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In recent years x-ray fluorescence analysis, together with other analytical techniques, has been applied in industry to research as well as continuous production control. Hardly any other analytical technique is so universally suited for qualitative and quantitative determinations as is x-ray fluorescence analysis. This is largely due to the fact that analysis is independent of composition and chemical bond of the sample. Solid, powdered, and liquid samples can be analyzed. On the basis of x-ray spectra, Coster and Hevesy (1923) discovered element hafnium (Z = 72) and have detected its occurrence in natural zircons; and Noddack, Tacke, and Berg (1925) discovered the element rhenium (Z = 75) in columbite concentrates.
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Müller, R.O. (1972). Introduction. In: Spectrochemical Analysis by X-Ray Fluorescence. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1797-5_1
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