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A Review of Accelerator-Based Techniques in Analytical Studies

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Sensitive methods of elemental analysis have been developed using charged-particle beams. These techniques are usually insensitive to the effects of outer-shell electrons and provide little or no information on chemical bonding. The past 50 years has seen wide applications of various accelerator-based methods in different areas of analysis. This paper reviews the development and major advances of a variety of ion-beam techniques and their impact in analytical studies.

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Pillay, A.E. A Review of Accelerator-Based Techniques in Analytical Studies. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 243, 191–197 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006748104841

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