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A new device to mount portable energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometers (p-ED-XRF) for semi-continuous analyses of split (sediment) cores and solid samples
Philipp Hoelzmann
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Physical Geography, Institute of Geographical Sciences, Department of
Earth Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Torsten Klein
Physical Geography, Institute of Geographical Sciences, Department of
Earth Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Frank Kutz
Physical Geography, Institute of Geographical Sciences, Department of
Earth Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Brigitta Schütt
Physical Geography, Institute of Geographical Sciences, Department of
Earth Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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This paper introduces a hands-on, low-cost device (German industrial property right no. 20 2014 106 048.0) that uses common adapters to mount p-ED-XRF devices so that these can provide bulk-sedimentary chemistry data from non-destructive measurements at the surface of a split sediment core or from other solid samples. The strength of combining p-ED-XRF analyses with this new sample chamber is demonstrated by exemplary sediment cores from an archaeological research project.
This paper introduces a hands-on, low-cost device (German industrial property right no. 20 2014...