-1 P3-5
Alves L.C. P8-12 Bonvin D. O16-6
Ambrosi J.P. P4-4 Bordet P. P11-4
Amokrane A. O12-6 Bordini C. P6-9
Anagnostakis M. P4-14 Borges S P9-5
André J.M. O9-6 O13-2 O6-2 P5-4 Borowiec M. P8-4
Anielska T. P10-8 Borschneck D. P4-4
Antonioli G. O6-1 P3-10 Bortoleto G. P9-5 P9-6
Antonov V.M. O6-6 Boscolo Brienza S.M. P10-3 P10-4
Antunes A. P8-17 Boslau O. O14-2
Aprelov S.A. O9-7 Bottero J.Y. O6-8
Arcon I. O6-7 P6-4 Bouquillon A. P3-13
Aretaki I. O10-1 P10-2 Braga D.M. P2-5
Arkadiev V. O11-4 P6-5 Braun S. O13-4
Assis J.T. O1-2 Braz D. P10-15 P15-1
Avila-Pérez P. P4-5 P4-6 P10-1 Brenker F. O4-2 O5-1
Avontynsh N. P11-7 Briand J.P. P14-7
Brito J. P8-16
Baake O. P6-3 Broekaert J. P10-16
Badiali M. O12-7 Brouwer P. O12-3
Baffier D. P3-24 Brueggmann U. O16-1
Bamford S. O15-3 P12-3 Brunetti A. P11-11
Banas A. O8-3 Bruni S. O2-5
Banas K. O8-3 Bucar K. O16-5
Barba A. O3-5 Buccolieri A. P3-11 P3-16
Barcelo-Quintal I. P4-5 Buccolieri G. P3-11 P3-16
Bard E. P4-4 Bueno M.I. P3-20 P6-1 P8-13
Barreiros M.A. P8-12 P10-9 P9-5 P9-6 P9-7 P9-8 P9-17
Barret R. O10-2 Bugani S. O15-2
Barroso R.C. O8-6 P10-5 P10-6 Bühler A. O12-4 P9-15
P10-15 P15-1 Bukin S.V. O9-6
Baryshevsky V. O11-3 Burck A. O14-5
Batrakov K. O11-3 Burgaud C. O15-4
Beck L. P3-26 Burkhardt U. P6-12
Beckhoff B. O1-6 O10-5 O12-2 Butt A. P9-12
O12-5 P6-3 P6-7 P6-10 P10-7 P16-3 Byun S.H. O7-4
Behets M. O9-4
Behrens K. O12-4 P9-15 Cabrera L. P10-1
Bellot-Gurlet L. P6-6 Caillaud T. P13-1
Belmonte E. P10-15 Calestani G. O6-1
Bénard A. P4-4 Caliebe W. O16-1
Benbalagh R. O13-2 Calza C. P3-20
Bencan A. P6-4 Camaiti M. O15-2
Berger A. O3-2 O9-1 Camões M.F.C. P10-9
Bersani D. O6-1 P3-10 Cao W. O1-1 O1-4 P1-2
Berset M. O1-1 O1-4 O10-2 Cappucio G. P3-19
Bezirganyan H. (Akop) P11-1 Caracciolo N. P10-11 P10-12
Bezirganyan Jr. H. P11-1 Carapia L. P4-6
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Carneiro P4-13 Dobranszky J. P9-18
Carvalho M. L. O8-2 P8-5 P8-17 Dobrjans’ka L.O. O6-6
Casaburi A. P11-2 Doelsch E. P4-4
Cassiano A. P3-11 Doi M. P16-2
Castaing J. P3-13 P11-4 Domas J. O6-8
Castellano A. P3-11 P3-16 Donativi M. P3-14
Castro C.R P15-1 Dooryphee J.E. P3-21 P11-4
Cattaneo E. P9-11 D'Orlyé F. P3-24
Cazzulo J.J. O10-4 Dos Anjos M.J. O8-4 O8-6 P3-20
Cerichelli G. P4-8 P4-1 P8-2 P8-3
Cernohlawek N. O8-1 Dos Santos J.M.F. INV-14
Cesareo R. O3-1 P3-7 P3-14 Dousse J.C. O1-1 O1-4 O10-2 P1-2
P3-16 P4-8 P11-11 Dran J.C. P3-26
Chadefaux C. P3-25 Dupayrat M. O16-6
Chalmin E. P3-24 Duval A. O3-2
Charlet L. P3-24 Dyduch G. O8-3
Chaurand P. O6-8 P4-4
Chen Y. O14-3 Ebina Y. O9-5
Chernyavskii A. O8-7 Ecker K. O9-1
Chettle D. O7-4 P8-9 Eckhard R. O14-1
Chinea-Cano E. O15-3 P12-3 Eggert F. O2-6
Choi E. P4-11 Eggert T. O14-2
Chwiej J. P8-7 Egorov E. P9-1
Civici N. P3-15 P3-16 Egorov V. P9-1
Claussen L. P15-4 Elam T. O2-6
Collins K.E. P6-1 Ensinger W. P6-3
Colon G. P6-16 Enss C. O14-5
Conceição A.L.C. P8-10 Erko A. O5-3 O13-5
Constantinescu B. P3-3 Erko M. O13-5
Cook E. O9-2 Esposito A. P3-19
Corrêa Júnior J. P8-3 Estévez Alvarez J.R. P11-14
Costa A.M. P1-6 Eynard A. P8-14
Cotte M. O7-2 Eyskens P. P3-18
Cremonesi A. O6-1
Cristiano R. P11-2 Faigel G. INV-15
Crnjar M. P4-19 Fainer N. P6-3
Cunha D.M. P8-11 Falkenberg G. O4-6 O5-1 O8-3
Custo G. O10-4 P3-17 P10-12 O13-6 P2-4 P4-22 P8-7
Czech V. P10-16 P8-15 P10-14 P10-16 P15-4
Czuba M. P6-11 Fan X. P16-1
Farges F. INV-4
Daniel I. O4-1 O4-3 Faria P. O8-4
De Jesus P8-3 Faubel W. O11-5
De Nolf W. O4-2 O4-6 O5-1 Fennane K. O1-1 O1-4 O10-2
O11-1 O15-4 P3-18 P15-4 Feranchuk I. O11-3
De Oliveira Borges S. P8-13 Fernandez J.E. O12-7 P7-5
De Oliveira L.F. P8-3 Ferrari D. P9-11
De Wael K. O5-2 Ferrero J. P3-2
Deckers Y. P3-18 Ferretti M. O3-1 O3-4 P3-23
Dejoie C. P3-21 Filatova E. O. O9-6 P5-4
Delmotte A. P5-6 Filipe P. P8-12
Demchenko I. P6-8 P7-4 Fiore S. O4-6
Denecke M. P15-4 Fiorini C. O14-1
Denlinger J.D. P6-2 Fittschen U. P10-16
Derouineau P. P13-1 Fleischmann A. O14-5 P14-4
Desenne D. P13-1 Fleiuss M.L. P8-2
Diana M. P3-6 Fleming R. P8-12
Díaz-Delgado C. P4-5 Fliegauf R. O1-6 P10-7 P16-3
Dillmann P. O6-4 P6-6 Fong R. O9-2
Ding X. O2-3 Fontàs C. P4-15
Do Carmo M. P8-3 Fraenkel B.S. O13-1
Do Rego M.H. P9-5
Dobe T. P4-7
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Franco Do Nascimento Filho V. P10-3 P10-4 Guillem P. P3-2
P10-5 P10-6 Guillou T. P3-26
Fraser G.W. P11-10 Gumeniuk R. P6-12
Friedrich F. O11-5 Gunnink R. O9-3
Friedrich S. P14-7 Guo W. O7-1
Frieh C. O15-3 Gurinovich A. O11-3
Frolova Y. P6-14
Fukuda K. O9-5 Hahn O. O2-2 O6-2 P6-7
Fuoco R. O10-5 Hanžel D. O6-7
Furusawa E. O10-6 Hara S. P7-2
Harangus L. P8-6
Gabrielli N. P3-6 Haschke M. O2-6
Gagliardi M. O2-5 Hasegawa M. P9-9
Galeazzi M. P14-6 Hatzistavros V. O10-1 P10-2
Gallardo S. P7-5 Hau S. P14-7
Galli A. P3-5 Haug D. O14-5
Gao N. O13-6 P13-2 Hayashi T. P11-13
Garcia G. P4-3 Hazemann J.L. O4-1 O6-8
García-Aragón J.A. P4-6 He W. P5-5
García-León M. P15-6 He Y. P13-2
García-Tenorio R. P15-6 Heckel J. O14-4
Gardner R.P. O7-1 Hegeman P. O2-1
Gastaldo L. O14-5 Helinski M. O15-3
Gatari M.J. P4-9 P8-8 Henrikson D. O4-5
Gattacceca J. P4-4 Henriques C. P9-17
Gazulla M.F. O3-5 Henry D. O5-4
Gehrig R. O16-3 Hergenröder R. P5-8
Geniram G. P9-11 Hernández Torres D. P12-3
Georgiev G. P5-1 Herrmann F. P8-6
Geralis T. O12-2 Hidalgo M. P4-15 P9-19
Gerasimenko N.N. O9-7 Hidalgo M.C. P6-16
Gerasimov G. P9-16 Hilairet N. O4-3
Gerlach M. O12-2 Hill M. O16-3
Ghumman B.S. P1-1 Hodoroaba V.D. O11-4
Gianoncelli A. P3-13 P11-4 P15-3 Hoefler H. P10-10
Gibson D. O13-6 Hoffmann P. P6-3
Gigante G. E. O3-1 O3-3 Höftberger R. P8-15
Giles C. O8-4 Höhn Y. O2-4 O15-5 P2-2
Godo Torres P.P. P3-22 P3-12
Godoi A.F P2-5 P4-13 Hohne J. P11-2
Godoi R. P2-5 P4-13 Hokura A. O6-5
Goldstrass P. O14-2 Honicke P. O1-6
Gomez M.P. O3-5 Horrocks J. O8-5 O9-2
Gonnella F. P3-19 Horvath M. P14-5
Gonzalez O. P4-3 P9-19 Hoszowska J. O1-1 O1-4 O10-2
Goraieb K. P6-1 P9-7 Hovnanyan K. P8-1
Gorghinian A. P3-19 Hovnanyan M. P8-1
Görner W. O9-1 Hu T. P5-5
Göttlicher J. P5-7 Hua W. P5-5
Goze B. P13-1 Huang Y. P5-5
Graczyk A. P6-11 Hudec R. O13-3 P14-5
Grambole D. P8-6 Huvenne P. P3-18
Griffiths J. O8-5 Hwang H. P4-10 P4-11 P4-12
Grin Y. P6-12
Grinyer J. P8-9 Ibraimov N.S. P11-6
Groma V. O4-4 P10-14 Idir M. P5-6
Gromov V. P9-16 Iglesias S.M. O1-2
Grubich A. O11-3 Ignatyev Y.V. P11-3
Guadagnin S. P9-6 Iihara J. P6-2
Guenther H. P4-7 Imai M. P9-9
Guicharnaud H. O3-2 Imai T. P6-2
Guida G. O3-1 Inamoto I. P9-9
Guidetti A. O12-7 Indelicato P. INV-1 P1-6
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Inneman A. O13-3 Kosinova M. P6-3
Iqbal S.M.A. P9-12 Koterlyn M.D. O6-6
Ishibashi Y. P9-9 Koulouridakis P. O10-1 P10-2
Ismagilov Z. P6-15 Kousouris K. O12-2
Ivanov V. P11-7 Kozaki M. P9-9
Ivanovic N. P6-13 Krämer M. P5-8
Kravczenko I. O6-6
Jann O. P6-7 Krivenstov V. P6-14 P6-15 P6-16
Janssens K. O4-2 O4-6 O5-1 O11-1 Krygowska-Wajs A. P8-7
O13-6 O15-2 O15-4 P3-18 P15-4 Kubala-Kukus A. O10-2
Jatcyk B.M. O6-6 Kugler S. O4-4
Jiménez-Ramos M.C. P15-6 Kumakhov M. O13-7 P9-2
Jokubonis C. P2-4 Kushino A. O14-3
Jones L. O8-5 Kutzke H. O6-2
Jonnard P. O9-6 O13-2 O16-2 Kwame Aboh I.J. O4-5
Jugo P.J. INV-4 Kwiatek W. M. O8-3
Julia R. P4-3
La Rosa V. O3-6
Kacerovsky R. O13-3 Lagarde P. O6-4
Kakita K. P9-9 Lagos P. P4-13
Kallithrakas-Kontos N. O10-1 P4-25 P10-2 Lakhtikov A.E. P11-3
Kalocsainé Rasztoczky M. O4-4 Langhoff N. O13-5 P11-11
Kaminska A. P3-23 Lankosz M. P8-4 P8-7
Kang S. P4-11 Lartigue J. P10-1
Kanngießer B. O1-6 O2-2 O2-4 Last A. P5-3
O5-3 O15-5 P2-2 P3-12 Laursen J. O4-5
Kantarelou V. P12-1 Lawniczak-Jablonska K. P6-8 P6-9 P6-9
Kapusta C. P8-4 Leblanc E. O14-5 P14-4
Karydas A.G. INV-11 O12-2 P12-1 Lechner P. O14-1
P16-3 P16-3 Legall H. P6-5
Kashiwabara T. O6-5 Legrand L. P6-6
Kataoka Y. O10-6 P7-2 Leo L.S. P3-11 P3-16
Kaulich B. P15-3 Lépy M.C. P5-6 P11-12
Kavcic M. O1-4 O16-5 P1-2 Leson A. O13-4
Kawahara N. O12-2 P7-2 Letard I. O4-1 O7-2
Kawai J. P11-13 Lewandowska-Robak M. P1-4
Kawase A. P9-9 Li F. O7-1
Kazandjian P. O9-4 Li Y. P7-1
Kellermann G. O8-4 Liebl A. O14-1
Kemmer J. O14-2 Lienemann P. O16-3
Kempson I. O5-4 P15-2 Likhushina E. P11-6
Kerdpin U. O11-5 Lima I. P8-2
Kerkar O. P3-18 Lima J.C. P15-1
Khan M.S.I. P4-10 P4-11 P4-12 Lima T.A. P3-20
Kim H. P4-10 P4-11 P4-12 Linck M. O14-5
Kirakosyan L. P8-1 Lind O.C. P15-4
Kirkbride K.P. O5-4 P15-2 Lobko A. O11-3
Kitajima N. O6-5 Lofano F. P3-16
Klaassen L. P3-18 Loidl M. O14-5 P14-4
Klein A. P6-3 Longoni A. O14-1
Klementiev K. P8-4 Lopes R.T. O8-4 O8-6 P3-20
Klepka M. P6-8 P6-9 P6-9 P4-1 P8-2 P8-3 P10-15 P15-1
Klöck W. P2-3 Lopez E. P3-2
Knols B. O15-3 Lorusso A. P3-11
Koch B. P4-7 Lottici P.P. O6-1 P3-10
Kochubey D. P6-14 P6-15 P6-16 Louis C. P14-1
Kodre A. O6-7 P6-4 Loupilov A. P14-3
Kohno H. O10-6 P16-2 Lubavskaya E. P3-4
Kokalj J. O16-5 Lühl L. O2-4
Kolar J. O6-7 Lundin M. O4-5
Kolbe M. O12-2 O12-5 P10-7 P16-3 Luo L. P7-1 P16-1
Koleleni Y.I.A. P4-2 P4-17 Lutz G. O14-1
Kosec M. P6-4 Maccagnan A. O16-3
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Machek P. O16-1 Murti M.V.R. O1-5
Mahnke H.E. P6-13
Maino G. O2-5 Nakai I. O6-5 O9-5 P9-9
Makarovska Y. P2-5 P4-13 P4-18 Nakamura T. P9-9
Maloni A. O12-1 Nakano K. O2-3 P9-9 P10-13
Malzer W. O2-2 O2-6 O5-3 Nanba A. P6-2
O15-5 P2-2 P3-12 Nassini G. P3-11
Manson M. P13-1 Nassini V. P3-11
Manteca J.I. P4-3 Navarrete M. P10-1
Mantler M. O11-6 O12-2 P7-2 Navio J.A. P6-16
Mantouvalou I. O2-6 O15-5 P2-2 P3-12 Nazarov V.V. P11-3
Marabelli M. P3-7 Nazmov V. P5-3
Marguí E. P4-15 P4-24 Nedelko N. P6-9
Marin J.M. P6-16 Neff D. O6-4 P6-6
Markowicz A. O15-3 P12-3 Nensel B. P9-13
Marques A. F. O8-2 P8-5 Neo S. P6-14
Martin R. O5-4 Niccolai F. P9-10
Martinetto P. P3-21 Niculae A. O14-1
Martinez A. P8-3 Niedermayr T. P14-7
Martinez R. P3-2 Niemirowicz G. O10-4
Martinez T. P10-1 Nikitendo S. P6-11
Martins M.C. P1-6 Nikitina S. P5-2 P11-6
Matsuda K. P11-13 Nikolova E. O7-3
Matsuo T. P7-2 Nishida Y. P10-13
Matveeva O. P11-7 Nour E. P10-5 P10-6
Maury A.M. P3-17 Novakavic N. P6-13
Maury H. O16-2 Novikov V. P1-5
Mazzaro I. O8-4 Nüesch R. O11-5
Medeiros J.G. P10-4
Meger D. G. P4-13 Obhodas J. P4-19 P4-20
Meirer F. P10-14 P10-16 Obrutsky A. P3-17
Mello Jr A. P10-5 P10-6 Oger P. O4-1
Mendonça de Souza S. P3-20 Ohkubo M. O14-3
Menu M. P3-24 P3-26 Okuneva G. O8-7
Menzel M. O13-4 Oliveira L.F. P15-1
Mercere P. P5-6 Oliveira O.R. P8-11
Merchel S. O3-2 Ono A. P9-9
Miessner H. P4-7 Onuma R. O6-5
Mihelic A. O16-5 Orduna M. O3-5
Mihucz P10-16 Orial G. F3-24
Mika M. O13-3 Ortega L. P11-4
Mikhailov M. O14-2 Ortiz M. P10-12
Mikhin O. P5-2 Osán J. O4-4 O10-5 P4-22
Mikhin V. P11-7 P4-23 P10-14
Milazzo M. O12-1 P3-5 Ostachowicz B. P10-8
Mirambet F. O6-4 P6-6 Osterode W. P8-15
Mohr J. P5-3 Ottmar H. O9-3
Moignard B. P3-26 Ourabah S. O10-6
Moioli P. O3-1 Óvári M. P10-10
Mombasawala L.S. O1-5
Monin V.I. O1-2 Padilla Alvarez R. P3-22 P11-14 P12-3
Monnier J. P6-6 Pahlke A. O14-2
Moreira S. INV-5 P10-3 P10-4 Pajek M. O10-2
P10-5 P10-6 P10-15 Palfalvi J. P4-22
Moreno T. P5-6 Palio O. O3-6
Morovov A. P9-16 Panei L. P3-1
Morovov A.P. P11-3 Pani S. O8-5
Morrison G. P15-3 Papillon E. O7-2
Morselli L. O15-2 Pappalardo G. O3-6
Moschochoritou R. P4-25 Pappalardo L. O3-6
Mueller M. O1-6 O12-2 P10-7 P16-3 Parente F. P1-6
Muramatsu Y. P6-2 Park Y. P4-11
Murcia-Mascaros P3-2 Pataca L.C. P9-6
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Pchelintsev A. P14-3 Revenko A. P7-3
Pearson J.F. P11-10 Reynard B. O4-3
Peeters K. O5-2 Reznikova E. P5-3
Peev I. P5-1 Ribeiro J.L. P4-1
Pejovic-Milic A. O7-4 Ribeiro-Silva A. P8-10
Pepoyan A. P8-1 Rickers K. O13-6
Pepponi G. P2-4 P10-16 Ridolfi S. O3-1 O3-3 P3-6
Pereira G. O8-4 P3-7 P3-14 P4-8 P9-10 P11-11
Perera R.C.C. P6-2 Riesemeier H. O5-3 O9-1 P11-8
Pérez C. INV-5 O8-4 P1-3 P8-14 Rimskaya-Korsakova S.V. P3-8
Pérez C.A. P8-10 P8-11 P8-14 Rinaldi G. P3-1
Pérez R. INV-5 Rivet A. P13-1
Perring L. P7-6 P16-4 Ro C.U. P4-10 P4-11 P4-12
Petitgirard S. O4-3 Rocha H. O8-4
Petr O. P14-5 Rochette P. P4-4
Philippov S.A. O1-2 Rodenas J. P7-5
Picard A. O4-1 Rodrigues C.A. P6-9
Piccirilli P. P10-11 Rodrigues M. P14-4
Pichon L. P3-25 P3-26 Röhrs S. P2-2 P3-12 P3-26
Pigot C. P14-1 Roldán C. P3-2
Pina L. O13-3 P14-5 Roldán Garcia C. O3-1
Pind N. O4-5 Romano F.P. O3-6
Pinheiro T. P8-12 Romcevic N. P6-13
Piorek S. O11-2 Roschger P. P2-4
Pirshin I.V. O9-7 P11-5 Rose J. O6-8 P4-4
Plagnard J. P5-6 P11-12 Rosen M. P10-11
Poduacheva O. P6-15 Rosenthal D. P8-2
Polasik M. P1-4 Rossi R. P9-6
Poldi G. P3-5 Rößiger V. P9-14
Poletti M.E. P8-10 Rotzinger H. O14-5
Pollakowski B. P6-3 Rouba A. O11-3
Polvorinos A. P3-13 Rouchon V. O15-4
Poma E. P9-10 Rouni P. P4-14
Ponomarev P13-2 Royle G. O8-5
Popovic M. P8-9 Rubio M. INV-5 P8-14
Porcher F. P3-21 Rucco R. P3-11
Porta D. O12-4 P9-15 Ruggierro P. O4-6
Potgieter-Vermaak S. P2-5 P4-13
Preoteasa El. P8-6 Saddock A.S.S. O8-6
Preoteasa Eu. A. P8-6 Sadowski J. P6-8
Prestwich W. O7-4 Sadykov V. P6-14
Priladyshev A. P5-2 Safronov P. O11-3
Pritzkow W. O9-1 Saito H. O6-5
Procop M. O11-4 Sakata M. P9-9
Prots Y. P6-12 Salamacha L.P. O6-6
Proux O. O4-1 O6-8 Salbu B. P15-4
Salome M. O6-8
Quarta S. P3-14 Salomon J. P3-26
Queiroz Neto J. P4-1 Samedov V. P14-2
Queralt I. P4-3 P4-15 P9-19 Sánchez del Río M. P3-21
Sánchez H. INV-5 P1-3 P3-9
Radisavljevic I. P6-13 Sandhu B.S. P1-1
Radtke M. O3-2 O5-3 O9-1 P11-8 Sansot E. P3-24
Ragan P. O9-3 Santagata C. P11-2
Raju S. S. O1-5 Santos J.P. P1-6
Ralheta C. P8-12 P10-9 Sasaki K.-i. P10-13
Rammlmair D. P4-21 Sasaki T. O9-5
Rath S. P9-6 Sauvageot J.L. P14-1
Reguer S. O6-4 Sawamura A. P6-2
Rehr J.J. INV-6 Sawczak M. P3-23
Reiche I. O3-2 P2-2 P3-12 Schaefer C. P9-4
P3-24 P3-25 Schäfer D. O3-2
Restrepo G. P6-16 Schäfers F. O13-4
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Schalm O. P3-18 Streli C. INV-10 O8-1 O15-3
Scherbakov A. P3-4 P2-4 P10-10 P10-14 P10-16
Schmidt C. INV-4 Strlic M. O6-7
Schmidt M. P6-12 Strobel P3-22
Schnelle W. P6-12 Strüder L. O14-1 P15-5
Scot V. O12-7 O13-6 Struve Z. P14-3
Seetharami Reddy B. O1-5 P6-6 Su H. P11-10
Selin Lindgren E. O4-5 Suavet C. P4-4
Semencova V. O13-3 Sudou K. P9-9
Senkov V.M. O9-7 P9-2 Susini J. INV-4 O6-8 O7-2
Serebryakov A.S. P3-8 P7-4 Sveda L. O13-3
Serpa R. P8-2 P8-3 Szczerbowska-Boruchowska M. P8-4 P8-7
Servais C. P7-6 Szlachetko J. O1-1 O1-4 O10-2
Shalagina A. P6-15 O16-5 P1-2
Shannigrahi A. P4-9 Szlachetko M. O1-1 O1-4 O10-2
Shcherba I.D. O6-6 Szymanski A. O4-2
Shoji T. P16-2
Shulakov A.S. O9-6 Takebe T. P6-2
Siano S. O3-4 Tampieri A. P2-4
Sik J. O13-3 Tanaka K. P10-13
Silva J.N. P8-12 Taracheva E. Y. O9-6 P5-4
Silva R. P8-12 Tarnopolsky B. O11-3
Silva M.P. P8-10 Tejeda J. P10-1
Simionovici A. INV-4 O4-1 O15-1 Tejeda S. P4-5 P4-6
Simon R. O3-2 O11-5 O15-3 Terada Y. O6-5
P2-4 P5-7 P15-4 Terborg Ralf O1-3
Simopoulos S. P4-14 Terracol S. P14-7
Sineychuk A. P3-4 Terzano R. O4-6 O5-1
Singh B. P1-1 Tibljas D. P4-20
Singh G. P1-1 Tomal A. P8-10
Sirito De Vives A.E. P10-3 P10-4 P10-6 Tomazello Filho M. P10-4
Sirro S.V. P3-8 Török S. O4-4 O10-5 P2-5
Skinner W. O5-4 P15-2 P4-22 P4-23 P10-14
Skulinova M. O13-3 Torrisi L. P3-11
Slawska-Waniewska A. P6-9 Tosi M. P3-1
Sliwinski G. P3-23 Tosti M. P9-10
Smekens A. O9-4 Toucoulu R. O7-2
Snigirev A. O13-5 Touriyanski A P9-2 P11-5
Snigireva I. O13-5 Touriyanski A.G. O9-7 P9-2
Socquet C. P14-1 Trakhtenberg L. P9-16 P11-3
Sokolov A. P14-3 Trancoso M.A. P10-9
Sokolov A. A. O9-6 Trojek T. P12-2
Solé V.A. O7-2 Trunova V. O8-7 P6-3
Soler J. P9-19 Tsodikov M. P6-16
Soltau H. O14-1 P15-5 Tsuji K. O2-3 INV-16 P9-9 P10-13
Sommerweiß I. P6-10 Turnau K. P10-8
Soudant P. O15-1 Turuta A. P9-9
Soullié G. P5-6
Spagnuolo M. O4-6 Ukibe M. O14-3
Speller R. O8-5 O9-2 Ulm G. O1-6 O12-2 P6-3
Srivastava R.K. O6-3 P6-7 P6-10 P10-7
Stancampiano R. P9-10 Ulrich A. O16-3
Startsev A. P6-15 Ulyanenkov A. O11-3
Statharas J.C. P2-1
Steel E. INV-2 Valamontes E.S. P2-1
Stefaniak E. O4-4 P4-23 Valcheva R. O7-3
Steininger R. P5-7 Valentinuzzi M.C. P1-3 P3-9
Stemmler P. P5-6 Valkovic V. P4-19 P4-20
Sternemann C. P5-8 Van De Casteele O15-2 P15-4
Stiel H. P6-5 Van Der Snickt G. O11-1 P3-18
Stoev K. O7-3 Van Espen P3-22 P11-14
Stolyarsky V. O11-3 Van Grieken R. O4-4 O9-4 P2-5
Stosnach H. O10-3 P4-13 P4-18 P4-23
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Van Meel K. O9-4 P4-18 Zvereva V. O8-7
Várhegyi A. P4-23 Zwicky C.N. O16-3
Vasiliev B. P11-7
Vasin M.G. P11-3
Vasylechko L. P6-12
Vázquez C. O10-4 P3-17 P10-11 P10-12
Vekemans B. O4-2 O4-6 O5-1
O11-1 O15-4 P3-18 P15-4
Verbi Pereira F. P9-7
Verdu G. P7-5
Verkhovodov P. P9-3
Villaverde V. P3-2
Vincze L. O4-2 O5-1 O5-2
Vioque I. P15-6
Voigt F. P2-2 P3-12
Vollmer C. O4-2
Von Bohlen A. O16-4 P5-8
Vona F. P3-16
Vrebos B. INV-12

Wagner A. P4-9 P8-8

Wahnström T. O4-5
Walczak M. P6-9 P6-11
Waldschläger U. O2-2 O10-6
Walter P. INV-3 O7-2 P3-13
P3-26 P11-4
Wang Y. O4-3
Wegrzzynek D. O15-3
Weidler P. O11-5
Weirauch D. O1-3
Weitkamp T. O15-3
Welter E. O16-1
Weseloh G. O5-3
Weser J. O1-6 O10-5 P6-3
P6-7 P10-7
Wichser A. O16-3
Wiest F. O14-2
Wilke M. INV-4 O6-2 P6-7
P6-10 P6-10
Wilkinson D. O9-2
Wissmann D. P9-4
Wobrauschek P. O8-1 O15-3 P2-4
P10-10 P10-14 P10-16
Wójcik S. P8-4 P8-7
Wolff T. O2-2
Wolska A. P6-8
Worobiec A. O4-4 P4-18 P4-23
Wrba F. P8-15
Wregzynek D. P12-3

Yamada T. O12-2 P7-2 P16-2

Yamashita N. P16-2
Yellepeddi R. O16-6

Zakharov V. P1-5
Zamburlini M. O7-4
Záray G. P10-10
Zarazúa G. P4-5 P4-6 P10-1
Zarkadas C. O12-2 P12-1 P16-3
Zhan X. P7-1 P16-1
Zitnik M. O16-5
Zöger N. O8-1 O15-3 P2-4
Zucchi O.L. P10-3 P10-4 P10-5 P10-6
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