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X-Ray Fluorescence Determination of Titanium, Zirconium, and Chromium in Titanium–Zirconium Sands of the Beshpagirskoe Deposit

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Gaining current information about the chemical composition of samples from different areas of the deposit during geological exploration necessitates the use of methods of rapid analysis, most often X-ray fluorescence analysis in combination with a method of external standard and its modifications. The existing certified methods assume the construction of calibration characteristics using reference standards. We propose to use a rapid method of X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) in a version of the method of fundamental parameters to determine nonferrous metals in the samples of titanium–zirconium sands of the Beshpagirskoe deposit and specified conditions of analysis. It is shown that, when using the method of fundamental parameters, the accuracy indicators are highly competitive with the indicators obtained by the certified method.

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The work was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation within the framework of the state task of the Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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  1. National University of Science and Technology MISiS, 119049, Moscow, Russia

    Ya. V. Kuminova, V. A. Filichkina & A. S. Kozlov

  2. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    M. N. Filippov

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Kuminova, Y.V., Filichkina, V.A., Filippov, M.N. et al. X-Ray Fluorescence Determination of Titanium, Zirconium, and Chromium in Titanium–Zirconium Sands of the Beshpagirskoe Deposit. Inorg Mater 59, 1470–1473 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168523140091

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