XRF Short Course Outline - XRF2022 Online Course

Basic One Week Course (Week 1)

The course is primarily intended for people with some experience with XRF or other atomic spectrometric techniques.  For new or soon to be users, we encourage you to contact the course coordinator to see if this course will be a good fit for your background.  The course is intensive and does require participants to do calculations for some of the practical exercises.  A laptop is required to view the course material and many delegates find the calculations easier on a spreadsheet than on a calculator. 

Topics to be covered in Week 1:

Day 1

• Introduction: What is XRF? WDXRF And EDXRF?
• X-ray Physics
• WDXRF Spectrometer Components
• EDXRF Spectrometer  Components
• Practical: Look Inside Each WDXRF And EDXRF And What They Can Do

Day 2

• Qualitative XRF Analysis
• Matrix Effects: (I) Absorption
• • Matrix Effects: (II) Enhancement, Particle Size, Mineralogical & Chemical Effects; Infinite Thickness
• Practical: Calculating Infinite Thickness

Day 3

• Setting Up Analytical Programs
• Net Intensity Corrections: Background Correction & Spectral Overlap Correction  
• Practical: Optimizing Instrument Parameters, Calculation of Figure of Merits (FOMs)
• Calibration: Reference Materials (RMs)
• Calibration: Measuring Reference Materials and Samples

Day 4

• Calibration: Counting Statistics
• Matrix Corrections: Mathematical Matrix Correction Methods; Compton Peak Intensity Method

• Setting Up A Calibration Curve
• Validation
• Quality Control 
• Method Maintenance
• Summary:
1. Advantages/Disadvantage XRF
2. WDXRF vs EDXRF
3. Discussion>

Day 5 – Sample Preparation

• Representative Sampling
• Specimen Preparations:
1. Pressed Powder Briquettes
2. Metals And Liquid Samples
3. Borate Fusion Technique
• Sample Preparation Demonstrations

Advanced XRF Method Development Course (Week 2) for 2023 ...

Advance XRF Course is in a NEW format, concentrating on the practical Method Development aspect for new applications. The approach is following Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) guidelines and enriched with many real-world examples from the experience of the lecturers. The aim is to ingrain the steps, thus giving the participants a framework and successful tools. Once completed, the participants will be more successful in developing methods and able to deliver better methods in a shorter time.

Advanced XRF Method Development Course is built on the fundamentals of XRF from the above course. Because of the intense and demanding nature of the program, prior attendance at the above short course is required. In exceptional circumstances, a participant may be accepted where their background and experience are considered equivalent.

However, Advance XRF Method Development Course will be offered only every 2 or 3 years depending on interest.

Click here to leave your contact information if interested in attending the Advanced XRF Method Development Course in 2023.

The Advance XRF Method Development Course will offer:

• In-depth look at optimized instrument parameters, mathematical matrix corrections, and validation.
• Hands-on WDXRF and EDXRF method development where a group will develop a method from set-up to validation.
• Advanced Sample Preparation Workshop covering:
1. Advanced Borate Fusion Technique
1. Optimization of borate fusion Flux
2. Oxidizing Borate fusion
3. Polishing Pt-ware; Pt Lifecycle
1. Advanced Pressed pellet
1. Pressed Pellet with International Standards
2. Synthetic standards/ Mixing of CRM’s
3. Liquid Sample Preparation
4. Polymer hot pressing
5. Micro samples Preparation Methods

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