Advantages of Using ED-XRF Spectrometers for the Field Analysis of Soil and Sewage Sludge are Detailed in New Application Brief

摘要

A new application brief detailing the advantages of using energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (ED-XRF) spectrometers to perform elemental analysis in the field on soil and sewage sludge samples is available to download from Spectra Analytical Instruments' website. Determining the best course of action when addressing a contaminated environmental site requires both a precise identification of the contaminating elements and a determination of the amounts present. Traditionally, this elemental analysis has been done in laboratories using inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). But transporting soil and sewage sludge samples back and forth from the field to a laboratory adds considerable time and cost to the remediation process.