In cooperation with the company FLUXANA, seminars are offered at various universities and 'Fachhochschulen' in german cities (see schedule). Upon request, these seminars can be offered in english language also at other locations.

Content:
Theory
Theoretical introduction into the techniques of sample preparation.
Pressed pellets - crushing, milling, grinding, pressing, binders, influencing parameters
Technique of fusion - fluxes, additives, recepies
Liquids - sample cups, foils, types of foils,
foil thickness, impurities, aggressive liquids


Practice
Fusing of samples with tetraborates
producing of pressed pellets
milling of powder samples

Content:
X-ray fluorescence
Origin of X-rays, creation of X-rays,
chemical effects, Fluorescence yield
characteristic radiation, Bremsstrahlung, Layer thicknesses, saturation thickness, grain size effects, scattering, Rayleigh / Compton

Instrumentation
EDXRF / WDXRF components
tube, generator, filters, masks, collimators, detectors

Evaluation
Regression, calibration, corrections
Standardless analysis