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Advantages
- Fast results
- Truly portable instruments
- Completely nondestructive
- Qualitative and quantitative multi-element analysis
- Can be used for many different sample types - soils, filters, alloys, ores, liquids, etc.
- FPXRF easy to use and require minimal technical expertise
Limitations
- Limited capability for lighter elements (below atomic number 19)
- Periodic replacement of radioisotope sources & recalibration of instrument
- May require special licensing
- Expensive
Field Portable XRF Analysis