The use of PIXE and complementary ion beam analytical techniques for studies of atmospheric aerosols

Summary, in English

PIXE is nowadays a routine analytical technique in the study of atmospheric aerosols. If it aspires to continue to be so in the future, it will have to compete with a range of other powerful analytical techniques, and outperform them in some respect. It will be shown how PIXE can indeed play an important role in future studies of atmospheric aerosols. For clarification, two concrete examples will be discussed in some detail, involving PIXE either as the sole analytical technique or used in combination with various other ion beam analytical techniques for an almost complete characterisation of the atmospheric aerosol.

• Author: E. Swietlicki; B. G. Martinsson; P. Kristiansson
• Department/s: Nuclear physics
• Publishing year: 1996-04-01
• Language: English
• Pages: 385-394
• Publication/Series: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
• Volume: 109-110
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0168-583X(95)01218-4
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Topic: Accelerator Physics and Instrumentation
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0168-583X