Inventors:
Keith Gendreau - Greenbelt MD, US
Jose Vanderlei Martins - Greenbelt MD, US
Zaven Arzoumanian - Greenbelt MD, US
Assignee:
University of Maryland, Baltimore County - Baltimore MD
International Classification:
G01N 23/223, G01N 23/20
US Classification:
378 46, 378 44, 378 45, 378 49, 378 71, 378 76, 378 79, 378 80, 378 81, 378 82, 378 83
Abstract:
An X-ray diffraction and X-ray fluorescence instrument for analyzing samples having no sample preparation includes a X-ray source configured to output a collimated X-ray beam comprising a continuum spectrum of X-rays to a predetermined coordinate and a photon-counting X-ray imaging spectrometer disposed to receive X-rays output from an unprepared sample disposed at the predetermined coordinate upon exposure of the unprepared sample to the collimated X-ray beam. The X-ray source and the photon-counting X-ray imaging spectrometer are arranged in a reflection geometry relative to the predetermined coordinate.