Contribution of Siberian researchers to the development of electron probe X-ray microanalysis

摘要

In Siberia, some researchers from Irkutsk first published the papers on the primary spectra examination in 1966–1967, whereas in France and the Union of Soviet Socialist Repuclics the first papers describing the basics of electron probe microanalysis (EPMA)[3,4] and original designs and constructions of microanalyzers were published in 1952–1953. Some time later, the EPMA approaches were introduced in France, Japan and the United States. An advancement was reported in EPMA by the late 1950s in the review paper by R. Castaing. According to the article by K. F. J. Heinrich, by 1965, the EPMA applications in geology were reported in 60 articles. In the overview published by K. Keil, it was reported that over 600 papers were dedicated to the utilization of EPMA in mineralogical, petrochemical and geochemical investigations by 1971. In 1973, I. B. Borovskii (Photo 1), the founder of EPMA in Russia, admitted that one could hardly identify the field of science and engineering, where the EPMA was not being successfully used.