title: Analysis of membrane filters and thick fly ash samples by PIXE.
abstract: The possibility of the routine PIXE measurement of environmental samples has been tested at the INP in Rez. Both thin samples of aerosols collected on membrane filters Synpor and Nuclepore and thick aerosols and fly ashes samples pressed into pellets were analyzed. The Nuclepore filter was found more suitable for PIXE analysis of aerosols than the Synpor, and the thin aerosol sample analysis was found to be easier than the thick sample analysis. The grain size effect in the case of thick fly ash samples is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear Physics, Rez near Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Havránek
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hnatowicz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kvítek
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Obrusník
mesh_terms: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000032:analysis*; D002244:Carbon / Q000032:analysis*; D003031:Coal / Q000032:analysis*; D060729:Coal Ash; D017745:Incineration; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000032:analysis*; D010316:Particle Size; D052638:Particulate Matter; D012015:Reference Standards; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D013052:Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis; D014462:Ultrafiltration
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D003031:Coal; D060729:Coal Ash; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D007220:Industrial Waste; D052638:Particulate Matter; D014131:Trace Elements; D002244:Carbon